The Ricketson Theatre will be renamed in honor of the DCPA Trustee and former Denver Post owner who says live theatre has helped in his ongoing battle with Multiple Sclerosis
Longtime philanthropists join $36 million capital campaign that will re-build the DCPA’s Stage and Ricketson theatres
Stage Theatre will be renamed Marvin and Judi Wolf Theatre upon its reopening in 2020; effort already 75 percent to goal.
The DCPA’s modest former president and longest-serving trustee officially retired last month after 46 years of service.
‘The longtime Portland leader champions a range of voices from George Bernard Shaw to Lauren Gunderson, who says, ‘Denver is so lucky to get him.’
The President and CEO of the DCPA makes the case that the arts are not a subsidy. They are an economic engine.
“I think he’s done an incredible job, and he has offered a lot of people a home. He offered me a home.”
From Marcia Milgrom Dodge to Robert Petkoff to actors to ushers to audiences to The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.
Thompson’s tenure in Denver will be most remembered for his unyielding commitment to underrepresented voices.
Kent Thompson called Garrett “an exceptional theatre artist with a proven dedication to fostering new and diverse voices in the American theatre.”