When local actor Bob Hoppe needed open-heart surgery, the DAF got to the heart of the matter
Who we helped: Bob Hoppe has been a greatly admired actor and dancer in the Colorado theater community going back to at least 1997, with a long list of impressive credits spanning Country Dinner Playhouse, BDT Stage, the Arvada Center, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse and more. Most recently, he appeared in “Once Upon a Mattress” and “Noises Off” at the Arvada Center. He was Nick Bottom in BDT’s “Something Rotten” and Max in “The Sound of Music.” At Candlelight, he was King Arthur in “Camelot” and Harold Hill in “The Music Man.” Bob grew up in Denver and attended Ranum High School in Northglenn. “I am very grateful that I can make a living doing what I love to do – entertain,” said Hoppe.
His medical story: Bob recently required emergency open heart surgery to correct both an aortic valve and an aneurysm. It was a long and very scary process, he said. Even scarier were the bills that followed for his ambulance ride, surgery and hospital stay. There were five in all, totaling ore than $5,150 – after insurance!
How we helped: In short order, the Denver Actors Fund resolved to pay Bob’s entire out-of-pocket obligation, which brings our overall support now to $5,405. Helping any qualified applicant in need is its own joy. But helping someone who means so much to the theater community at large makes us all warm and fuzzy inside.
‘I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO WITHOUT THE DENVER ACTORS FUND!’ – BOB HOPPE
How you can help us help us help more Colorado theater artists: If you would like to make a donation to help The Denver Actors Fund replenish, simply mail checks in any amount made out to Denver Actors Fund to P.O. Box 11182, Denver, CO 80211. Or use this donation link, with our humble thanks.
