World Premiere! - January 31st, 2018 | Kosmic Joke: Killing Time

Lauren Russell

as Sloan

Lauren studied musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. She recently moved back home to Colorado, where she has been involved in numerous productions in the Denver area. Favorite roles include Dr. Watson (The Hound of the Baskervilles), Titania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Portia/Balthazar (Good Men, and True), and C.B.’s Sister (Dog Sees God). She is currently performing as a Showgirl in Honeymoon in Vegas (Vintage Theatre), a Chef/Elf in The Polar Express(Colorado Railroad Museum), and doing various murder mystery shows with American Immersion Theatre. She is also working on several independent films, teaching dance and theatre at elementary schools, and looking for more opportunities to develop and collaborate on original works.

Tara Spires as Valerie

Tara Spires is proud to be making her Boulder debut in Kosmic Joke: Killing Time. She is currently working on her MFA at Naropa University. A native of the
San Francisco Bay Area, she received her BA from Cal State East Bay, & performed with The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women/HIV Circle, under the direction of Rhodessa Jones. Tara’s background started in improv. She was a member of ComedySportz in San Jose, Ca. & Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Portland Actors Conservatory (2016.) Recent credits include Barnaby, in Babes in Toyland, (Portland Metro Arts,) Sherry in The Amish Project, (Portland Actors Conservatory), Mrs. Dasnwood/Anne Steele in Sense and Sensibility, (Portland Actors Conservatory), & Helena in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Portland Actors Conservatory). She is a massage therapist who lives in Broomfield with her husband & two cats.

Monica Joyce Thompson as Sarah

Monica grew up in Colorado but graduated from Oklahoma City University where she was the first person to earn a Honors Double Major in Musical Theater and Vocal Performance. In high school, she won the Colorado Shakespeare Competition and placed in the top ten in the nation at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Since then, she has been in numerous productions around the country including Nellie Forbush (South Pacific), Cinderella (Into the Woods), and Presendia (Dark Sisters). She would like to thank the Big Man upstairs, her family, and this cast for the support and opportunity.

Ashley Campbell as Glen

Ashley Campbell is excited to be performing in Killing Time as Glen in the Made in Boulder Theatre festival. Ashley holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Denver with honors distinction in Acting and Directing. She is currently the Associate Artistic Director at Pipedream Productions and directs with KidStage Colorado. Ashley is also a sound designer around Denver, having worked with BETC, Pandemic Collective, the Edge Theater and the Athena Project.

A rebel hacker and deserting military officer might in fact be the last people on earth who want to be chained together in a desert. Headed to the last spacecraft leaving a soon-to-be-uninhabitable Earth, Valerie and Sloan face the destruction of everything they have fought for, and everything they have ever known. When their plans to catch a ride off the dying planet fall through and they get left behind, the only hope that remains is each other. That is, until they discover a final hold out of survivors planning to save Earth, now that the richest and most toxic members of the planet have departed. With one final chance to leave Earth, or to defend it, Valerie and Sloan must choose their revolution. Stranded together once more, Valerie and Sloan discover that the true saviors are the ones who have been left behind and have learned to rise up again.

World Premiere One Night Only: January 31st 2018
The Carsen Theatre at the Dairy Arts Center, Goddess Productions, Maya Productions, Buck Lee Productions, for the Theatre Made In Boulder Festival

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