August 16, 2016 | This morning, I drove away from Creede, Colorado.  I wasn’t driving to Alamosa to get Taco Bell or to Pagosa for an adventurous day off.  I was driving the full 9 hours, all the way back to my driveway in Ogden, Utah. It’s hard to believe that after making a home out of Creede, my […]

August 9, 2016 | I’m about to embark on my last week of my fellowship journey. I will be leaving Creede exactly one week from today. I can’t believe how fast this summer has flown by. It has been a pretty typical week for me at CRT. I had some performances of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The (Curious Case […]

August 2, 2016 | I stood backstage at Creede Repertory Theatre’s main stage, behind the stage right curtain, during our 20th performance of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. In the dim blue glow of the backstage lights, I tightened my apron, which tends to get looser throughout the show because my radio hangs off of it. Through the opening of the […]

July 25, 2016 | Something very strange happened for me this week in the tiny town of Creede, Colorado: I found myself having free time. You see, for the first time since the day I started here, I am no longer in a rehearsal process.  Between Watson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Rodeo and Juliet, I was spending my days at […]

July 18, 2016 | I have now surpassed the typical fellowship length of 8 weeks. By Cornell fellowship standards, I could have left after last week; however, theatre doesn’t exactly work like that. I’ve still got shows to run! I am grateful that I get to spend almost the entire summer here at a tiny theatre in the middle […]

July 11, 2016 | With every passing week here, the tiny town of Creede feels more like home. I can’t believe I only have 4 weeks left! The beginning of this week was tough. My wonderful girlfriend Hana came to visit last week, and sadly had to head back to Iowa on Wednesday. We spent every minute we could […]

July 4, 2016 | This week, we began rehearsal for CRT’s annual KID show. This year it is an original script called Rodeo and Juliet, about the rivalry between the rodeo and the circus. I am an assistant stage manager for this show. I was a bit nervous going into the first day of rehearsal. I don’t have a […]

June 14, 2016 | When I woke up for work on Tuesday morning, I didn’t expect this week to be of particular importance to me.  By the end of the week, that sentiment would change.  But it started like any other normal week here in Creede. CRT has an eight show repertory season.  Different members of the stage management […]

June 5, 2016 | My third week here at Creede Repertory Theatre has included a little bit of everything.  Watson already opened and we only had one show this week.  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has now started rehearsals.  I am crewing that show as well, but crew is not needed at rehearsal this early in the game.  Kind of Red […]

May 29, 2016 | I’ve now been in Creede for two weeks, but it already feels like longer than that.  I’ve made myself comfortable in the Bordello, I’ve visited the local grocery store oddly named Kentucky Belle Market numerous times, and I’ve opened my first show here.  But before we talk about the excitement of opening night, let’s talk […]