Meet the cast of ‘Ideation’: Jim Valone

Jim Valone

Jim most recently served as dramaturg for OpenStage’s production The Three Musketeers. He previously performed with OpenStage Theatre as Argante in Scapin and Hobby Lobby Guy 1 (Woody) in A Bright New Boise. Jim recently appeared as Coach in That Championship Season (Bas Bleu), Mr. Lipari in A View from the Bridge (Edge Theatre) and Giles Corey in The Crucible (Firehouse Theater). In addition to acting, he has directed shows for the Fine Arts Guild of the Rockies, Foothills Theatre, VIVA Theater and Upstart Crow. Jim is a member of Edge Theatre’s Artistic Council and a role player for C WORX crisis training. Since moving to Colorado, he has been a dramaturg for Edge Theatre’s New Play Development Program (On Your Feet), as well as for The Athena Project. He previously served as a principal dramaturg and Scholar in Residence in the Literary Department of Actor’s Theatre of Louisville.

Ideation

By Aaron Loeb and Directed by Kate Austin-Groen 

“Devilishly funny and demonically dark, Loeb’s hilarity makes us, as the title suggests, think.” San Francisco Chronicle

Ninety minutes from now, a group of stressed-out corporate consultants is slated to present their work on a mysterious project. It’s time to brainstorm within the morally ambiguous parameters they’ve been given so they can make it to their kids’ soccer games and continue their ill-advised affairs. But as they work, the question of what they aren’t being told looms ever larger, becoming harder to ignore. If something truly monstrous is going on, it wouldn’t be happening over Starbucks scones . . . would it? A ferocious and hilarious thriller.

September 21 – October 14

ArtLab Fort Collins-  239 Linden St