Josh Putnam
Artistic Director / Audition Coach
josh@catchpennytheatre.com

Josh Putnam comes from a long line of diverse roots. For many years, he has extensively studied all areas of theatre, which led him to a teaching career. Although he comes from an actor’s background, Josh has found love within all realms of theatre arts including: Directing, Technical Arts, and Writing. His fresh, inviting, and passionate philosophy of acting incorporates strong fundamental skills with insightful nuances. Backed with a BFA in training, Josh maximizes learning for all of his students by introducing them to theatre’s great teachers like: Uta Hagen, Constantin Stanislavsky, Sandy Meisner, and Lee Strasberg. Additionally, Josh teaches movement and speech skills that are akin to Rudolf Laban, Mary Overlie, Anne Bogart, Tina Landau and Kristin Linklater. Consider his curriculum a condensed and simplified Bachelors of Fine Arts for your children that balances fun with techniques. Josh Putnam’s program allows your child freedom of expression, self-discipline, and a safe, positive environment for growth. Every student within the program will earn a letter of recommendation, and an actor’s evaluation from inception to graduation. But most importantly, they will leave with self-confidence and acting ability far beyond their years.

Kenny Storms
Teen Director / Audition Coach
kenny@catchpennytheatre.com

Kenny Storms has been registrar and teaching artist for the Denver Center Theatre Academy, an Education Department of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Simultaneously he served as the Artistic Director for the Denver Repertory Theatre Company. He received his licensure to teach grade 6 thru 12 in Colorado and has taught children and teens at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts and Island Theatre Workshop in Massachusetts. His recent directing credits include 4.48 Psychosis for the Boulder International Fringe Festival and Renaissance for the Playwright Showcase of the Western Region and
Zoo Story which premiered in Baltimore, Ireland. He received his B.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis in Acting, Directing, and Theatre Education.

Will Helling
Webmaster / Playwright
will@catchpennytheatre.com

Will is Catchpenny Theatre's resident playwright and webmaster. Come summer he will be teaching a once-a-week intensive playwrighting course to the students enrolled in Catchpenny Kids' Theatre program. His previous history in writing for the stage includes: Life's Love, a five act throwback to early renaissance theatre written in blank verse iambic pentameter, In Dust and Ashes, another Shakespearean-esque blank verse play exploring the resilience of the human soul, The Play, The Plagiarist, a british farcical comedy that likes to make fun of itself more than anything, Untitled Scene, a highly-acclaimed one act written for the University of Northern Colorado, and he is currently finishing Ill, Lucid Art, a philosophical show examining the purpose and function of art. He has graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a B.A. in English, Liberal Arts and a minor in Theatre Arts.

April Charmaine
Choreographer
april@catchpennytheatre.com

April is currently the Artistic/ExecutiveDirector of Sol Vida Dance Theatre Co., A native of Denver, Colorado, she has been in the performing arts field for over 20 years! As a pioneer of the Denver School of the Arts as a dancer, singer, and creative writer, she was also a member of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance TraininGroup and has studied in West Africa with the Ghana Dance Ensemble. She holds a B.A. in Individualized Studies with an emphasis in Writing and Performance from Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Mica Dominguez-Robinson
Musical Director
mica@catchpennytheatre.com

Micaiella Dominguez-Robinson is an upcoming Soprano who earnedher Bachelor’s of Music at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. As a native Coloradan, Mica attended the Denver School of the Arts where she had the opportunity to perform as a back up singer with Dianne Reeves and Josh Groban. Mica has been performing with Central City Opera in their bilingual education program, En Mis Palabras (In My Own Words), since 2005. She has also had the opportunity to sing on CNN for the Democratic Party Convention, and Barbara Bush’s “Helping America’s Youth Campaign in 2006. Some of her favorite roles include Cathy in The Last Five Years, which she directed and performed in with a Partners in Scholarship Grant from the University of Denver, the witch in Into the Woods, Lulu in Cabaret, and a Red Rat Girl in Jekyll and Hyde, and Frasquita in Carmen.

Brian Brooks
Two-Week Camp Director
brian@catchpennytheatre.com

A graduate from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Brian studied both directing and acting. He has performed with numerous schools and companies, but too many to mention. Brian has directed shows for Longmont High School including, "Lizzie Borden of Fall River." While living in Fort Collins, he volunteered time with The Debut Kids Theater Company, an organization helping young children develop skills in the performing arts. Brian recently finished an internship with the Denver Center for "King Lear." Now a resident of Denver, Brian works for The Denver Victorian Playhouse & recently performed in "Dead Man Walking." He is extremely excited to participate in Catchpenny Kids Theatre's upcoming summer.

Amelia Teicher
Lil' Pennies Camp Director
amelia@catchpennytheatre.com

Amelia recently relocated to Denver from Albuquerque New Mexico.  She is transferring from University of New Mexico to University of Denver pursuing a degree in Theatre.  She has had much experience teaching acting in an opera camp for an age range varying from 5-15 to teaching dance for preschoolers to being a nanny to math tutoring.  The correlating aspects in these arenas of work are care, discovery, flexibility, and focus for the individual.  A key component of importance is a safe environment so that sense of self for the child can be developed further.  Amelia has also been in various productions herself as an actor.  She believes the students will open her eyes as much as she will open theirs and is always open to the process of learning no matter what form it manifests as.