Pride and Prejudice

HEATHER OSTBERG JOHNSON is pumped for the 2024/2025 OST season. Heather wears many hats as a theatre maker and movement artist in Colorado. She is a director, improv comedian, writer, performer, teacher, clown, and dancer. She can be found performing with The Comedy Brewers, The Band of Toughs (Denver), Full Expression Dance Collective and The Story Bakers. Heather’s passion for movement, devised plays, and physical theatre has led her to train with SITI Company members, Frantic Assembly, Michael Chekhov Acting Studio, NIPIA, and Double Edge Theatre. She is grateful for her husband and toddler who help her keep all these plates spinning!

AZRAN STARKWEATHER grew up doing theatre with Debut Theatre Company in Fort Collins, CO. After finishing high school, Azran moved to New York City and studied acting at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting and at The Neighborhood Playhouse. At the Neighborhood Playhouse, they fell in love with stage management and aspire to do much more with it. Azran is excited to be back in Fort Collins and working on this wonderful production!

MYA COCA is currently a senior at Colorado State University majoring in Theatre Design as well as Food Science and Nutrition. While at CSU, she worked on various scenic and prop aspects for The Rocky Horror Show, Cabaret, She Kills Monsters, Cosi Fan Tutte, These 7 Sicknesses, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, How I Learned to Drive, A Man of No Importance, and Lysistrata. Most recently, she was the assistant scenic charge artist for CSU’s production of Spring Awakening and will be the scenic charge artist for the upcoming production of Machinal.

JASPER DAY is a costume designer based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He holds a B.S. in molecular biology from the University of Denver and studied costume design at Colorado State University from 2022 to 2023. He has designed for opera, dance, film, and theatre, and made his debut designing CSU’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2023. Since leaving CSU, he has had the pleasure of working with the theatre program at the University of Northern Colorado, Little Theatre of the Rockies, and is excited to be making his OpenStage debut with Pride and Prejudice.

DAVID GRINNELL has been continuously involved with OpenStage for the last 10 years. David originally worked in the Saint Paul/Minneapolis area, with companies such as The Great American History Theater, Cricket Theater, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, and The Guthrie Theater. For OpenStage, he has served as the Master Electrician for Moonlight and Magnolias, Unnecessary Farce, North Plan, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Avenue Q, and Men On Boats. David was the Lighting Designer for this season’s CABARET and Don’t Dress for Dinner in 2017. Since the 2015 relaunch of OpenStage etcetera, he has served as Lighting Designer and Master Electrician for their productions of The Submission, A Bright New Boise, Ultimate Beauty Bible, H2O, Ideation, The Mystery of Love and Sex, Fool For Love, Every Brilliant Thing, Tiny Beautiful Things, Cry It Out, and A Doll’s House Part 2.

VICTORIA VILLALOBOS has loved theatre since she was a child. She has worked extensively with OpenStage as a Sound Designer and Engineer, Makeup and Hair Designer and Stylist, Assistant Director, Stage Manager, Board Operator, Stagehand, and Dresser. Victoria also has worked with Fort Collins Children’s Theatre for the past 8 productions, most recently as the Makeup Designer and Stylist for SpongeBob The Musical. Next on the list, she will be designing for FCCT’s production of The Wizard of Oz in November of 2025. In addition, she has worked with companies such as Opera Fort Collins, Canyon Concert Ballet, and The Cheyenne Little Theatre Players. Victoria was recently nominated for a Henry Award for Outstanding Sound Design for her work on The Book of Will with OpenStage. She received her associate degree from Front Range Community College, where she was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and was named to the President’s List, both for her academic achievements. Victoria wishes to thank her family and friends for all their love and support!

SONJA HOPPS moved to Colorado two years ago and The Book of Will marks her third production with the OpenStage. She worked as a Stagehand for The Revolutionists and Hedwig And The Angry Inch in OST.

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CALEB GILBERT started his career in 2008 with a degree in Fine Arts, specializing in sculpture awarded by Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. In 2012 Caleb graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Art based just outside Detroit, MI., specializing in sculpture. After graduating he started at 11th Street Workshop (Brooklyn, NY) as a Carpenter. 11th Street Workshop is a full-service design and production facility specializing in the set world. They design and build sets for events, commercials, photo shoots and short films. While working there Caleb was a project manager, designer, and production coordinator. By 2020 Caleb was the Head Production Designer, running upwards of five million dollars in projects. Some of his favorite clients/projects included Google, Nike, Saturday Night Live, and Refinery 29. Caleb is now excited to use his skills and talents as the first (paid) Technical Director for OpenStage Theater. OpenStage has always been a home for Caleb ever since his first show over 20 years ago.

SYDNEY PARKS SMITH has worked with OpenStage since 1997 and serves as Producing Artistic Director for the Company. She received the 2019 OpenStage OPUS Award for Outstanding Director for Avenue Q; the OPUS for Outstanding Actress for her role as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias; the 2018 OPUS for Outstanding Director for And Then There Were None; and the 2017 Colorado Theatre Guild’s Henry Award, a True West Award and the OPUS Award for Outstanding Actress for her role as Barbara in August: Osage County. Recent roles include Marie-Antoinette in The Revolutionists and Sir John Middleton in Sense and Sensibility. Recent directing credits include the upcoming Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Every Brilliant Thing. Sydney has designed hair for several productions and received OPUS Awards for her designs for Macbeth and The Tempest. She received the 2016 Founders’ Award for her outstanding contributions to the Company.