Chris Boeckx is a Peace Corps volunteer turned practicing attorney with a passion for using his skills to strengthen his community. Chris is a Colorado native and proud graduate of Columbine High School, Metro State University (cum laude), and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he graduated […]
Monthly Archives: March 2014
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Sarah J. Hom is a Colorado native with a passion for the performing arts and disability advocacy. She began her career in non-profit arts administration in 1995 with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In addition to serving on the board for the Denver Actors Fund, Sarah also serves […]
Amy is a graduate of Metro State College and holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Human Services, with a concentration in Non-Profit Administration. Amy sits on several boards and prefers to work with disability and nonprofit organizations on a global level as a consultant. Amy concentrates on issues that […]
Paul Dunne is an ordained minister and a vice president with the Kempe Foundation, a world leader in the fight against child abuse and neglect. Inspired by the need to serve after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Paul joined the nonprofit sector as a Senior Development Officer for the Denver Rescue […]
John Moore is an award-winning arts journalist who was named one of the 12 most influential theater critics in the United States by American Theatre Magazine in 2011. His online innovations for The Denver Post prompted the Chicago Tribune to suggest that The Denver Post‘s online theater coverage was the […]
Note: At the Denver Actors Fund, anonymity of aid recipients is presumed and fully protected, unless and until the recipient chooses to have his or her story told. Aid recipient: Back in 2014, Twanna LaTrice Hill became just the fifth aid recipient in The Denver Actors Fund’s young history. Twanna […]
Aid recipient No. 3: For years, Becky Toma has been a busy props designer and P.R. freelancer for clients that include schools, local theatre companies and Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. In 2013 alone, Becky designed props (and did some wardrobe supervision) on the Town Hall Arts Center’s “Forever Plaid,” “Hair” and […]
Aid recipient No. 2: Maggie Stillman is the artistic director and founder of the Byers-Evans House Theatre Company, which is in the process of becoming the Ripple Effect Theatre Company that this year will move into residence at the Laundry on Lawrence (home of the LIDA Project). Her story: Maggie […]
Brock Benson: Actor Brock Benson was hit by a car while legally entering a Broadway crosswalk, and the work he missed in the days after the accident made making his January rent a precarious proposition. So as the inaugural recipient of Denver Actors Fund, we gave Brock the $240 he […]
The new Denver Actors Fund: For when you break a leg. The Denver Actors Fund is a modest source of immediate, situational relief when members of the local theater community find themselves in sudden medical need. To date, The Denver Actors Fund has distributed about $600,000 in aid and volunteers […]