BRANDEN SMITH
Producer / Director / Creator

"This was also a triumphant year for the storied Breckenridge Backstage Theatre,... it came out of the pandemic with a refreshed mission to produce year-round theater in the summer of 2021 and has been on a roll ever since.
 

Under the leadership of newish Producing Artistic Director Jacqueline Stone and Creative Producer Branden Smith, the company won three of the evening's most coveted Henry Awards as Backstage is celebrating its 50th year. Castmates Kent-Jameson Ehrman (actor) and Felix Mayes (supporting actor) were both honored for “Inventing Van Gogh,” and Keith J. Warren won for leading actor in a musical, for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.”