Our Team

Heidi Wong — Executive Director

Heidi is the Inspiration Powerhouse behind this new version of the Historic Ute Theatre. Having donned hats as a Mandarin Chinese teacher, gerontological social worker, and hospice chaplain and having lived in Taiwan and Hawaii for 21 of her 54 years, Heidi brings both a multicultural perspective and community service orientation to her life work. She also has a somewhat closeted creative side; Heidi has dabbled in stand-up comedy, clowning, improv, and puppetry.

 Heidi knows that good times are precious; she is excited to have the opportunity to focus on her passion for the humorous, theatrical and playful aspects of life! Besides looking forward to getting her okole back on stage, she looks forward to hosting live performances, films, and special events that Uplift, Transform, and Engage. She hopes the theatre can serve as both a significant resource for the community as well as a unique tourist destination, with a view to bringing together diverse communities  from within and beyond the San Luis Valley.

KATRINA PRATT — Strategy and program development director

Katrina has been dancing and weaving stories for as long as she can remember; performing for the rocks and trees as a small child and eventually joining the circus in New York, building giant puppets and swinging from theater rafters above the audience. She has been working with children for more than 20 years, incorporating storytelling, movement and puppetry into educational therapy and alternative forms of teaching. She is the founder and director of Storycamp Dangercamp, a child directed program that integrates circus art, theater, puppetry, and immersion in nature. 

She graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in medical anthropology, focusing on birth and child development across cultures. Her interest in evolutionary biology, social dynamics, and the relationship between play and learning informs the way she shapes curriculum. Stories are a huge part of this - a form of gathering, collaborating, processing challenges, and sparking a sense of wonder in kids and grown-ups alike. She lives between Colorado, New Hampshire and New Orleans, dancing in trees, building parade floats, and learning how to make fires in the swamp. 

Macon Terry — operations manager

Macon’s proudest accomplishment is praying every night from the ages of three to six for a baby sister. He didn’t stop until he became an older brother.

He had an early introduction into the performing arts when, from the ages of 8 to 14, he was a professional ventriloquist and puppeteer. A member of not one, but two, bands — Clouds and Mountains, and The River Arkansas — Macon plays the upright bass and guitar, dabbling in piano and drums.

As a child and teen, he loved having his hands in the dirt — “what kid doesn’t?” — and has since transitioned into an adult who plays in the dirt. Macon is an organic farmer at the Orient Land Trust. He is also a carpenter who both builds and destroys houses.  

Macon hopes that Theatre can be a place for Saguache and all the surrounding communities to come together for the sake of joy and compassion and is proud to be a member of the Team.

Marcia Zina Mager — Countess of Creativity

International best-selling author, award-winning playwright/poet/artist, and wisdom teacher, Marcia brings decades of wildly diverse writing, publishing, and performing experience to the Theatre’s programming and mission with her out-of-the-box ideas, laser focus, and inspired global perspective. An audacious New Yorker who moved to Hawaii in 1992, she decided at age 50 to expand her world by studying with two iconic teachers: Improvisation with Academy award-winning actor, Alan Arkin, and Breakthrough Performance with rock musician Mick Pulver - both helped launch her stage and television career.

Marcia loves the connection and intimacy of rural communities and is thrilled to help Saguache make its unique mark in the 21st century.

Audrey Smith — Marketing Maven

Audrey is an artist and creative professional who's worked in media and marketing for the past 14 years. Her background in film and media arts started in Philadelphia where she created one of the first ever paid video blogs, winning a Bronze Anvil Award in Creative Marketing.

Audrey has a web design, digital marketing company and SEO company called, GOODFIEND where she works with small businesses to help them thrive online; her love and expansive background in arts, marketing and film (and her undying love for the town of Saguache), made her gravitate towards our amazing theatre.