Board of Directors
President - Malia Jones
Malia Jones grew up in the Crested Butte Mountain Theatre. An active member of Teens on Stage productions during her years at CBCS, Jones won her first (and only) Marmot at 16 for playing opposite Tom Mallardi himself in Pinocchio. She continued her love affair with theatre at Tulane University where she was involved in post-Katrina Theatre for Social Change. Malia returned to the Gunnison valley to start a family and has 3 young children.
Her entire family is involved in CBMT and Malia believes the arts to be central to community and a life well lived. Malia is a professional makeup artist and owner of Crested Beauty Queen; you can also find her bartending at The Brick Oven.
Her entire family is involved in CBMT and Malia believes the arts to be central to community and a life well lived. Malia is a professional makeup artist and owner of Crested Beauty Queen; you can also find her bartending at The Brick Oven.
Treasurer - Suzanne Hadley
Suzanne Hadley moved to Crested Butte from New York 23 years ago. Since then she has worn many hats in this beautiful place she calls home, including a stint as Managing Director of CBMT from 2001-2003 along side Artistic Director, Shoshana Partos. Involvement with CBMT is a family affair for the Hadleys, as her two children, as well as her husband have also participated in many productions and programs. Suzanne has also served as the Legislative Chair for the CB Community School PTA for the past two school years and has volunteered for many different local organizations. She also manages the office at the family business, Andrew Hadley Architect, PC. Suzanne is honored to be a part of this wonderful community theatre.
Member at Large - Paul Roggenbuck
About 1971, Right out of another time my wife and I drove to the end of 135 and stepped into a Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland "Hey gang, let's start a theatre!!!" group. At the same time we also stepped out of "Lost Horizon" and into Shangri La.
The previous year I had been Master Carpenter at a new Ford Foundation regional theatre in Oklahoma City. My wife (an actress/director) became a member of the other theatre group in OKC, the avant garde, radical one. In OKC??? Anyway, have you been in OKC in the summer? Beyond dreadful. What do OKC'ns do in the summer? Go to the Rockies. So we did.
The "Hey Gang" bunch were a curious outfit. Made up of theatre enthusiasts already in the Butte, recent arrivals, and a clutch of seven or eight strange people who said they were from the Goodman School of Drama of the Chicago Art Institute. I think they had been lured here by a tall man who lived in the mountains in winter and wrote books. Mythical. But said to be real.
So, somehow we got to know the "theatre" people. My wife (Peggy) and I were young, foolish, and way into theatre, both of us. Peggy had graduated with a theatre degree from one of those seven sister schools. Intellectual. Serious. Theatre to change the world. So we got swept up in it all. What great, great times.
Don't get the wrong idea. We were serious about doing good theatre. We were serious about doing serious theatre. The times were about change, and we all thought theatre was the best change agent.
I left CB in about 1976. Went to college for a year, went into business, sold the business, bought a 44' Sloop, sailed for a year in the Carribbean with my wife and two sons, then 1.5 yrs. and 5. Then continued University and finished a degree in that most useful of majors. Guess. Needing to bring in a couple bucks I answered an add in "help wanted" for a yacht broker. Well, I showed well then and got the job. Many years of expensive boats, hotels, restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard, Maine to Florida. And I still have a liver.
The previous year I had been Master Carpenter at a new Ford Foundation regional theatre in Oklahoma City. My wife (an actress/director) became a member of the other theatre group in OKC, the avant garde, radical one. In OKC??? Anyway, have you been in OKC in the summer? Beyond dreadful. What do OKC'ns do in the summer? Go to the Rockies. So we did.
The "Hey Gang" bunch were a curious outfit. Made up of theatre enthusiasts already in the Butte, recent arrivals, and a clutch of seven or eight strange people who said they were from the Goodman School of Drama of the Chicago Art Institute. I think they had been lured here by a tall man who lived in the mountains in winter and wrote books. Mythical. But said to be real.
So, somehow we got to know the "theatre" people. My wife (Peggy) and I were young, foolish, and way into theatre, both of us. Peggy had graduated with a theatre degree from one of those seven sister schools. Intellectual. Serious. Theatre to change the world. So we got swept up in it all. What great, great times.
Don't get the wrong idea. We were serious about doing good theatre. We were serious about doing serious theatre. The times were about change, and we all thought theatre was the best change agent.
I left CB in about 1976. Went to college for a year, went into business, sold the business, bought a 44' Sloop, sailed for a year in the Carribbean with my wife and two sons, then 1.5 yrs. and 5. Then continued University and finished a degree in that most useful of majors. Guess. Needing to bring in a couple bucks I answered an add in "help wanted" for a yacht broker. Well, I showed well then and got the job. Many years of expensive boats, hotels, restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard, Maine to Florida. And I still have a liver.
Advisory Council
Jo Ann Macy
Jo Ann and her husband retired to the Crested Butte area in 1998 after having spent the mid-90’s skiing the slopes at Mt. Crested Butte. Prior to retirement, she worked in New York City for a high tech corporation specializing in PC software and consulting services on Strategic and Tactical Planning for Fortune 500 companies. Her work was in the consulting area addressing and troubleshooting software applications in the user departments. Taking a sabbatical from work, she became involved in her neighborhood and community which led to her being appointed by the Manhattan Borough President to serve on Manhattan Community Board 4 (a liaison board between the Community and City Hall) which covers the Midtown West side of Manhattan. She chaired the Quality of Life and then Clinton Area Zoning Committees; she then served two years as Chair of Community Board 4. After retiring to the Crested Butte area, she served on the Board of Crested Butte Music Festival where she chaired the Marketing and then Education Committees. She joined the Crested Butte Mountain Theatre Board in June 2010. Leisure activities include gardening at 9600 feet altitude, hiking, skiing and the arts.
Larry Tanning
Larry rejoined the CBMT board in November 2007 after a 21-year absence. For twelve years from 1974 to 1986 he had been very active with CBMT. Larry continues to offer service to the Theatre through Advisory Council participation. Larry has participated in many of CBMT’s most memorable productions, from building sets, to playing piano for Summer Shakespeare, to acting and directing. He was the President of the CBMT board in 1986 when the theatre was the springboard for initiating the Center for the Arts. For the next two decades he built and directed a high tech computer systems company that eventually encompassed the globe. Returning to Crested Butte, Larry led the first-ever capital fundraiser to upgrade the technical and lighting capabilities of CBMT’s theatre. With work completed in 2009, the jewel box Victorian building houses a modern theatre space. In August of 2008 Larry directed the hit bedroom farce Run For Your Wife.
Kristi Hargrove
Kristi moved to Crested Butte in 1993 with her husband, Scott and their four amazing children. A partner in Hargrove Construction Co., Inc. she has held the position of office manager, finance manager and bookkeeper for the past 20 years. Prior to that, she worked as a systems analyst for a major Southern California Savings & Loan. Kristi has served on many community boards including Paradise Preschool (treasurer and chair); Crested Butte Community School PTA (treasurer); District Accountability Advisory Committee (chair); CBCS Site Accountability Advisory Committee; Colorado PTA and Great Education Colorado. She is passionate about education and fiscal policy issues and works with several state and national level organizations in this pursuit. Kristi speaks around the country on how TABOR has impacted Colorado and why no other state should pass similar measures. Kristi became involved with the Crested Butte Mountain Theatre to give back for all of the amazing experiences the Community theatre afforded her children, Kelli and Jeffrey – both of whom fell in love with the stage. Kristi joined the CBMT board in May of 2009.
