CRT has been featured in The Pueblo Chieftain and actor Kate Berry was interviewed for the article. You can see Kate in three key roles is season: Topaz Mortmain in I Capture the Castle, Elsa Barlow in The Road to Mecca (starring Christy Brandt and directed by Nagle Jackson!), and Bessy in The Bad Man. Kate is a fine artist, a good friend and a most excellent pie maker!
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Thanks to a generous gift from the family of a remarkable woman, CRT is proud to announce the opening of the new Ruth Humphreys Brown Theatre. The opening of this second venue two blocks south of CRT’s Mainstage will be celebrated July 15-17 with numerous events and performances. The new theatre’s flexible configuration seats 150-200 (more than doubling the capacity of CRT’s old third floor facility) and provides an intimate, accessible venue that allows CRT to run performances simultaneously on different ends of Main Street. The new facility’s climate control allows for year-round use, providing a much-needed space for events within the Creede community.
The life of Ruth Humphreys Brown was varied, full of generosity, and never dull. It was defined by her love of family, friends, and her appreciation for the outdoors – in particular Wagon Wheel Gap, where she spent her summers. She was born Nov 11, 1921, the daughter of A.E. and Ruth Boettcher Humphreys of Denver and was a theatre major at Finch College in New York City. In 1943, she was accepted into the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots program. In 2010, she and her fellow WASPs received the Congressional Gold Medal for service during World War II.
She returned to Aspen after the War, where she lived until her marriage to DRC Brown, a founder and president of the Aspen Ski Corporation. During her many years in Aspen, Ruth helped start the Tri County Medical Center, the Brown Ice Palace, the Aspen Recovery Unit, the Bold Ski program for blind skiers, and the first Outward Bound Program in the U.S. She lived on a ranch in Carbondale and raised her family there – spending part of her summers and some Christmases in Creede. The famed Ruthie’s Run on Aspen Mountain was named in honor of her efforts to find a better way down the mountain for intermediate skiers.
The Humphreys family has long ties to the town of Creede. Ruth’s grandfather, A.E. Humphreys, was involved in mining, oil, and manufacturing. In the 1890s, his mining interests took him to Creede in its heyday and he was there during the time of Nicholas Creede. Ruth’s grandfather built a summer mountain retreat above Wagon Wheel Gap that remains an important gathering place for generations of family and friends.
This grant from the Ruth H. Brown Foundation will have an enormous impact on the future of Creede Repertory Theatre and the economic and cultural life of Colorado. The generosity of Ruth’s family, along with numerous private donors, foundations, DOLA and the EDA have made this new theatre possible.
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The KID Show program was founded in 2003 in response to the need for local kids to have a creative outlet at CRT. Participants work with professional actors, directors, teachers, designers, stage managers, and technicians to create various aspects of an original show that is performed on the CRT stage. This program was born because of a generous gift from The Hitchcock Foundation and continues to thrive due to their ongoing support.
You may remember past KID Show productions of:
An Afternoon of Mime
Roald Dahl: A Puppet Show
The Rainbow Goblins
Emilia’s Tree
Lullaby Bay
Scruff Turbo and the Children of the Future
The Story of Babar
and DRAGONS
In the eight years since it’s inception, The KID Show program has seen participants grow up and begin their creative careers in the world. Currently, former KID Show students are studying Fine Art in Florence, Italy; have recently graduated from film school in Vancouver; are working in the film industry in L.A.; are active in the theatre communities of Colorado; and pursuing a degree in theatre with special focus on mime and movement; etc.
The KID Show continues to be a free program where kids have a creative voice. This would not be possible without The Hitchcock Foundation. CRT would like to give a heartfelt thank you to The Hitchcock Foundation for believing in us and in the power of theatre education.
To learn more about The KID Show program please contact Renee Stynchula, Education Director, at 719-658-2540 x27, renee@creederep.com, or visit http://www.creederep.org
