The Golden Marmot Awards

These awards celebrate so much history & the ongoing tradition of community theatre at the Mallardi. Eric Ross, thespian & ham, wrote of the theatre, “1972 was a groovy time in Crested Butte.

The town was tiny, rents were cheap, the streets were dirt, the air was coal-dusty, dogs ruled, a gold ski pass was $125, & love was everywhere. Only one thing was missing:

live theatre. And so it began.”

​CBMT recognizes that it is important to recognize the hard work & dedication of the community who made theater possible & so a new party was born. The Golden Marmots began in 1982, taking inspiration from the Tony Awards & features all the 'glitz & glamor' that a mountain community can muster. The first awards were “Do-It-Yourself” modge-podge golden statues based on the squirrel with its tail removed, therefore giving the fragile statue the appearance of our local mountain mascots,

the marmots.