Board of Directors
President : Gary Thoren
Gary is excited to start his next chapter of his theater career at Crested Butte Mountain Theatre. He moved to the Gunnison Valley in 2019 from Pullman Washington where he volunteered at Pullman Community Theatre for 15 years. He has done everything there from acting in plays to being on the board of directors.
Gary's passion lies in directing. He a long list of plays he has directed; Steel Magnolias, The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Wit, Becky’s New Car and Little Women are some of his favorites. He studied acting at Eastern Washington University. He looks forward to directing a play in the fall of 2021.
Gary is excited to start his next chapter of his theater career at Crested Butte Mountain Theatre. He moved to the Gunnison Valley in 2019 from Pullman Washington where he volunteered at Pullman Community Theatre for 15 years. He has done everything there from acting in plays to being on the board of directors.
Gary's passion lies in directing. He a long list of plays he has directed; Steel Magnolias, The Graduate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Wit, Becky’s New Car and Little Women are some of his favorites. He studied acting at Eastern Washington University. He looks forward to directing a play in the fall of 2021.
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Vice President : Andrew Hadley
Andrew has been involved with the Mountain Theatre since 1995. He was on the Board of Directors from 1998-2002. He has also acted in numerous plays over the years. He has been employed as an Architect in Crested Butte since 1993 and worked with the Mt Theatre on renovations of the Mallardi Cabaret. Some of his most memorable moments in Crested Butte have been spent on the theatre stage. |
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Treasurer : Hali Frasure
Hali Frasure got her start on the CBMT stage in the 90s and continues her passion for local theatre by joining the board. A CB local and Western grad, she participates in the improv troupe, Subject to Change, and can be seen occasionally treading the boards in productions. |
Secretary : Elena Marquez
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Member: Spencer Musser
Spencer Musser is the new Technical Director and a faculty member of Western Colorado University. Prior to his new positions in the Gunnison Valley, he worked at the Theatre Institute at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY as their set designer, technical director and theatre instructor. He is an alumnus of the Kansas City Art Institute where he received his BFA in sculpture and the University of Missouri in Kansas City’s graduate MFA theatre design program. |
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Member : Kirsten Hausman
Kirsten Hausman got involved in the Crested Butte Mountain Theatre through it’s improv troupe “Subject to Change” and has had a few roles in productions like Tales of Ghost Valley, Nightmare Off Elk, and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. She think community theatre is vitally important to the soul of our community and is excited to be on the CBMT board. Kirsten originally moved to CB to be a ski bum after college when the beauty and wildness of the Gunnison Valley stole her heart. She still loves to ski in the winter and can often be found riding her motorcycle or hiking in the summer. Kirsten works at Living Journeys and Western Colorado University. |
Advisory Council
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Paul Roggenbuck
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Sam Robards |
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Janet Weil
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Nancy Jones
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Jesse Buchanan