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One of the things I do a lot of in my spare time is act in plays, and I've even directed some. We have quite a few acting or repertory companies locally here in Colorado Springs. The big three (if I may call them that) are Theatreworks, the Rep at the Fine Arts Center, and Star Bar Players. I have acted for them all, with varying degrees of success. There are also a few companies, not quite so large, that come and go, with some of them not having a permanent place of residence.

There used to be two other companies in town: Smokebrush (later known as Colorado Actors Theatre), semi-professional, and in their own space; and the PPCC Masquers, part of the Pikes Peak Community College. Smokebrush went under in 2000, which was a great pity since they did some amazing productions. I used to enjoy working there a lot, and my wife, Donna, used to be their Stage Manager. PPCC have just been closed down (as of 2006). I never really tried with them: it was too far to travel for rehearsals — it's at the south side of town and I live on the north side.

(Note: this page and pages underneath are still under construction. It takes a while to scan everything, describe it all, and clean it all up for publication.)

Anyway, without further (or much!) ado, a list of productions in Colorado and my role within each.

Before my Colorado Springs days, I lived in London and was active in two Amateur Dramatics groups: the Dulwich Players and the Environment Players. The former were, of course, based in Dulwich, South London, near where I lived at the time, and the latter were a group affiliated with the Department of the Environment (now DEFRA, the Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs). To be honest, I can't remember for the life of me how I got involved with the Environment Players — I never worked for the DoE.

The Dulwich Players' website has been most informative, and I've finally been able to create a list of the roles I played for them. A lot of times, when I wasn't acting for them, I assisted in other duties, like assistant stage manager, sound, prompter, front of house, etc, but I haven't listed them here. I never directed anything for them.

Although I've found many of the programmes for my productions with the Environment Players, despite some energetic googling I can't find any information about them online. So there are gaps, and indeed sometimes I've just interpolated when the productions were. I did help out with a couple of the other shows backstage, but again haven't listed them here.