Denver Actors Fund announces The KINDNESS Fund
November 5, 2020
The Denver Actors Fund today announced the $65,000 KINDNESS Fund, a new source of emergency COVID relief fund – with a fun, humanitarian twist.
News & Updates
Helpful examples of random acts of kindness
November 4, 2020
SOCIALLY DISTANCED KINDNESS IDEAS Examples of qualifying acts of kindness might include: Write a random letter to a senior citizen or a member of the Armed Forces to bring a bit of brightness into their day. Suggestions: Operation Gratitude or Soldiers’ Angels Read a story or performing a monologue for a local senior citizen(s) through Zoom Assist a student with remote tutoring or homework Make a grocery run on behalf of a homebound neighbor Shovel a neighbor’s sidewalk Thank someone
Colorado photographer Susannah McLeod’s COVID-19 series chronicled in new book: Quarantine Week by Weak
August 5, 2020
When shelter-in-place orders were issued by the state of Colorado, photographer and actor Susannah McLeod and her wife, fellow actor Chloe McLeod, joined the thousands of people whose livelihoods were impacted by COVID-19. With theaters closed and events on hold, much of the couple’s income was impacted. To stay creatively engaged and bring some light-heartedness to a challenging situation, the couple started a photography project documenting their lives during quarantine. They produced more than 35 sets of humorous photos comparing
Denver Actors Fund makes affordable health care available to theatre artists
July 31, 2020
The Denver Actors Fund is collaborating with Maria Droste Counseling Center’s 60 independent practitioners to eliminate affordability as a barrier to Colorado theatre artists getting immediate mental-health care.