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KEN FENWICK is in his twenty-third season with OpenStage Theatre, having performed numerous roles including Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Victor in The Price, Sir in The Dresser, Claudius in Hamlet, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Jack in Dancing at Lughnasa, Joe Keller in All My Sons, Hucklebee in The Fantasticks, Salieri in Amadeus, Lear in King Lear, Adolph Freitag in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Gaston in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Falstaff in Henry IV Part 1, Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, Sandor Turai in The Play's the Thing, Lord Caversham in An Ideal Husband, and most recently, Matt of the Mint in The Threepenny Opera and Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. Ken is a former member of The Denver Center Theatre Company, where he worked with Edward Call, Donovan Marley, Walter Schoen, Barbara Damashek and four-time Tony Award winner, Jerry Zaks. He has directed numerous productions for OpenStage Theatre including Quilters, which also performed as part of the Theatre in the Park celebration in Denver, as well as the Company's productions of The Cripple of Inishmaan, Enchanted April, Moon Over Buffalo, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Of Mice and Men, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Importance of Being Earnest and A Flea In Her Ear. Ken received the 2003 OpenStage Founder's Award, which recognizes an artist who has made significant contributions to the artistry and excellence of the Company. In addition, he has won OpenStage OPUS Awards for Best Actor for his portrayals of the title role in King Lear and Falstaff in Henry IV Part 1, Best Supporting Actor as Adolph Frietag in The Last Night at Ballyhoo and Best Director and Best Production for Enchanted April and Into the Woods.