Annette Helde
reads “Woman Loses Cookie Bake-Off, Sets Self on Fire,”
by Robert Olen Butler
Annette Helde was a member of the Denver Center Theatre Company for six years, appearing in “Wit,” “The Three Sisters,” “Blithe Spirit,” “Betrayal” and others. Her Broadway credits include “Timon of Athens,” “A Few Good Men” and “Macbeth.” On film and TV, she has appeared in “Titanic,” “Magnolia,” “Providence” and “The Practice.”
Kelvin Han Yee
reads “The Last Chinese Chef,”
by Nicole Mones
Yee has performed with The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The American Conservatory Theater and The Los Angeles Theater Center, among others. In addition to playing the title role in “Uncle Vanya” and “Timon of Athens,” his theater credits include Jacob Marley in “A Christmas Carol,” Justin Hurley in “Fifth of July,” and Victor in “Fish Head Soup.” On television, he was a guest star on “24” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and had recurring roles on “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Next March, he’ll appear as Chico Banh in “Lucky You,” co-starring Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall and Debra Messing.
Kirk Montgomery
reads “Franks and Beans,”
by Russell Baker
Montgomery started with 9News in 2001 and now co-hosts the new 4 p.m. newscast. He worked in broadcasting in Los Angeles, Tampa and Detroit, acted on television in the 1980s and was Pauly Shore’s body double in “Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge.” He has appeared on “Days of our Lives,” “Passions,” “Scrubs,” “General Hospital,” “Third Watch” and “Ed.” He won Emmy Awards in 2003 and 2005.
Romi Dias
reads “Cooking in the Nude” from “Aphrodite,”
by Isabel Allende, and
“October” from “Like Water for Chocolate,”
by Laura Esquivel
Dias is appearing in “Living Out” with the Denver Center Theatre Company and starred last year in “The Clean House” with the DCTC. Other roles include Joan in “Joan of Arc” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Andrea in “La Llorona” at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. She played Juanita in the film “All Night Bodega.”
Candy Brown
reads “W is for Wanton” from “An Alphabet for Gourmets,” by M.F.K. Fisher, and “My Mother’s Blue Bowl,”
by Alice Walker
Brown has appeared on Broadway in numerous roles. She was the Lady in Yellow in “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” She starred as “Miss Pat” in George Wolff’s “Colored Museum” with the San Diego Repertory and as “Gladiola” in “House of Flowers” with the Denver Repertory Theatre Company. Television credits include “Six Feet Under,” “CSI: Miami,” “NYPD Blue” and “Chicago Hope.” She teaches body awareness for actors in Hollywood and dance at Belliston Academy of Ballet in Littleton.
