Tag: True West Awards
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Army combat veteran on theater as therapy for trauma
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 21 Retired Staff Sergeant, actor and Springs Ensemble Theatre president found out the long way that his father had his back all along As an actor, director and president of Springs Ensemble Theatre, retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matt Radcliffe has a ready rejoinder whenever he’s confronted with…
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Justine Lupe comes home: Everybody wants this
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2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 19 A remarkably large class of Coloradans excelled in 2025 on screens large and small, and on stages near and far Justine Lupe started to get famous around 2018 because she was versatile, she was deeply relatable, she was quirky, and she was completely authentic – on camera and…
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‘Legally Blonde’ staged by Air Force Academy cadets? Elle, yes!
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 16 The cast was made up of ‘Bluebards’ – more than 40 Academy cadets, each destined to be an Air Force officer one day Michelle Ruehl, like Elle Woods, just finished No. 1 in her class. The retired Air Force colonel – and a longtime force behind the Air…