Amy Arpan

Amy has worked professionally as an actress, show host, variety artist, improviser, fight choreographer, clown, and director for 22 years.

She is represented by Radical Artists Agency, and you may have seen her competing in the ‘Dish Network Challenge’ and zooming along on an electric scooter in the ‘Colorado Lottery’ commercials.

Past local credits include Ella Enchanted at the Arvada Center; Mrs. Soames in Our Town at Miners Alley; the Conductor and Engineer in The Polar Express; Madame Volange in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at Miners Alley; Characters in Crisis for the Colorado Police Departments; and directing Fright Fest and the Summer Illusion Shows at Elitch Gardens. She is also a local weekly Trivia and Bingo Host.

Favorite out of State Credits and Clients include: Nickelodean, Royal Caribbean, Disney Cruise Lines, Cedar Fair Theme Parks , Shakespeare Carolina, ChickSpeare, The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte.

In addition to Clowning around with her Ringling Brother’s Circus School training, she is also fond of Juggling, Improv-ing, Performing Magic, Balloon Twisting, Lip Print Reading, Stilt Walking, Mascot work, Puppeteering, Show Hosting, and Character Roaming. She has been the owner and principal performer for Amy Arpan’s Illusions and Confusions since its founding in 1998.

Adrienne Asterita

Adrienne (She/Her) has been performing as well as teaching and directing children for over 20 years. She has a BFA in Drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she trained at the Playwright’s Horizon’s Theatre School in Acting & Directing.

Originally from Long Island, NY she has also lived in NYC and New Jersey, working as a Teaching Artist with Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and was the Director of the Musical Theatre Workshop camp at Summers at LREI (The Little Red School House) in Manhattan for 10 years. Adrienne also performed with the children’s music group Junior Jam and can be heard on their album Wake Up, as well as performing in their musical My Perfect Pet at the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and other venues.

She has also sung the National Anthem for the Mets at Shea Stadium, Red Bulls at Giants Stadium, and 10 times at Madison Square Garden for college basketball events. Adrienne moved to Colorado in the fall of 2020 and is looking forward to this new chapter for her and her family.

Kathryn Chovanes

Kathryn is so excited to be a teacher at Miners Alley Playhouse again this summer! She has worked with children of all ages in academic and summer camp settings here in Colorado (including last summer at MAP) and in Pennsylvania, where she’s from. Kathryn has a performing arts background in theatre, music, and voiceover. When not acting or teaching, Kathryn can be found hiking up the beautiful mountains or skiing down them.

Corey Exline

Corey is an avid dreamer, a professional actor, and a mom. After graduating from Elon University with a BFA in Acting and a BFA in Musical Theater Corey toured internationally for Missoula Children’s Theater, worked as a Director at Random Farms Kid’s Theater, and spent several years as the Artistic Director of Broadway Bound Kids. Having worked with thousands of children all over the world, Corey is thrilled to come back to her “theater for young audiences” roots in her first production with Miners Alley Children’s Theater. She is charmed by this wonderful show and profusely thanks her beautiful kiddos for tirelessly helping her memorize lines. New York Credits: Into the Woods; Urinetown!; Making Home (Premier NYC Reading). Colorado Credits: Tomfoolery (Aurora Fox); Meet Me In St. Louis (Town Hall); The Velveteen Rabbit (Arvada Center); Miss You Like Hell (Aurora Fox). Regional Credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Pricilla Beach Theatre); Working the Musical (The Umbrella Theatre); Miss Nelson is Missing (Boston Children’s Theatre); Pride & Prejudice (The Footlight Club); Shrek the Musical (Wellesley Players); Homemade Fusion (The Opposite of People); Oliver! (Lakeland Theatre). National & International Tours: The Jungle Book; The Princess and the Frog; Rumpelstiltskin; The Little Mermaid – USA, Canada, Guam, Korea, and Japan.

Sam Gilstrap

Sam has been teaching theater to Middle School and High School students through the JCC for the last 4 years. An accomplished actor in his own right, he’s performed at Curious Theater and The Arvada Center, is a core company member of The Catamounts Theater Company, and was most recently seen at Miners Alley in their production of The Crucible as Giles Corey.

Emily Gomes

Let’s take a fairytale and bring it to life! Emily loves working with kiddos to expand their imaginations. As a former Walt Disney World performer, she loves to teach in magical ways that push kids to learn, memorize and perform in ways they didn’t they could. She has taught many classes here at MAP and is thrilled for a new group of young performers to take the stage and show off their amazing talents!

