Creede Repertory Theater Presents: The Presidents!

Monday - November 1, 2010
10am & 1pm

Book & Lyrics by Steven Cole Hughes
Music by Jessica Jackson
44 Presidents in 45 Minutes!  The Presidents! is a high-energy musical romp through history!  Targeted at grades K-6, this play is an enriching experience for students and teachers alike.  With the success of CRT’s previous tours of Meet the Beasts (2007), Grimm Pajamas (2008), and Zeus on the Loose (2009), we are convinced that our shows are excellent arts opportunities that get kids jazzed about learning!

Speaker: Nathan Winograd

Saturday - November 20, 2010
2pm

Nathan J. Winograd is a graduate of Stanford Law School, a former criminal prosecutor and corporate attorney, has spoken nationally and internationally on animal sheltering issues, has written animal protection legislation at the state and national level, has created successful No Kill programs in both urban and rural communities, and has consulted with a wide range of animal protection groups including some of the largest and best known in the nation.

His work has been featured widely in such publications as Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, USA Today, and newspapers from all over the country. He has appeared on Fox News, CNN, ABC, and other radio and television affiliates around the country. His creation of the country’s first No Kill community was named one of the Top 100 achievements in the nation by Metropolitan Home in its “Best of the Best” issue. And The Bark magazine calls him “the voice of America’s displaced pets and the conscience of the animal sheltering industry.” He also writes for the Examiner as the San Francisco-based Animal Shelter examiner.

His book, Redemption, is the most critically acclaimed book on the topic in the United States and the winner of five national book awards. Winner of USA Book News Award for Best Book (Animals/Pets), a Best Book Muse Medallion winner by the Cat Writers Association of America, an Award of Excellence and Best Book nominee by the Dog Writers Association of America, winner of a Silver Medal from the Independent Publishers Association, and runner-up for the Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Publishing, the book shatters the notion that killing animals in U.S. shelters is an act of kindness. He is also the author of Irreconcilable Differences, a collection of essays that follows up where Redemption left off and asks – and answers – the question of whether we can do better as a society when it comes to our stewardship of companion animals.

Off Broadway Booking Presents: Improvised Shakespeare Company

Tuesday - January 25, 2011
1pm & 7pm

Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play that has yet to be written) The Improvised Shakespeare Company creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style. Each of the players has brushed up on his “thee’s” and “thou’s” to bring you an evening of off-the-cuff comedy using the language and themes of William Shakespeare. Any hour could be filled with power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses, sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults, persons in disguise and all that we’ve come to expect from the pen of the Great Bard. The night could reveal a tragedy, comedy, or history. Nothing is planned-out, rehearsed, or written. Each play is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new!

SHOW HISTORY:
In 2005, Blaine Swen founded The Improvised Shakespeare Company in Chicago. After a successful fall run on the Donny’s Skybox stage at The Second City the show was taken, at the request of Charna Halpern, to IO Chicago. It has run to sold out houses for the last 3 years. Now, The Improvised Shakespeare Company has found itself on the road, including a trip to the prestigious Piccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival in Charleston SC (where The ISC was reviewed as one of the top shows in the festival!) The group also performs limited engagements at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City where stars from SNL, Mad TV, and The Office have been seen watching the show in amazement. In July, 2009, The Improvised Shakespeare Company was a featured act at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada and performed to an audience of 2000 for the JFL TV show.

ArtPower Inc. Presents: Madeline and the Bad Hat

Friday - March 4, 2011
10am & 1pm

ArtsPower’s Madeline and the Bad Hat, an original musical based upon the much-loved book, captures the blithe yet touching spirit of Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline series. It traces the adventures of a young Parisian girl who – despite starting off on the wrong foot with a mischievous new neighbor – eventually learns that first impressions aren’t everything.
When one fine day the Spanish Ambassador moves into the house next door, Madeline and Miss Clavel and the other girls quickly discover that his son Pepito is a true horror! Rude and conceited, Pepito seems at first to be nothing but trouble.

East Coast Entertainment Presents: The Hunt Family

Tuesday - April 12, 2011
7pm

What do you get when you mix world ranked step dancing, champion fiddling and a charming, amazingly talented family? The answer: a high powered energetic and refreshing experience with the Hunt Family!

The Hunt Family performs Celtic, bluegrass, inspirational and original music, offering a unique blend of diversity to each show. In addition to fiddling and step dancing, this amazing family of nine also plays guitar, bass, keys, drums and mandolin.

The Hunts have toured around the U.S. and internationally. They have performed for Queen Elizabeth's royal welcoming, entertained audiences for three years on four main stages at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, made multiple appearances at the World Championships of Irish step dancing in Scotland and Ireland, and debuted on the Tony Danza show.