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DENISE BURSON FREESTONE co-founded OpenStage Theatre in 1973 with her husband Bruce and serves as Producing Artistic Director for the Company. During her extensive theatrical career Denise has worked as an actress, director, producer, designer, technician and dancer and has directed and performed in numerous OpenStage Theatre productions. Some of her most memorable acting roles include Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Sister Aloysius in Doubt, Dotty in Noises Off, Annabella Gotchling in A Bright Room Called Day, Hannah in Angels in America, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and Professor Vivian Bearing in Wit, for which she received Special Mention in The Denver Post Ovation Awards, Best Local Actress in the Fort Collins Coloradoan Best of Fort Collins and the OpenStage Theatre OPUS Award for Best Actress. Recent directing credits include Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, The Threepenny Opera, The Women and Proof. She has also designed hair, make-up, costumes, properties and special events for numerous productions. Under the Freestone's leadership, OpenStage Theatre has received numerous awards, including the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. Bruce and Denise are the 2003 recipients of the prestigious Tree of Peace Medallion from Arts Alive Fort Collins, and Denise was named a 2010 Woman of Distinction by the Northern Colorado Business Report. |
