{"id":1311908,"date":"2019-06-27T23:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=982563"},"modified":"2019-06-27T23:15:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T05:15:26","slug":"troll-theatre-features-local-performers-in-glenwood-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/troll-theatre-features-local-performers-in-glenwood-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Troll Theatre features local performers in Glenwood Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artist Noemi Kosmowski paints sparkly flowers on a girl’s thigh before the kickoff of the first night of Troll Theatre at Bethel Plaza under the Grand Avenue Bridge on Thursday evening<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

What\u2019s that you say? Trolls are living under Glenwood\u2019s Grand Avenue Bridge? No, it\u2019s the Under the Bridge Troll Theatre, a variety show featuring art, dance, theatre, music, magic and more, according to the Glenwood Springs Artists Association website.<\/p>\n

Troll Theatre will inhabit the newly-completed performance space under the Grand Avenue Bridge most Thursdays and Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. through Aug. 16.<\/p>\n

The theater is the brainchild of Glenwood Springs Artists Association\u2019s \u201cJammin\u201d Jim Pomey, who some locals may remember as the magician\/juggler at his Saturday Shopping Night downtown events in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a variety show showcasing local talent of all different types of performing artists,\u201d Pomey said. \u201cEvery night\u2019s going to be different.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some music acts, we\u2019ll have a balloon artist, a face painter, we have my juggling and magic show, we have a couple performers from the Vaudeville Theater that are going to dance, and we have African drumming troops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Glenwood Springs City Council green-lighted the theater just four weeks ago, and Pomey said he has spent the interim reaching out to local performers to populate the show. Among them is Glenwood Springs High School music and arts teacher Shanti Gruber, who has students interested in participating.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter this week gets going and people get to see what\u2019s happening, then we\u2019ll have more specific entertainers on board,\u201d Pomey said. \u201cWith the bridge now finished, and soon to be Seventh Street, it will be a really welcoming area for a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nascent Glenwood Springs Chamber Foundation is collaborating with the Glenwood Springs Artists Association on the project as part of its mission to \u201cimpact our community\u2019s quality of life with economic, civic, cultural and educational development projects,\u201d said Angie Anderson, president and CEO of the Chamber Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cDowntown vibrancy is certainly a priority of the Chamber,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re working with Jim to put on the programming \u2014 we\u2019re the vehicle for the fundraising \u2014 but it\u2019s very grassroots at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theater will stage shows every night through Sunday this weekend, and only on Friday next week due to the July 4th holiday, before settling into its Thursday and Friday schedule.<\/p>\n

Pomey said he anticipates entertaining visitors and locals alike who are patrons of downtown restaurants and other businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe formula\u2019s really easy to create community that way and help restaurants and business owners in the downtown area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do this professionally to have local [performers] get paid, and the most important thing is it starts showing and paving the way for our younger performers to have a really amazing opportunity in this wonderful spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

jbear@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artist Noemi Kosmowski paints sparkly flowers on a girl’s thigh before the kickoff of the first night of Troll Theatre at Bethel Plaza under the Grand Avenue Bridge on Thursday eveningChelsea Self \/ Post Independent What\u2019s that you say? Trolls are living under Glenwood\u2019s Grand Avenue Bridge? No, it\u2019s the Under the Bridge Troll Theatre, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-08 13:07:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}