Tag Archive for: Memorial

Deborah Jordy: Artist, Advocate, Servant Leader and Friend

On the cusp of retiring, Deborah Jordy sits on her patio at her Cherry Creek home speaking with devotion and no small about of poetry about a favorite topic. The executive director of the SCFD, one of the nation’s most innovative and consequential local sources of arts and culture funding —the seven-county Scientific and Cultural […]

Daniel L. Ritchie, Former DCPA Chairman and CEO, Passed Away Age 93

The last among hundreds of plays Daniel L. Ritchie ever saw could not have been more perfectly chosen. On the day before Thanksgiving, the Denver business titan sat among giggling children watching a Theatre for Young Audiences performance of Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” at the Denver Center’s Randy Weeks Conservatory Theatre. […]

Lester Ward: Remembering the Former DCPA President, COO and Trustee

On Wednesday, October 20, former DCPA President, COO and Trustee Lester Ward passed away. While our lights are dimmed, our appreciation for his 46-years of service will continue to be heard in every round of applause for decades to come.

Douglas Langworthy: A champion of good plays and goodness

DCPA Theatre Company’s Director of New Play Development was known for his sharp mind and gentle spirit Douglas Langworthy liked to call himself “a card-carrying Libra, ever seeking harmony in the world.” Never comfortable in the spotlight, he would rather rate any public experience by its “squirm factor.” Which may explain why the DCPA Theatre […]

Ross Haley launched hundreds of shows, and theatrical careers, in Boulder

Colorful Colorado theatre figure defied all odds in bringing venerable Boulder’s Dinner Theatre to life in 1977

Russell Costen remembered: A bear of an actor, a teddy bear of a man

From the film Hair to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, beloved actor delivered winning performances with heart right up to his twilight