Rumpelstiltskin and Other Tricksters
By Patti Murtha
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Bri Angle
Ensemble, Little Red
Bri is an actor and designer hailing from Parker, Colorado. She graduated from Colorado Mesa University in 2023 with a BFA in Acting/Directing and a BA in Psychology. Some of Bri’s favorite credits include Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web for Front Range Theatre Company, Sister James in Doubt: A Parable and Anne De Bourgh in Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley for Commonweal Theatre Company, and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Colorado Mesa University. Bri would like to thank you for coming and she hopes you enjoy the show!
Keenan Clements
Ensemble, Ogre
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Tess James
Ensemble, Rumpelstiltskin
Tess returns once again to the Arts in the Open "stage." Tess is an old hand at this by now, with six shows in the books, including Dracula: The Death of Nosferatu, Frankenstein, A Superhero Tale, Myth Adventures, Alice in Wonderland, and Wicked Wanderings. Here's to lucky number seven! Have a nice trick!
KieryAna Matthews
Ensemble, North Wind
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Patti Murtha (she/her)
Director, Playwright
Wandering the woods and telling stories are two of Patti's favorite things, so here we are. Previous shows she's written and/or directed for Arts in the Open include Wicked Wanderings, Myth Adventures, Cinderella and Her Barely Godmother, and The Oddest Sea and she's performed in The Three Little Pigs VS the Apocalypse and Alice in Wonderland. Patti works regularly as a Crisis Intervention Training actor, and she studied acting at Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University) and the Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC. She is a master ensemble theater teacher and regularly plays with mud. Love to Damian!
Theo Scroggins (he/they)
Stage Manager
This is Theo's first show with Arts in the Open. He is currently a Technical Theater BFA candidate at Metropolitan University of Denver, and works in and around the Denver area as a stage manager and carpenter. He enjoys work that challenges his creative mind and often spends his days creating new things and collecting more hobbies.
Madeleine Snow
Costume & Props Designer
Madeleine is a Colorado-based creative collaborator, director, and designer who is passionate about reimagining ways for contemporary audiences to engage with classical music and theatre. With a particular interest in bringing art into conversation with the environment, she has enjoyed staging site-specific, outdoor performances from botanical gardens to beaches. A 2025-26 Studio Artist in the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio, Madeleine has worked on productions with Opera Colorado, Central City Opera, PAC NYC, Palm Beach Opera, Boulder Opera, Loveland Opera Theatre, Eastman Opera Theatre, Rochester Philharmonic, Rochester Summer Opera, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Harvard College Opera.