Sometimes the smallest towns hold the biggest hearts…
One year after a tragic loss, a small town full of quirky characters gathers together to patch up what’s broken. Nothing goes quite as planned…but ultimately each person finds something unexpected within their old familiar world or something that feels like home in a new and unfamiliar place. Funny and heartwarming with a touch of magical realism, Mountain Octopus will remind you of the simple power of a good story. This World Premiere by Beth Kander (Hazardous Materials) features CRT favorites Christy Brandt and Kate Berry.
World Premiere, Dramedy

Director’s Note

Mountain Octopus takes place in the summer of 2022 in a small town called Chance, that just might remind you of Creede, Colorado. Chance is a small town where everyone knows everyone and where tourists flock every summer.  Remind you of anywhere you know? Chance is in the process of reopening—not just shops and restaurants, but also their hearts from the pandemic challenge of the past few years. How do you get back to normal? How do you resume the regular cadence of love and laughter and the need for daily coffee? This town is grappling with those questions. Maybe you are too.

And they are dealing with the loss of a beloved community member. To everything there is a season, a time to be born and a time to die.  We know how to celebrate birth. We don’t always know how to celebrate, honor, and grieve those who have departed. How do we navigate the conflicting negative emotions and the deeper positive emotions that remain? Is it ok to still love someone after they have gone? The folks of Chance, Colorado are grappling with this and how to live together again.

Beth Kander lovingly investigates these questions and aspects of small-town life: everyone knowing everyone, people getting in your business, and the love, joy and laughter of a community that truly is your family—whether you want them to be or not. I invite you to journey with us as you become part of our Creede Repertory Theatre family.