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Persons of Distinction

Detour Company Theatre founder is Paradise Valley's Person of Distinction this April

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If all the world is a stage then we all have a certain role to play in our day-to-day lives — and maybe a more joyful role to play for some is found in the world of make-believe.

But it wasn’t until a local mother answered her child’s call for inclusion before the Valley of the Sun had a place for all to test out acting chops and belt out notes to the best of one’s ability.

“When Christopher Forrest asked his mother how he could appear on stage like so many other actors and actresses he had seen during his mother’s job teaching at a local school, it was a light-bulb moment that has gone on to illuminate an entire industry in the Valley,” said Paradise Valley resident Maureen Lipson.

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