Since 1987, Epiphany Dance Theater’s Art Director has co-directed Mudd Butt Mystery Theatre Troupe — a unique summer program for the theater arts — in Telluride, Colorado.
Mudd Butts was a shared experience between adult professional artists and children ages 10-13, promoting the development of important life skills which serves its graduates in all aspects of their school, personal and professional lives.
3 Decades of Artful Collaboration
Celebrate 33 years of collaborative theater adventures with the purchase of the 30th Anniversary Mudd Butt Mystery Theatre Troupe book featuring the work of co-directors Sally Davis and Kim Epifano, Propmaster Michael Stasiuk, and founder of the Telluride Academy Wendy Brooks.
Program Included:
Indoor Performance Workshops including acting, singing, dancing, creative writing, improvisation, and drumming.
Take part in the creation of spectacular props, puppets, masks, and costumes inspired by Bread and Puppet Theater.
Outdoor adventures and site specific theater experiments designed to tap into students’ creativity.
Offers a link to all our humanity by employing and exploring mix movement, music, and classic narratives.
Cumulative Performances at the state-of-the-art Michael D. Palm Theater.
Program Outcomes:
Students engage with their peers in a deeply collaborative process.
Students are mentored by Leading Arts-Professionals and Master Teachers, building relationships that last well beyond a summer.
Students develop life-skills concerning communication, presence, empathy, constructive introspection and how to perceive the world with a healthier critical perception.
Students explore artistic aesthetics and are challenged to cultivate their own.
Students are empowered to employ their voices, not only in performance, but also in their ability to advocate for themselves.
Students are invited to invest in play and creativity and to see it as a lifelong necessity.
In Memory
Honoring Wendy Brooks
1939-2024
Remembering a Telluride Matriarch…
Visionary, Collaborator, Friend, Educator, Mentor & Mother
Wendy was instrumental in the successes of our educational programs…
