Colorado Tolston is an American playwright and the author of a dozen new and original plays in genres that include mystery, fantasy, religious, and children's. His works have been performed not only in the United States, but also around the world in places such as Africa, Britain, and Australia. He has been heavily influenced by the works of such authors as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. In 2002 Colorado helped found the Critical Mass Playwrighting Fellowship in the Twin Cities, MN, which led to creation of the Hodge-Podge Players (now the Hodge-Podge Theatre Company), a professional theatre group with a focus on presenting theatre for youth and family audiences. The Hodge-Podge Theatre Company primarily produces original work by Critical Mass members. In addition to playwrighting, Colorado has also been active in the theatre in a variety of other capacities. He has acted, playing a wide range of roles and has worked behind the scenes in positions ranging from lighting designer to producer. Colorado currently resides in St. Paul, MN with his wife Kelly. A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... A play (noun) is a common form of literature, usually consisting chiefly of dialog between characters, and usually intended for performance rather than reading. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... Look up Fantasy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary For other definitions of fantasy, see fantasy (psychology). ... Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an author and scholar. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1916. ... Madeleine LEngle (b. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Twin cities are either: two towns or cities that are geographically close to each other, and often referred to collectively; or two distant cities which, perhaps because of similar circumstances, such as industrial decline, or demographics, agree to partner each other and share expertise (e. ... Mn or mn may mean: Minnesota Manganese Mongolian language (ISO 639 alpha-2, mn) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For Youth, the record producer and musician in the band Killing Joke, see Martin Glover. ... A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family is a domestic group of people, or a number of domestic groups linked through descent (demonstrated or stipulated) from a common ancestor, marriage or adoption. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed any one or more elements of the other performing arts. ... For legal meaning of acting, see Acting (law). ... This article is about lighting design in theater. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... Saint Paul, or Paul of Tarsus, is a Christian saint, who has lent his name to a number of places and things: Buildings and institutions Churches St Pauls Cathedral in London, England, designed by Christopher Wren St Pauls Cathedral (Macau) in Macau St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne in...

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More information on Colorado and his writing (as well as the full scripts to his plays) can be found on his website, Open Wardrobes: Plays to Fuel the Imagination (http://www.playwrighting.org). More information on the Hodge-Podge Theatre Company can be found at http://www.hodgepodgetheatre.org/