Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts open at The Palm, 8/13

13 Aug Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts open at The Palm, 8/13

The Telluride Academy's Mudd Butts opens August 13 at The Palm. The 24th annual production is "1001 Arabian Nights." The event takes place Friday, August 13 and Saturday, August 14 @ 7 p.m. The Sunday program, a matinee @ 2 p.m., is followed by an auction of Mike Stasiuk's incredible props. 

While the heart and soul of the Mudd Butts is a trio of outspoken creative geniuses, Sally Davis, Kim Epifano and Mike Stasiuk, its takes a village to mount their ambitious happenings.

A list of this year's cast and crew follows:

Max Kanner- Speaking Bird, Executioner
Hudson Groner-Old Man, Townsperson
Mathew Hodes-Acrobat, Farid
Sam Finger- Sister 2, Camel
Esme Fahnestock-Town Crier, Dancing Bear, Raven
Dean Hodes- Juggler, Grand Vizier
Ting Taylor- Acrobat, Faruz
Gabby Taylor-Thief 3, Quassim’s Wife
Katie Collins-Tea Server, Nick
Emma Issacs-Morgiana
Devon McHugh-Silver Bird, Beggar Woman
Victoria Groner-Scheherazade
Julia Mansour-King of the thieves
Ryan Rosenthal- Ali Baba, Azadi
Paulina Johansson- Farizad
Maddie Alexander- Telluride Girl, musician
Eva Miller- Thief 1, acrobat,
Georgia Miller- Acrobat, Tea Server, Raven
Carly Hodes- Acrobat, Genie 2, Guard
Cindy Matamoros- Quasim, Gardener’s Wife
Luke Marshall- Sultan
Hiep Witzel- Tea Server, Dancing Bear, Guard
Annika Westman- Town Crier, Singing Camel
Bella Johnson- Sister 1, Camel body
Brooke Balthrope- Thief 2, Golden Water, Queen Hafa
Izzy Mariani- Dunyazad
Hayes McManemin- Genie 1, Gardener husband, Singing Tree
Audrey McManemin- Acrobat, King

Poster Design- Casey Nay

Program Design- Anne Reeser

Advertising and PR angels- Jeannie Stewart, Sara Doehrman

Guest Artists- Angela Watkins, Jos Lifton-Zoline

Original Script- Danny Duncan, Emily Klion, Maggie McKaig

Script Adaptation- Sally Davis, Kim Epifano, Pamela Zoline, Clay Frohman and the Mudd Butts

Rigging- Richard Kittle

Technical Support- Thomas Wisel, Ashley Boling, Marc Froehlich, Jonas Fahnestock, Nick Kenworthy,

Prop Shop Angels- We Thank You All!

Directors- Kim Epifano & Sally Davis

Prop Master- Mike Stasiuk

Lighting Designer- James Moody

Costumes- Sara Doehrman, Luci Reeves, Maisy Metrix,

Stage Managers- Sara Doehrman, Angela Watkins

Technical Director- Michael Wingfield

Band- Sally Davis, Kim Epifano, Clay Frohman, Jos Lifton Zoline and The Troupe