From training to trauma center: Life changes in an instant
Yearly Archives: 2020
31 posts
‘My appearance and speech are as vital to my profession as my singing’
Lindsay’s Fuller’s front teeth have been put through the ringer – twice – but The Denver Actors Fund has been there for her.
NOTE: The Denver Actors Fund’s DEAR Fund has expired after having provided Colorado theatre artists more than $100,000 in emergency income replacement following the COVID-19 shutdown. The DAF is actively exploring new ways in which it might be able to provide long-term artist assistance specific to the ongoing ban on […]
When Medicaid would not help a local actor with Medicaid, we did
A move, a wedding … and an expensive medical diagnosis Aid recipient: Sarah Grover of Johnstown is a busy local actor who most recently appeared in the ensemble of “Jekyll and Hyde” at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse. Before that, she played Esmerelda there in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” “Sarah […]
Neither Jekyll, nor Hyde, nor the actors who played them were spared the flu
‘When I learned that my application was approved, I started crying from relief’
DAF purchases portable respiratory equipment for Phamaly co-founder
‘I might have had thousands of dollars worth of unnecessary and overpriced work done on my teeth’
‘I never could have imagined the immense feeling of gratitude and relief’
‘She was with us through everything life had to throw at us.’ Aid recipient: Educator and actor Jodi Hogle was the Director of the PREP Center for Denver Public Schools and a frequent performer for Phamaly Theatre Company, whose mission is to provide performance opportunities for actors with disabilities. Jodi, […]
Trumpet player: Two surgeries, two casts, two massive bills
Two insurance policies and no coverage left local actor with $2,844 dental bill
After the onset of mysterious symptoms and two surgeries, local actor left with $6,250 in bills