Adam Johnson (Intern)

Adam is thrilled to be part of the Miner’s Alley team this summer! He has been a part of educational and summer stock theater for as long as he can remember. Currently, he is a second-year acting and journalism major at the University of Northern Colorado. He is a troupe member of CHAOS Improv, the resident improv troupe at UNC, and the social chair for the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, Zeta Kappa chapter. Besides acting and comedy, Adam enjoys writing, playing guitar, and hiking the Flatirons. Here’s to a great summer!

Colleen Lee

Colleen is an actress, photographer, and youth theater director. She adores working with young people and currently directs middle school- and elementary-aged performers with Mountain Youth Musicals and Ovation West, respectively. A strong advocate for the exposure of theater and the arts to young people, Colleen believes the performing arts give children confidence-building tools as they explore risk-taking, imagination, and develop important life-skills like personal responsibility and teamwork – all within a safe, fun environment. Colleen was last seen at Miners Alley Children’s Theatre as Miss Ramon in The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of… and lives in Evergreen with her husband and two daughters.

Lauren Michelle Long

Lauren is an actor, voice actor, media artist, and teaching artist located in Denver. She received a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts in 2016, and since then she continues to perform and create visual art, as well as teaching all over the Denver area. She is excited to share her knowledge with everyone who loves to make art.

Lydia Marshall

Lydia just received her BA and teaching license in Theatre Education from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. She has been teaching and directing theatre since she was 15 and is looking forward to starting her new job this fall as the drama teacher at Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Her recent work includes Antigone (Harding University) and Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play (Harding University.) Lydia believes in using imagination and creativity as tools to build character and catalyze growth in every student, on and off the stage. Lydia was raised in Colorado and is excited to be back for the summer with her wonderful husband!

Jenna Moll Reyes

Jenna Moll Reyes is a full-time local director, actor, and musician. Jenna has been a teaching artist since 2015 in the Denver Public, Aurora Public, and Cherry Creek School Districts, where she taught Musical Theater and Acting, as well as, Shakespeare and Movement. She has also performed at the following theaters: Miners Alley Playhouse (4000 MILES, THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL), Denver Center for the Performing Arts (THEATER OF THE MIND, BETWEEN US: BLIND DATE, THE WILD PARTY, SWEET AND LUCKY), North Carolina Theater (RING OF FIRE), Aurora Fox Arts Center (TWIST YOUR DICKENS, SHE KILLS MONSTERS, RENT), Lake Dillon Theatre Company (THE UNDERPANTS), Arvada Center (BUS STOP, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, MISS SAIGON), Curious Theatre Company (HAND TO GOD, WATER BY THE SPOONFUL),Town Hall Arts Center (LEGALLY BLONDE, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ), and Vintage Theatre (IN THE HEIGHTS). She is happily represented by Radical Artists Agency, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. jennamollreyes.com

Rebekah Ortiz

Rebekah has worked in the Denver Metro musical theatre community for 15 years as an actress, teacher, and director. She has worked with many professional theaters in town including the Denver Center, Arvada Center, BDT Stage, Town Hall Arts Center, Miners Alley, Aurora Fox, Southern Colorado Repertory, and Candlelight Dinner Theatre. For the past eight years, she has adjudicated local high school theatre programs through the Denver Center for Performing Arts Bobby G Awards program. She is represented by the Radical Artist Agency for work for commercials, industrials, film, and print work. She holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she was fortunate to be shaped by several amazing educators. Thank you to all the dedicated families and staff supporting these students in their success.

Grace Pouliot (Intern)

Amy Warner Geiger

Amy started creating theatre in her bedroom at a very early age and hasn’t stopped! That imagination led her to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, and The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Long Beach State University, studying Vocal Performance.

Amy’s one-woman comedy, The Princess Guide, about her obsession with Mandy Patinkin, premiered at The Denver Fringe Festival in June to amazing reviews (none by her actual family!). Most recent credits include the workshop of the new musical Lightning in a Bottle, Spamalot (Vintage Theatre), Same Time, Next Year (Cherry Creek Theatre), Baby (The People’s Building), The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of (Miners Alley Playhouse), and Me, Myself, and Die (Open Jar Studios, NYC). New York: The Hole (St. Clements Theatre), White Widow (Times Square Arts Center), bare (S.F., N.Y. workshop), From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (N.Y. & Nat. Tour), Mrs. Pettigrew Lives for a Day (BMI).

Teaching future artists has become a passion for Amy, leading children’s programs at A Class Act (NY), Sonoma Academy of Arts & Dance (CA) and now here at Miner’s Alley. There is nothing greater than a child’s imagination…let’s create magic!