Chris Armbrister was first attracted to the theater as a teenager and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the University of Alabama, following graduation he made his first trek to the Pikes Peak Region to perform melodrama in the Gold Bar Room Theater at The Imperial Hotel in Cripple Creek. Over the last three decades, Chris has acted, directed and produced theater in Cripple Creek (as well as 40+ US States & Internationally) and currently promotes the arts in the Pikes Peak Region as Producer & Artistic Director for Thin Air Theatre Company, the resident company of The Butte Theater in Cripple Creek.