DIRECTORS
DEEP CUT by Ellen K. Graham
PETER J HUGHES
Peter J Hughes is an author, Life-Shift facilitator, and director. Peter has worked at the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, Universal Studios Hollywood, Summer Repertory Theatre, The Arkansas Rep, New American Theatre; Littleton Town Hall Arts Center, Theatre Aspen, Vintage Theatre, Benchmark Theatre, The Avenue Theatre, Firehouse Theater Company, and Abster Productions. Directing credits include the Colorado regional premier of August: Osage County (Denver Henry Award nomination for Best Director.), Tiny Beautiful Things, Every Brilliant Thing, Bakersfield Mist, The Secret Garden, Mame, La Cage aux Folles, The Miracle Worker. Peter’s business as a Life-Shift facilitator gifts him the opportunity to work with clients, locally, nationally, and internationally. Deemed by some as the Read It-Do It-Be It book for our times, his book At-One-Ment: Reclaiming Our Humanity is currently available through Amazon. For more details please visit peterjhughes.com “Where we get shift done.”
EXTREME JOLENE by Edith Weiss
EDITH WEISS
Edith Wesis, third person, loves the play crawl. She loves the actors that work for the love of it. She loves writing short pieces to an environment. Her youth theater plays, children's plays, and comedic murder mysteries have been performed in small theaters, colleges, and schools almost everywhere. Okay not in Antarctica. But (switching to first person) I'm working on that. And I love you the audience for supporting And Toto too.
HARD ROCK LIFE by Christie Brenner Winn
CHRIS MEDINA
Chris Medina is grateful to be here! This is his fourth time participating in THE PLAY CRAWL! It really is one of his favorite theatre events in all of Colorado. He would like to show appreciation to his amazing wife and three beautiful daughters for letting him come play! He is looking forward to bringing more incredible theatre to Colorado. Favorite past productions as a director or actor include: We Will Rock You, Harvey, 12 Angry Men, Spamalot, Kimberly Akimbo, Hellcab, August: Osage County, Dog Sees God, The Nerd and Josh Hartwell’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Currently, Medina’s directorial effort Four Old Broads on the High Seas is playing to sold out crowds at Funky Little Theater Company in Colorado Springs. Up next, Medina is ecstatic to direct step into Mitch Albom’s shoes in Funky’s August production, Tuesdays With Morrie! Thanks for supporting And Toto too Theatre Company, they are one of my favorites!
CLOWN SHOES by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill
STUART BARR
Stuart Barr has been working in theatre since 1985. He is currently the Technical Director at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and teaches at the Community College of Aurora. He has worked as an actor, director, scenic designer, lighting designer, and is a member of Actor’s Equity as a stage manager.
MISS REMAX by Carrie Printz
JEREMY ELMAN
Jeremy trained as a theatre director (Mountview Academy) in his native England and worked for a few years on the Fringe in London and Edinburgh, mainly in new writing. He then moved into directing for TV, followed by starting his own successful social content production company. After an extended break and a move from London to Denver, Jeremy is excited to return to the theater and become part of the Denver community. This will be the third time Jeremy has directed a play for the Play Crawl
MIDDLE AGED BUSKER by Melissa Lucero McCarl
MELISSA LUCERO MCCARL
Painted Bread, Melissa’s full length play about the life of Frida Kahlo, was voted "Best New Play" by the Denver Post. She was commissioned by the Jewish Community Center to write Poignant Irritations, about the life of Gertrude Stein ("Best Local Playwright" by Westword), and commissioned by Bonnie Metzgar to write for The War Anthology at Curious Theatre Co. Her one act play, Carlene Yakkin is a recipient of the Steven Dietz award. Her critically acclaimed play Lost Creatures was produced in 2016 by And Toto too Theatre Company and was nominated for a Henry award. Most recently, her play The Heartbeat of the Sun was produced by Cherry Creek Theatre. She was commissioned by the Aurora Fox Arts Center to write a play about Norma Walker, the first and only female mayor of Aurora, which will have a public reading in October of this year. Melissa currently teaches playwriting for Lighthouse Writers Workshop and the Denver Center Theatre Company.
LEGACY OR MOM VIBES By Nina Alice Miller
DARREN SMITH
Darren Smith is a successful business owner, stage designer and filmmaker. He has been a crawl leader since the first Play Crawl in 2011. Darren has more than 30 years of experience both on-stage and in almost every capacity behind the scenes, and is responsible for the technical operations for AndTotoToo. Since 2015 he has directed more than 31 short films, garnering awards including winning 3rd Place for Best Film at the London 48 Hour Film Project in 2024. His aim with storytelling - whether on screen or stage - is to immerse the audience in situations that feel familiar to them, even if they have never personally experienced the exact scenario that is unfolding. They should see themselves or someone they know reflected back to them, and through these stories gain a little more insight into the beautiful, inevitably flawed, human condition. Originally from Birmingham, England, Darren has made Denver Colorado his home for the last 27 years.
ALWAYS by Susan Lyles
MADISON KUEBLER
Madison is SO excited to be a part of and Toto Too’s annual play crawl. She's worked as a sound designer, actor, and director for various companies in Denver over the last 12 years. Most recently as the sound designer for Ripcord and assistant director/sound designer for Perfect Arrangement at Firehouse Theatre Company. She is also the Artistic Director of the Queer Reading Series at AND TOTO too Theatre Company. She has a BA in Theatre from Metropolitan State University with a Minor in Women's Studies and is very passionate about telling stories from and about the Queer and LGBTIA+ community. In her spare she’s a funeral director and helps families work through grief with meaningful goodbyes.
YOU’VE GOT MAIL by Leslie C. Lewis
KATE POLING
Kate is excited to be back for another Play Crawl. Kate is an actor and director in the Denver area. Credits with And Toto too include Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell, One Last Thing Before I Forget, South Star, The Way Station, and Smoke. Other regional credits include Three Tall Women and Pride and Prejudice (Firehouse Theater) and Rumpelstiltskin, The Nutcracker and Robin Hood (Miners Alley). Directorial credits include These Shining Lives and Little Women (Firehouse Theatre), Mother Goose and Juan Bobo (MIners Alley TYA) Next up, Kate is writing and directing Snow White and the Seven Martians for Miners Alley Theatre for Young Audiences, opening August 23rd!
BALANCE by Linda Berry
MARU GARCIA
Maru has been acting and directing for over 40 years now. She has a Bachelor’s in Art from UNAM in Mexico City, specializing in directing. Maru has participated in more than 100 plays as actor and/or director. She has also participated in a few films and some TV. During her artistic career, she has had the opportunity to lead and manage three theater companies: Grupo Bochinche in Mexico City, The 73rd Avenue Theatre Company and Wheat Ridge Theatre Company, both in Colorado. She has participated in the Play Crawl for several years and loves it! www.marugarciaactor.com