LeAnne Carrouth LeAnne Carrouth has been directing and acting in Colorado Springs since Eve Tilley saw fit to cast her in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof about 16 years ago. Since that time she has directed
True West,
Speed the Plow,
Amahl and the Night Visitors,
Gift of the Magi as well as countless high school and middle school productions in her 16 year role as a professional theater educator. Local acting credits include 'Masha' in
3 Sisters, 'Essie' in
You Can’t Take it With You, 'Candy' in O
ne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 'Cecily' in
The Importance of Being Earnest, 'Gwendolyn Pigeon' in
The Odd Couple (female version) and 'Sister Woman' in
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She trained in acting at the Circle in the Square and has a MAT in Arts and Humanities.
Birgitta De Pree is in love with the theater. As Artistic Director of the MAT (along with husband Jim Jackson) her job entails everything from performing and directing to coordinating ticket sales and bulk-mailings. She particularly enjoys the wild adventure that creating and producing new work entails. This season she helped create four original plays for the MAT and directed two for this festival. Who knew an MFA in acting would lead her to this wonderful place?
Rhonda Greder an award wining director and master teacher of the arts, has directed more than 80 productions, including the PAPPA nominated “Le Misérables” and KCIC’s productions of “One Hand, One Heart” and “Anne of Green Gables” at the PPC. This project has reawakened her passion to use her director’s voice to create works that illuminate what is good in the universe. Rhonda enjoys the constant light of her son, Caleb.
Eve Tilley, a native of Colorado Springs, graduated from the Color ado College with a B. A. in English and a Master of Arts in Teaching for secondary school with theatre emphasis. As president of the Star Bar Players from 1981-1987, she performed every theatre related activity but hang lights. In addition to have been privileged to direct for the Six Women Playwriting Festival for the past three years, she has also directed for Little London Productions, Encore! Dinner Theatre, the Fine Arts Center Repertory Theatre Company, the Manitou Art Theatre and a production of
The Wedding Trunk by “6 Women” founder, Donna Guthrie, which was filmed for the Pikes Peak Library District, as well as directing and acting for Theatreworks and performing in her favorite role to date as Witch #2 in
Macbeth for Smokebrush. Though her favorite medium is theatre, she also dabbles in visual arts creating costumes, designing pop-up greeting cards, posters, and an occasional brochure. Eve has recently retired after 15 years as president of the Pikes Peak Arts Council, and is happily married to Sol Chavez, set designer extraordinaire and engineer who graciously puts up with her cats, plants, and arts-related activities.
