Director of Education

Brittany Crooke

Brittany (she/her) is a teaching artist, director, and performer originally from Fort Worth, TX, now living in the beautiful Roaring Fork Valley with her husband, Steven. As a lifelong theatre kid and clown, she is passionate about fostering the next generation of young artists who will share new imaginative stories to shape a better world through uninhibited imagination. Brittany's Directing credits with SoL include Alice By Heart, James and the Giant Peach, The Sound of Music, Bridge to Terabithia and A Christmas Story (Assistant Direction). Other directing credits include The Secretary (Thunder River Theatre Company), Matilda Jr., Shrek the Musical Jr., and Harriet the Spy (Theatre Aspen). Selected performance credits: Scenic Painter in Ghostlight (TRTC), Izzy in Rabbit Hole (TRTC), Kate in Lyonesse (Aspen Fringe Festival), Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre (UMKC), Vannessa/The Moms in Dance Nation (The Unicorn Theatre), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (UMKC), Peter/Judas u/s in Jesus Christ Superstar (SoL), Texas/Sally u/s in Cabaret (SoL). Brittany holds a M.F.A in Acting from the Conservatory at The University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Lead Teaching Artist

Karli Ulto

Karli Ulto (she/her) is an actor, director, choreographer, & voice teacher. Originally from Weeki Wachee, FL, she earned her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Central Florida, and has always found joy working alongside young professionals, especially in the RFV! Karli believes in pushing young actors to the best of their abilities by instilling confidence and always having fun - it's called a "play," not a "serious!" Selected SoL credits: Junie B. Jones The Musical Jr. (Director/Music Director/Choreographer), Alice By Heart (Choreographer), Beetlejuice Jr. (Choreographer/Music Director), Godspell Jr. (Choreographer/Music Director), 13 Jr. (Music Director), It’s Just A Bunch of Hocus Pocus! (Music Director). You may have also seen her in SoL’s productions of The Sound of Music (Maria Rainer), Cabaret (Lulu, U/S Kost), Assassins (Emma Goldman), & Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdalene). “Teach your children well.”

Teaching Artist

Malia Yucai Machado

Malia (she/her) is a teaching artist, choreographer, and performer originally from the Roaring Fork Valley. Her passion for theatre began at the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork, sparking a lifelong love of storytelling and movement. She trained with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet School for over a decade in ballet, contemporary, modern, and jazz before studying theatre and earning a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Some of her recent performance credits include The Sound of Music and Jesus Christ Superstar (SoL Theatre Company), Mary Poppins and Once Upon a Mattress (Aspen Community Theatre), The Addams Family (Cabrillo Stage), Hair (The Western Stage), and In the Heights (Rainbow Theatre Company).

By day, Malia serves as the Programs Administrator at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, supporting education and outreach initiatives alongside a wide range of performances and community arts programs. She is thrilled to share her creativity, love of collaboration, and belief in the transformative power of theatre throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.

Resident Costume Designer

Ginny Bultman

In 1986, Ginny Bultman came, just for the summer, to build costumes for the Snowmass
Repertory Theatre. A graduate of The University of North Texas, she planned to return to Texas to teach Theatre and French, however, like many others, she fell in love (first with Colorado, then with her future husband) and never left. Now, she enjoys lending a helping needle and thread for local theatre productions as well as being the Costume Designer and teaching Costuming classes for Carbondale’s SoL Theatre. Ginny loves doing period pieces, being historically accurate yet allowing for whimsical touches. She believes costumes are an art form and in bringing the director’s vision to life in the creative process of design and construction.