bio
BRUCE K. FREESTONE has been an outspoken advocate for the performing arts in Colorado for nearly forty years. Co-founder with his wife Denise in 1973 of OpenStage Theatre & Company, he has served as director, designer, actor and technician. In addition, Bruce is the Company's Producing Director and an ex officio member of the Board of Directors. He serves as the Technical Coordinator for CSU's Lory Student Center; is a member of I.A.T.S.E., the international stagehands union; has worked behind the camera with several major studios on Colorado film locations; and has performed in countless commercials, instructional films and videos, and at industrial trade shows. He has appeared in numerous OpenStage productions, most recently in Noises Off, Enchanted April, The Solid Gold Cadillac and Angels in America. He has directed several OpenStage productions and directed The Sound of Music for Fort Collins Children's Theatre in fall 2005. Bruce serves on the Board of Directors for Beet Street and was the 2003 recipient with Denise of the prestigious Tree of Peace Medallion from Arts Alive Fort Collins.