{"id":118748,"date":"2020-01-30T13:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=118748"},"modified":"2020-01-30T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T20:22:30","slug":"anna-faye-hunter-13-sharing-love-of-books-and-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=118748","title":{"rendered":"Anna Faye Hunter ’13: Sharing love of books and theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Anslee Wolfe.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Although Anna Faye Hunter \u201913 calls Colorado Springs home, she felt the pull of New York City\u2019s bright lights \u2014 and she once dreamed of studying and performing in a theater beneath them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She didn\u2019t consider Colorado, nor Colorado Springs, as viable places to study or seek a career in the theater. But Anna Faye quickly learned she\u2019d misjudged both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of high school, she tried a few classes at UCCS while researching universities where she might study theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t plan on getting involved or doing a show, but my cousin pushed me to do so,\u201d Anna Faye said. \u201cI got into the show and made all my best friends. And I was really happy. I ended up loving my time at UCCS.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Faye\u2019s experience drove her to stay at UCCS, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts with a theater focus. Being surrounded by eager and similar-minded students was exciting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe weren\u2019t known for the work we had done,\u201d she said. \u201cThere was this great tension, a fight to prove ourselves.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That fight to prove herself has stayed with her. Since graduating, she\u2019s become engaged in the community beyond her day job. Working for the Pikes Peak Library District, Anna Faye drives the bookmobile, spreading a love for reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m surrounded by amazing material,\u201d she said. \u201cThe bookmobile is really just a tin can of humanity. That\u2019s my foundation. Not only am I inspired by the people, I\u2019m surrounded by the materials, too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Faye\u2019s finds inspiration from the people she interacts with and the books she reads. That inspiration translates into theatrical works the community continues to enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Anslee Wolfe. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Twice in one year, Anna Faye put on a show at the Millibo Art Theater featuring the talents and personalities who call Colorado Springs home. She was shocked to see the community respond in droves, selling out both shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt (was) really neat to see who showed up. We\u2019re cultivating a voice and an identity and giving the Springs more entertainment and variety at the same time. That\u2019s one of the beautiful things about the success,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are cultivating our own garden.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As demand in the Colorado Springs theater scene continues to grow, as evidenced by UCCS\u2019 new Ent Center for the Arts, Anna Faye anticipates she will have new opportunities on the horizon \u2014 and she credits a supportive community, the city she calls home and her alma mater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy resume is more extensive than it ever has been. And it gives me consistent opportunities because when you do one thing, it opens up so many avenues,\u201d she said. \u201cGreat things happen in places like Colorado Springs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI got into the show and made all my best friends. And I was really happy. I ended up loving my time at UCCS.\u201d (More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":118750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,45],"tags":[53,61,107,86,332,102],"class_list":["post-118748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-arts-and-culture","tag-academic-affairs","tag-advancement","tag-alumni-relations","tag-college-of-letters-arts-and-sciences","tag-more-news","tag-visual-and-performing-arts-department"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hunter-anna-faye.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-uTi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118755,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118748\/revisions\/118755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}