Off Square Theatre is excited to announce the cast and crew of upcoming Black Box production What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck.
Heidi || Jessica Robblee
Jessica Robblee (she/her) is a longtime Colorado actor-writer-director-producer, and she is pleased to be making her Off Square debut with this production. Her credits include: The Belle of Amherst (Clover and Bee Productions); Blue Ridge (Miners Alley Playhouse); Sylvia, The Moors, Electric Baby, and Drowning Girls (Arvada Center Black Box); Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Odyssey, and Twelfth Night (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Frankenstein, All the Way, Lord of the Butterflies (Denver Center), Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Square Product Theatre), and Trunks, Duck Duck Dupe, and Siren Song (Buntport Theater for All Ages). www.jessicarobblee.com
Legionnaire || Rodney Lizcano
Rodney Lizcano (he/him/they) has appeared in regional theaters across the country with most notable appearances with the Denver Center Theatre Company (20 seasons), The Old Globe, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Arvada Center, Theatre Aspen, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Stories on Stage, and Off-Broadway with Actors Ensemble Theatre and DreamScape Theatre Company. Film and TV credits: Silver City directed by independent filmmaker John Sayles and “Stage Struck” for the Bravo Network. He received his training from the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University and the National Theatre Conservatory.
Debater || Jheili Montiel Huerta
Jheili Montiel Huerta (she/her) was raised in Jackson and is a senior in high school. She has participated in Speech and Debate for her entire high school career and was team Captain for the past season. She is a top debater in the state and National qualifier three years in a row. Next year, she will be going to college and plans to major in English.
Director || Allison Watrous
Allison Watrous (she/her) is the Executive Director of Education and Community at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, which has been her artistic home for over 25 years as an educator, actor and director. What the Constitution Means to Me will be Allison’s second full production with Off Square, following her production in 2018 of Annapurna.
Acting work includes Kelly Young in Just Like Us, A Christmas Carol, John Brown’s Body and Scapin (Denver Center Theatre Company); Girls Only – The Secret Comedy of Women (Denver Center Cabaret); Astronomical Sunset (Curious Theatre Company), and Savage in Limbo, Crimes of the Heart, American Notes, Talley’s Folly and Gidion’s Knot (Sis Tryst Productions).
Directing work includes Annapurna, The Revolutionists, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Off Square Theatre Company), Cult Following, Little Red, Goodnight Moon and Corduroy (Denver Center), Bus Stop (Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities), The Revolutionists (BETC), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Miners Alley Playhouse), Big Love and Trojan Women (University of Denver), and Failure: A Love Story, The Laramie Project, Eurydice, Wintertime, Arcadia and The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Denver School of the Arts).
Allison studied at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Theatre Institute, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre at Drake University, and holds a Masters’ Degree in Fine Arts in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory.
Stage Manager || Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor (she/her) lives in Jackson with her husband and their two kids. Elizabeth is an alumna of The University of Colorado Boulder, where she earned her BFA in Theater Technology for Carpentry and Lighting. After college, Elizabeth worked for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, MT Shakespeare in the Schools, and The MSU Black Box Theater. She began her work with Off Square Theatre Company as a carpenter and light board operator for Music Man Jr. Elizabeth is delighted to continue her work with Off Square.
Rehearsal Stage Manager || Anne Jude
Anne Jude (she/her) National Tours: Mary Poppins, Elf. Recent credits: Hotter than Egypt, Little Red, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Denver Center), Kinky Boots (Maine State Music Theater), Rock of Ages – Hollywood (The Bourbon Room), Additional credits include: A Picture of Dorian Gray, Othello, Henry V (A Noise Within); The Glass Menagerie, Man of La Mancha, Dreamgirls (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). First Stage Children’s Theater, Fulton Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals. Education: BFA Arts Administration – Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Love to Joe and our 3 great productions – James, Jude & Maggie. Proud AEA Member.
Costume Designer || Dena DeMarco
Dena DeMarco (she/her) Originally from San Diego, Dena was hired to costume OST’s youth musical Beauty and the Beast, Jr by answering a job posting in JH’s local paper in 2017. Since then, Dena has costumed all the OST youth musicals , most recently costuming The Sound of Music, directed by Kathryn Chapin. She has also helped with adult theater Thin Air Shakespeare for the past five years and will be costuming the upcoming Richard III, directed by Edgar Landa. Another wonderful opportunity was costuming The Revolutionists with Denver director Allison Watrous, and she looks forward to working with her again in What The Constitution Means To Me. Dena enjoys working with such a talented team and looks forward to the rest of the 2023 OST season.
Scenic & Lighting Designer || Molly Moon Thorn
Molly Moon Thorn (she/her) A local “Wilson kid”, Molly grew up performing on the Pink Garter, Playhouse, Walk Festival Hall and JHHS stages. In search of something completely different, sight unseen Molly attended the University of the South in Sewanee, TN where she obtained a BFA in Theatre Arts. An avid skier, rafter and wilderness wanderer, she returned to the Tetons to further explore this vast and glorious playground we are so blessed to call home. Molly is grateful to work, once again, with her brilliant and talented friends at Off Square Theatre.
