{"id":2333,"date":"2022-03-31T11:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/?page_id=2333"},"modified":"2022-03-31T12:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:09:37","slug":"meet-the-producers-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/?page_id=2333","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Babcock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2333\" class=\"elementor elementor-2333\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b09b86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b09b86\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cd72a3\" data-id=\"2cd72a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c50d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3c50d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dennis Babcock - Executive Producer<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0365743 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0365743\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-259d2ed\" data-id=\"259d2ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb9441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bb9441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2346 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dennis-Babcock-e1571770105477-200x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>Dennis Babcock<\/b>\u00a0is a 40-year veteran of the theater industry. He began his professional career as an actor at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis under the direction of Michael Langham. Later, as the Guthrie\u2019s Special Events Producer, he created the\u00a0<i>Live at the Guthrie<\/i>\u00a0series to bring a variety of theatrical and musical artists to the Twin Cities. These included such celebrities as Princess Grace of Monaco, Henry Fonda, James Whitmore,\u00a0 Robin Williams and Julie Harris.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Dennis was the Managing Director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater from 1982-1984 and returned to the Guthrie Theater to serve as General Manager from 1984-1986. Then he formed PalmTree Productions, Inc. which produced such acclaimed shows as\u00a0<i>Vincent<\/i>, with Leonard Nimoy and\u00a0<i>Grandma Moses \u2014 An American Primitive<\/i>, with Cloris Leachman; and he collaborated with John Astin in the creation and original production of\u00a0<i>Once Upon A Midnight<\/i>.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For five years, Dennis served as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Christmas Carol, Inc., which produced Charles Dickens\u2019\u00a0<i>A Christmas Carol<\/i>\u00a0in theaters across America, with stars such as Wilford Brimley and John Astin in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Since 1996, Dennis has produced\u00a0<i>Triple Espresso<\/i>\u00a0in 60 plus cities in the United States and six foreign countries and has overseen the translation and production of the show into German and Flemish. During this time he also developed Bob Stromberg&#8217;s one-man show,\u00a0<i>That Wonder Boy<\/i>\u00a0and most recently,\u00a0<i>To Begin With<\/i>, a story of Charles Dickens.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2345 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/QueenMeet-300x213-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\">In 2012, as part of the Dickens Bicentenary, he was invited to Buckingham Palace to meet Her Majesty the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Dennis has completed 28 marathons, on six of the seven continents, and served on the Board of Directors of the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon. For seven years he served as Chairman of the Board of Media Fellowship International, Inc., a Christian ministry that serves professionals in the media and entertainment industries. He lives in Minneapolis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Babcock &#8211; Executive Producer Dennis Babcock&nbsp;is a 40-year veteran of the theater industry. He began his professional career as an actor at The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis under the direction of Michael Langham. Later, as the Guthrie\u2019s Special Events Producer, he created the&nbsp;Live at the Guthrie&nbsp;series to bring a variety of theatrical and musical artists &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/?page_id=2333\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dennis Babcock<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2333"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2333\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tripleespresso.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}