Susan Dawn Carson

Susan is a well known "Broadway expatriate" and has put together a wonderful evening of music and song as a benefit for the new MAT space.

The Millibo Art Theatre announces a very special benefit concert by “Broadway Expatriate” Susan Dawn Carson in “Coming Home”- an evening of favorite show tunes and live music. This rare local concert by Susan Dawn who starred in Broadway productions of “Les Miserables”, ‘Sunset Boulevard” and the national tour of “Cats” to name but a few will benefit the renovation… Show more of the new MAT venue at 1626 S. Tejon St. in the Ivywild neighborhood. The concert will be held at the new space and there is limited seating. A reception hosted by The Blue Star and Bristol Brewery will begin at 7pm with the show starting at 8pm. All tickets are $50 and include the reception and drinks.


About Susan Dawn: Susan Dawn Carson has enjoyed an eclectic career in the theatre. Her journey has allowed her to appear in every imaginable kind of venue from the smallest of cabarets to Broadway and even Madison Square Garden. Susan Dawn has played some of the greatest roles of the contemporary musical theatre, most notably Fantine is Les Miserables, Grizabella in Cats (okay, she’s a cat…), Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard…and has been blessed to work with some of the best in the biz, including Julie Taymor, Trevor Nunn, Glenn Close and Jimmy Buffet. Local audiences have seen her starring at TheatreWorks, the FAC, the Arvada Center and Aspen Theatre in the Park. Always musical, her actor training at the North Carolina School of the Arts prepared her for this crazy theatre world with everything from circus to Shakespeare, and it has all come in handy. She is joyful that the MAT is one of her creative Colorado homes.

About the Millibo Art Theatre - Affectionately known by locals as the MAT it is in its eleventh season of creating and producing original theatre for the Colorado Springs area. The MAT was founded in 2001 as the Manitou Art Theatre by Jim Jackson and Birgitta De Pree under the umbrella of the Business of Art Center. It moved in 2008 to its own 90 seat venue at 1367 Pecan Street on the Westside of Colorado Springs. In 2011 the name was changed to the Millibo Art Theatre in honor of two MAT performers who passed away that year – Bo Frese and Millie Harrison. Beginning June 1, 2013 the MAT will move to a newly renovated 120 seat venue at 1626 S. Tejon St. in the Ivywild Redevelopment. The expansion will allow for bigger productions and more space for the developing MAT Theatre School. Since its’ inception the MAT’s mission has been the creation and production of new theatre for all ages and to date the MAT has developed 46 original plays and presented 135 new works in theatre, clown, circus and children’s theatre.

When: Saturday March 9th - reception at 7pm, show at 8pm
Where: The new MAT at Ivywild, 1626 S. Tejon St. Colorado Springs, CO 80905
Tickets: All tickets are $50 For tickets and reservations call 719-465-6321 or on line at www.themat.org. For more information go to www.themat.org

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