Bas BLEU THEATRE
To present outstanding theatre that fosters and inspires both audience and artist alike in an intimate salon setting
A Tribute
written by Laura Jones
If Bas Bleu were a baseball team, we would be retiring Jimmie Robinson’s number. A most valuable team player, Jimmie contributed his time and talents to the design of lighting and sound for dozens of BBTC productions spanning nearly three decades.
Starting at the very beginning, Jimmie designed lights and sound for our opening production at the petite Bas Bleu in 1994. He not only designed the lights for Happy Days, he also installed the lights in our first 49-seat storefront theater on Pine Street. And the speakers, to project the sound of Young Krapp’s voice coming from a 50s-era reel to-reel tape recorder for the curtain warmer Krapp’s Last Tape.
One of Jimmie’s favorite collaborations was as sound designer for Warren Leight’s Side Man in 2015, featuring classic tunes from Jimmie’s favorite jazz composers and musicians, including Clifford Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis. Jimmie’s last lighting design for Bas Bleu was Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers and his last sound design was A Thurber Carnival, both in 2022.
Jimmie left us last month a week before his 81 st birthday. Thank you, Jimmie Robinson. We’ll always remember you with gratitude for bringing sound and light to our stages, our senses, and our lives.
Please join us for a Celebration of Jimmie’s Life on Saturday, May 3 rd , 3-7 pm (with remarks at 4 pm) at VFW Rocky Mountain Post 1781, 603 Lesser Drive, Fort Collins.
