JUDITH ALLEN served for over two decades as the Associate Artistic Director for OpenStage Theatre and is an award winning director, actress and designer. She most recently appeared with OpenStage as Princess Dragomiroff in Murder on the Orient Express, Clairee in Steel Magnolias and is a recent recipient of the BroadwayWorld (Denver Region) nod for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mattie Fae Aiken in August Osage County. Judi was the first recipient of the Shela Jennings Award for Theatre Excellence (OpenStage, 2017) and has directed OpenStage productions of Noises Off (OpenStage OPUS Award/Best Play and Best Director and Denver Post Ovation nominee/Best Comedy), The Drawer Boy (OPUS/Best Play and Best Director), and Romeo and Juliet (OPUS/Best Director. Other favorite roles with OpenStage have been Chris in Neil Simon’s Rumors (OPUS nominee and Denver Post Ovation Award/Best Supporting Actress) and the Nurse in the 2014 production of Romeo and Juliet (OPUS/Best Actress). Judi is also an award-winning makeup artist and the 2001 recipient of the OpenStage Founders’ Award for outstanding contributions to the Company.
Judith's Work in OpenStage Theatre
| Event | Role |
|---|---|
| The Book Of Will | Emilia Bassano Lanier |
| Clue: On Stage | Director |
| Sense And Sensibility | Production Manager |
| Cyrano De Bergerac | Director |
| Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express | Princess Dragomiroff |
| Rumors | Director |
| Frankenstein | Specialty FX MakeUp Designer |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Director |
| Steel Magnolias | Clairee Belcher |
| And Then There Were None | Stage Manager/Light Board Operator |
| The Comedy Of Errors | Box Office Manager |
| La Bete- Essential Season | MakeUp Designer |
| August: Osage County- Essential Season | Mattie Fay Aiken |
| Outside Mullingar | Production Manager |
| Journey To The West | Make-Up Designer/Make-Up Stylist |
| Unnecessary Farce | Director |
| Romeo And Juliet | Nurse |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Make-Up Designer |
| The Tempest | Prospero |
| Noises Off | Director |
| Wit | Production Manager/Make-Up and Hair Designer |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Hyppolyta |
| Othello | Make-Up Designer |
| 33 Variations | Make-Up Designer |
| A Child's Christmas In Wales | Stage Manager |
| The Ladies Man | Director |
| King Lear | Make-Up Designer/Make-Up Stylist |
| A Picasso | Make-Up Designer |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure | Director |
| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure | Properties Crew |
| Casino Royale | M |
| The Glass Menagerie | Production Manager/Make-Up Designer |
| Sceneworks | Actor |
| As You Like It | Director |
| Anon(ymous) | Make-Up Designer/Make-Up Stylist |
| Doubt | Production Manager |
| Third | *Laurie Jameson |
| The Harvey Project | Producing Artistic Director |
| Noises Off | Director |
| The Harvey Project | Mother of God / Ge |
| True West | Artistic Consultant |
| Picnic | Director |
| Saint Joan | Make-Up Designer |
| Splitting Infinity | *Leigh Sangold |
| The Shape Of Things | Set-In Crew |
| The Solid Gold Cadillac | Make-Up Designer |
| The Shape Of Things | Artistic Advisor |
| Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead And 15 Minute Hamlet | Director |
| Mythologica | Writing Team |
| Desperate Affection | Producing Advisor |
| The Six That Fell | Artistic Mentor |
| The Weir | Set-In Crew |
| The Weir | Set Dressing |
| The Drawer Boy | Sound Designer |
| The Weir | Properties Design |
| The Weir | Producer |
| Major Arcana | Director; Nobody Outcrazies Ophelia and Firetalker |
| The Drawer Boy | Director |
| Major Arcana | Series Narrator |
| Major Arcana | New Splendid Lady; Reporter; Interviewer; Bonnie |
| Major Arcana | Creation Committee; Narrator |
| Raised In Captivity | Producer |
| Macbeth | Producer |
| Macbeth | Make-up Design |
| Moon Over Buffalo | Producer |
| Flaming Guns Of The Purple Sage | Big 8 |
| Portals | Shade |
| Cakewalk | Lillian Hellman |
| Tartuffe | Make-Up Design |
| Romeo And Juliet | Director |
| Romeo And Juliet | Sound Designer |
| Who Will Carry The Word | Renee |
| Wit | Producer |
| Crimes Of The Heart | Make-Up Design |
| Henry Iv, Part 1 | Director |
| Henry Iv, Part 1 | Sound Design |
| Fuddy Meers | Make-up design |
| An Act Of Love | Actor |
| Rumors | Chris Gorman |
| The House Of Bernarda Alba | Producer |
| The House Of Bernarda Alba | Stage Manager |
| The House Of Bernarda Alba | Sound Design |
| Picasso At The Lapin Agile | Make-Up Design |
| Cry Havoc | Smitty |
| The Man Who Came To Dinner | Director |
| The Comedy Of Errors | Angelo |
| The Living | Director |
| The Living | Sound design |
| The 1940s Radio Hour | Producer |
| The Living | Producer |
| The Ladies Of The Camellias | Eleonora Duse |