Denver Actors Fund is there when local actor and teacher faces medical need
Financial-aid recipient: Carolyn Lohr is a longtime Colorado theater actor and elementary-school teacher who had her breakout performance as Kate Monster in Vintage’s “Avenue Q,” for which she was nominated for a 2011 Denver Post Ovation Award and 2012 Henry Award. Carolyn just completed her most recent role as Abigail Adams in the Performance Now Theatre Company’s “1776.” Before that, she played Lily in “The Secret Garden” and Cinderella in “Into the Woods” there. In 2017, she was nominated for a Henry Award for her work in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at the Breckenridge Backstage Theatre. Other local theaters include The Evergreen Players, Firehouse Theater Company and Town Hall Arts Center. Carolyn earned her master’s degree from the University of Denver. As a first-grade teacher, she is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion as well as incorporating arts integration, project-based learning, and social-emotional development in the classroom.
Her medical story: Carolyn recently had need of medical services that left her with a post-insurance obligation of $2,306.95.
How we helped: The Denver Actors Fund has paid Carolyn’s bills in full totaling $2,306.95.
‘I AM DEALING WITH SHOCK AND INCREDULITY HERE.’
A message from Carolyn: “I’m dealing with some shock and incredulity here. I already had such gratitude for The Denver Actors Fund has established, but now that I’m here, it’s all the more profound.”
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The Denver Actors Fund is a modest source of immediate, situational relief when members of the local theater community find themselves in medical need. To date, the Fund has allocated more than $950,000 to artists facing medical need. In addition to financial relief, a team of more than 100 Denver Actors Fund volunteers offers good neighborly assistance including meal prep and delivery, child care, transportation, errands, construction, pet-sitting and more. For more information, visit our web site at DenverActorsFund.Org.
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MONDAY, APRIL 18: Our friends at Town Hall Arts Center are continuing on their incredible promise to designate one performance per run with 100 percent of all proceeds from ticket and concession sales to be donated to The Denver Actors Fund. Join us for “Once on This Island.” Based on a novel inspired by the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale “The Little Mermaid,” this Caribbean-Calypso one-act musical tells the story of a fearless peasant girl who falls in love with a wealthy boy from the other side of the island. When divided cultures keep them apart, the island gods assist our heroine as she embarks on a quest to reunite with the man who captured her heart. Tickets only $25. Reserve your seats at at 303-794-2787 or townhallartscenter.org.
MONDAY, APRIL 25: Please join us for a special industry-night performance of Firehouse Theater Company and 5280 Artists Co-Op‘s “Flyin’ West,” when the $15 (normally $25!) ticket sales will be donated to the Denver Actors Fund! The play follows former slaves who took advantage of The Homestead Act after the Civil War and went west to build new lives for themselves and their families. 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 25, at the John Hand Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place, on the campus of the Colorado Free University. Tickets at https://firehousetheatercompany.com. Remember to chose April 25. Thank you to Helen Hand and everyone involved! Even if you can’t join us join the 25th, see the show anyway. It runs through May 7. “I have to say that there has not been a production that has moved and inspired me more than our current collaboration with the 5280 Artist CoOp. This experience has changed me – taking me to new places and giving me new perspective.”
ONGOING: “Quarantine Week by Weak” is a new photographic coffee-table book by Susannah McLeod and her wife, Chloe McLeod, who chronicled their home life during the COVID19 shutdown with a light-hearteded photo series documenting their lives during quarantine. They produced more than 35 sets of humorous photos comparing the beginning of quarantine to later in the “stay-at-home” period. Susannah pulled out her camera and we started to play,” said Chloe McLeod. As popularity for the series grew on Instagram and after a feature in Westword, the couple started exploring options to publish the series as a book to benefit The Denver Actors Fund. To order, visit mcleod9creative.com. This project is generously sponsored by: The Albritton Family; Natalie Bowen and Jim Corbett; Dave Dyer; Julie Dyer; and Denise Gentilini and Lynette Prisner. Additional support provided by Angie Flachman and Sandy Birkey at The Publishing House and Sandra Lee Stuart.
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