Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

Remy Bumppo is an Equity theatre company founded in 1996 as Remy Bumppo Productions by Chicago-born Artistic Director James Bohnen and two producers from Colorado, Carol Loewenstern and John Stoddard. The absurdly named theatrical venture was named for Lowenstern's cat (named after Remy Martin cognac) and Bohnen's black Labrador (named for Natty Bumppo, the protagonist of James Fennimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales). The founders' goal was to find a city that would support their vision of a classical repertory theater producing plays that thrill the mind and utilizing the talents of top-notch professional actors and designers. After a national search they decided to test the waters in ( www.remybumppo.org )