{"id":800915,"date":"2019-11-01T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373854"},"modified":"2019-11-01T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:00:06","slug":"a-determined-diva-local-actor-and-singer-kelly-renoux-performs-for-the-first-time-since-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/a-determined-diva-local-actor-and-singer-kelly-renoux-performs-for-the-first-time-since-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"A determined diva: Local actor and singer Kelly Renoux performs for the first time since cancer diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After taking a year off due to cancer treatment, local actor and singer Kelly Renoux returns to the stage for two nights of story and song in \u201cDivas and Duets.\u201d<\/strong>
Courtesy Kelly Renoux<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

SILVERTHORNE \u2014 One year ago, Kelly Renoux received life-altering news. Having the BRCA2 gene, she was diagnosed with breast cancer after her mother was diagnosed only eight months prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo she and I went through treatments almost in tandem,\u201d Renoux said.<\/p>\n

Now, 16 rounds of chemotherapy, 25 rounds of radiation and two surgeries \u2014 with another scheduled in January \u2014 later, Renoux returns to her lifelong passion: the theater. Next week, she\u2019ll perform a selection of her favorite musical numbers at the Silverthorne Performing Arts Center in \u201cDivas and Duets\u201d<\/a> for Lake Dillon Theatre Co.\u2019s Signature Concerts series.<\/p>\n

While not the first signature cabaret or concert she\u2019s done for the company, nor the first with having creative control, it might be her favorite yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a single song that I don\u2019t enjoy singing in this,\u201d Renoux said.<\/p>\n

Renoux grew up in Monument and has been performing as an actor and singer practically her entire life. She majored in business marketing and minored in theater at Colorado State University, where she met her husband, 9News journalist Matt Renoux, in the theater department. Their passion has been passed down to the next generation with their daughter, Sonnett.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur daughter, she\u2019s 10 and goes to Frisco Elementary, is well-versed and I think has already done 10 shows in the 10 years she\u2019s been on the planet,\u201d she said. \u201cShe\u2019s performed more at the Silverthorne Performing Arts Center than I have.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s no small feat, considering Renoux has been at the Lake Dillon Theatre Co. longer than current Artistic Director Christopher Alleman and Executive Director Joshua Blanchard. When the Renoux family moved to Summit County for Matt\u2019s job in 1999, she started working with the Lake Dillon Theatre Co. and Breckenridge Backstage Theatre almost immediately. As a mezzo-soprano, she\u2019s performed at the Riverwalk Center in \u201cOliver\u201d and \u201cBrigadoon\u201d with Backstage Theatre and as Honey in \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,\u201d Rita in \u201cLucky Stiff,\u201d Diana in \u201cLend Me a Tenor\u201d and Patsy Cline in \u201cAlways \u2026 Patsy Cline\u201d with Lake Dillon. <\/p>\n

Like Alleman and Blanchard, she had the joy of working at Lake Dillon Theatre Co.\u2019s old space when the productions took place in Dillon.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have dressing rooms,\u201d Renoux said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have a box office. We had one bathroom, so we had to sneak across the street to the town hall to use the restroom. It was definitely very small.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet that intimacy has bonded the colleagues. When she was in \u201cI Love You Because,\u201d she loved the fact that Alleman, Blanchard, current Technical Director Ben Whitmore and her made up roughly half the cast.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been great. (Alleman and Blanchard) are our best friends and godparents to our child, and we\u2019re godparents to their child,\u201d Renoux said. \u201cIt\u2019s a cool community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given the character of the industry, though, working in theater isn\u2019t her full-time job. Renoux has been an employee of Copper Mountain Resort since arriving in Summit and is the director of employee experience at the resort. While some actors might be dismayed, Renoux sees it as the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a passion and a hobby,\u201d she said. \u201cI never wanted to do it as a full-time career because I do like stability. I don\u2019t like having to find a new job every few months, and that\u2019s the nature of theater. Shows close regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, she often jokes that her theater skills have helped her more in life than her business degree. With public speaking, stage presence and empathy, \u201cit\u2019s amazing how much translates into the business world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being able to revisit some of those past roles is exciting for Renoux, who draws inspiration from the classical actresses in movie musicals of the \u201930s and \u201940s, like Vivian Leigh and Doris Day. Yet along with performing Day\u2019s \u201cQue Sera, Sera\u201d and Cline\u2019s \u201cWalkin\u2019 After Midnight,\u201d the two-act show features 22 other songs from powerful divas in the rock, country, pop and show tune genres. <\/p>\n

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Kelly Renoux plays Patsy Cline in \u201cAlways \u2026 Patsy Cline.\u201d Renoux will reprise her role as Cline when performing the song \u201cWalkin\u2019 After Midnight\u201d for her \u201cDivas and Duets\u201d show.<\/strong>
Courtesy Lake Dillon Theatre Co.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Audience members can expect to hear the inspiring \u201cA Million Dreams\u201d from \u201cThe Greatest Showman,\u201d the heartbreaking \u201cMaybe This Time\u201d from \u201cCabaret\u201d and the ballad \u201cDear Theodosia\u201d from \u201cHamilton: An American Musical,\u201d in addition to ABBA\u2019s \u201cFernando\u201d and Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cCrazy Dreams.\u201d In between, Renoux will introduce the material and share stories as she talk about the icons who performed them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone is being dragged to theater, there\u2019s still something they might relate to and have some fun with,\u201d Renoux said. \u201cThe divas are all over the place. It can be someone that\u2019s a Hollywood actress right now. It could be someone that\u2019s a country western star. It could be a folk singer from the \u201970s. I put together a mix, and it worked out really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Four of those songs will be duets. Renoux was mum on the specifics of who will be joining her, wanting to keep it a surprise for the show, but she did give out some hints.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome are people I\u2019ve worked with over the past 15 years and some might be a little bit closer to home,\u201d she said. \u201cThe duets will have some fun, comedic pieces that people won\u2019t be expecting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Providing the accompaniment on piano will be musical director Wayne Shuker, who is coming back from New York after recently playing Paul in the company\u2019s production of \u201cBarefoot in the Park.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always had a passion for making music, which even led me to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in music education,\u201d Shuker said in a news release. \u201cI\u2019ve been lucky enough to get to play on stage, but when I\u2019m in between gigs, I spend a lot of my time teaching voice lessons and accompanying in New York. I\u2019m thrilled to get the chance to make my professional music directing debut in a place that always makes me feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wayne Shuker as Paul Bratter in the Lake Dillon Theatre Co. production of Neil Simon\u2019s \u201cBarefoot in the Park.\u201d Shuker is the musical director and accompanist for \u201cDivas and Duets,\u201d which plays Nov. 8 and 9 at the Silverthorne Performing Arts Center.<\/strong>
Courtesy Lake Dillon Theatre Co.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

One person she did name, however, is her mom, who will be in the audience. The pair is both happy and healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to come back and do something that I\u2019m so passionate about, and not have health things in the way, is just amazing,\u201d Renoux said. \u201cIt just reconfirms what\u2019s important in life and doing things that you truly love, and this is one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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