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Stuart Handloff

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Stuart Handloff is a theatre artist with over 50 years of theatrical and administrative experience, including a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado-Denver and a Master’s degree in Theatre Directing from the New Zealand National Drama School, Toi Whakaari. He has produced the Piknik Theatre summer repertory outdoor theatre program in the Yampa River Botanic Park, the Bud Werner Memorial Library, and other outdoor locations in Steamboat Springs, CO since 2008. In 2021, Piknik Theatre expanded to offer educational theatre and musical theatre to local students in the Yampa Valley. Mr. Handloff is currently leading efforts to construct a 200-seat outdoor amphitheater in collaboration with the Steamboat Springs school district with construction planned for 2023 and occupancy in 2024.

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Vivienne Claire Luthin

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Vivienne Claire Luthin is a professional actor and teaching artist based in NYC. A 2019 graduate from Webster University with departmental honors, a BFA in Acting, and a Minor in Music, Vivienne has worked with the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Piknik Theatre. In addition to performing, Vivienne has 9 years of teaching experience as a director, designer, and teacher. In 2021, Vivienne created theatrical curricula specific to the needs of Steamboat Springs’ high school, middle school, and Montessori school. Vivienne works as a teaching artist of TADA! Youth Theater, a drama desk award-winning non-profit youth theater, bringing musical theater to NYC public schools. As Artistic Director, Vivienne believes Piknik Theatre can become the center for world premieres of new works and community based theatre that strives to inspire imagination, invoke curiosity, and shift societal norms . Vivienne believes educational theater and the performing arts are vital to the human experience and inspire empathy, teamwork, imagination, self-expression, organization, and the joy of what it means to be alive. 

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Jeremy Jacobs

RESIDENT MUSIC DIRECTOR

A Kansas City native, Jeremy Jacobs is a NYC-based music director and pianist. Selected regional credits include JERSEY BOYS, ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE (STAGES St. Louis), the world premiere of NOISE (Emerging Actor’s Theatre), URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL, A NEW BRAIN (The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University), BIG FISH, FALSETTOS (Faust Theatre), and JOHN & JEN (The Culture House). Alongside music directing, Jeremy is an active teaching artist at various youth and educational theatre programs across the country like TADA! Youth Theatre and STAGES Performing Arts Academy. BM: Music Direction for Musical Theatre (Webster University).

Board of Directors

Stuart Handloff, Board Chair and Executive Director

Celina Taylor

Michael Martinez

Don Moss

Advisory Board

Sarah Jones
Katherine George
Suzi Mitchell

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