Master of Ceremonies/Executive Producer/Music Director

Cody McKibben

Cody is a young actor out of Lakewood, Colorado. He’s played many professional roles, including Freddie in Pygmalion. He has not limited himself to acting though as enjoyed his role as stage manager and board operator for Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. He’s also part of the professional improv troupe, The Loose Screws. This Variety Show has been a labor of love for him, as not only a Producer but also as a Director and the Master of Ceremonies.

Creative Director/Performer

Laurie McKibben

Laurie is new to the theatre scene but has passion to explore the arts on stage and off. She currently serves on the board of Elemental Theatre Company. She appeared in the ensemble of Ichabod the Musical, and was the dramaturg for Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Now she is perusing her passion as a performer of the Queen City Variety Show and a partner in the Queen City Theatre Company.

Improv Director/Performer

Troy Fluhr

Troy Fluhr has been performing improv comedy steadily since around the late 90's. Some of the troupes he has been a member of are: The ReActors, Denver TheatreSports, Comedy Helper, The Harlequin Players, and co-founded ImprovNeato. Currently he is a member of The Loose Screws improv troupe. He has also been in several short film projects. Outside of performing, Troy loves teaching and has held positions as a Driving Instructor, Chess instructor, Quest Leader for an after-school LARP camp, and improv comedy instructor.

Talent Director/Performer

Selena Naumoff

With a BA in Theatre Arts, Selena has taught theatre classes, directed live productions, stage-managed, designed, and performed in theatre and film. She is active in theatre throughout the Denver Metro area, sits on the Board of Directors for the Elemental Theatre Company, and serves as the Technical Director for the South Suburban Parks and Recreation Center Theatre Department. Audiences last saw her at the Historic Elitch Theatre as Golda Meir in 2025. Her other stage credits include The LGBTQ+ Odd Couple (Olive), The Language Archive (Emma), Annie (Miss Hannigan), Sordid Lives (Bitsy Mae Harling), Zorro the Musical (the Old Gypsy), Towards Zero (Inspector Leach), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Ensemble), Up the Down Staircase (Bea Schacter), Into the Woods (Lucinda), and Hansel & Gretel (the Witch). Film credits include One of Us (Parker's Mom), Evie at Eighteen (Martha), Ronan the Ronin (Camille Pearce), and Ringers: Lord of the Fans. Selena teaches Basic Directing for Theatre and Improv 101 at Colorado Free University.

Performer

Tara Fluhr

Tara Fluhr is a vocalist with a lifelong love of performance. She most often performs karaoke and brings a strong musical foundation shaped by years of ensemble singing in church choir, high school chorus, and college Choral Art Society.

She is making her variety show debut with the Queen City Variety Show. Tara lives in Sheridan with her husband, Mr. Fluhr (the improviser) and their three children.

Performer

Daniel Van Note

Daniel has been in the performing arts world since he was 17, when he started making short films in high school. He has made 6 award winning short films, his most recent for the Denver 48 hr. film festival. His work behind the camera, directing actors, and has led him to several acting roles in other short films. Most recently, he expanded his craft to bring multiple characters to life in Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol.

Performer

Sina Hirsch

Sina has been involved with theater for over 30 years. She has experience in a variety of performance genres, including musical theater, children’s theater, improvisational comedy, and Shakespeare. She has initiated and facilitated programs for children’s summer workshops and after-school theater enrichment programs. Her most recent performances include Bleacher Bums (Potroast Productions), A Manny for Us (WRTC), The Woman In Black (WRTC), Cyrano de Bergerac (WRTC), and Information for Foreigners (WRTC), and has directed adult and childrens' productions in the Denver area. Sina is excited to perform with The Queen City Theatre Company, and hopes you all enjoy the show.

Performer

Maggie Wingate

Maggie is so excited to join the Queen City Variety Show! Maggie's favorite previous credits include Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol and Pygmalion at Elemental, The Vagina Monologues at Theatre company of Lafayette, Pink Man at the Dairy Arts Center, Identity: An Origin Story and Aposiopesis. They could not ask for a more talented group of artists to work with on this show! 

Performer

Erin Slimrod

Erin received a degree in Theatre Arts from Loyola New Orleans, then spent the better part of a decade travelling the world and working both onstage and behind the scenes. Once she arrived in Denver, she ending up planting a giant garden, falling in love and growing a family so now she's rooted here and seriously sleep deprived. You can see her performing with the Murder Mystery Company, the Loose Screws Improv Troupe, Sic Sense Sketch Comedy and various other theatres. She also is a founding member of the Miscreant Theatre Collective. She wants to thank Indy and Andy for filling her life with giggles and joy!

Performer

Milo

Milo is one the brightest up and coming stand up comedians in the Denver Metro area. 

Performer

Mille Hufnagel

​Millie is a junior at Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy and has performed there in various roles, including Tillie in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds. Professionally, she's acted as Mary Smith in Ichabod and Dawn at Adams Mystery Playhouse as well as performed improv with Some Assembly Required. She'd like to thank friends and family, including this cast and crew, Sina, Marne, Laurie, and Cody.

Performer

David Coile

David Coile has dabbled in many creative pursuits: filmmaking, comedy, and cartooning, among others. But it took a mid-life crisis to get him focused on his passion for making music.

After quitting his full-time job, David has spent the last decade as a singer-songwriter in the Boulder-Denver-Front Range scene, blending an affinity for storytelling and catchy hooks with a booming voice and unique finger-style guitar. 

Creatively restless, David works within a broad range of styles and themes: from folk and pop to funk and punk, with songs about love, childhood, photography, beards, car washes, and the end of the world. 

David has performed and written songs with local and national touring artists such as Shanna in a Dress, Teresa Storch, Antonio Lopez, Kevin Dooley, Finn O'Sullivan, Nichole Wagner, Pamela Machala, Tim Ostdiek, and Alicia Stockman, among others. 

As host of the popular Raw Songwriting podcast, David has interviewed and learned from artists around the world about their tools and techniques for creating memorable songs. 

Performer

Knox Phillips

Knox has grown into the world of the arts and found a deeply driven passion to immerse himself in all kinds of settings and projects ranging from nearly 10 years as an award winning Scare Actor to back stage management and logistics for Ichabod the Musical to concert bookings and photography.

Now having returned to the performance side of the arts, he is honored to bring you laughter and joy during the variety show.

Performer

Jason Palo La Costa

Before working with the Queen City Theater Company, Jason most recently worked to bring the original show Ichabod the Musical to life as the Stylist: Costumes and Props. Currently they are working on a series of cabaret shows in a similar capacity and opening a teaching jewelry workshop! Jason was born in New Mexico, but lived in Colorado for over 20 years with formal education from CU Boulder College of Environmental Design and the Leads College of Business. They are an artist whose work has been exhibited at The Denver Art Museum, The Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs and has been sold at The Colorado Capital Building. Their love of costume making began with my family's enthusiasm for Halloween and has continued with drag and ren fairs.

Performer

Braden Nash 

Braden has been acting for almost 2 years now. He has enjoyed all the shows he’s been a part of and is happy to be a part of the Queen City Theatre Variety Show. Braden has had a passion for acting all his life. In high school, he loved supporting his friends by seeing the plays they were in. He first developed a love for theater after seeing Wicked for the first time with his family. He hopes you enjoy the show.