Fearless Creativity is a phrase coined by Roger Holzberg to describe what he experienced at the University of Colorado in 1974. Chuck, Roger and others were inventing Developmental Touring Theatre in CU’s Colorado Caravan and Crown and Clown theatres, and Chuck’s Overland Stage Company. Other graduates of the Colorado Caravan and the University of Colorado’s Developmental Theatre M.A. went on to found or manage/direct/act in theatres all over the world. Other participants in the programs applied their skills successfully in diverse professions, and look back on their Developmental Theatre experiences as essential training.

The belief you have the talent, intelligence, intuition, and passion to solve any creative challenge.

—Roger Holzberg

In the years that came after they continued exploring how to define and apply Fearless Creativity to the work. There was a reunion in 2019 of many of those involved, and they decided to work together to give what was learned to those who can use it now. Developmental Theatre teaches Fearless Creativity using our theatre games, scripts, and teaching experience.

The ability to leave behind being timid, afraid, faint-hearted or conversely falsely brave, dominant, bullying.

Fearlessly embracing living as a confident, brave, hardy, daring person willing to risk failure to learn, to change, to serve.

The Fearless Creativity team will be making the new material available in the future. There will be workshops, play scripts, and theatre games developed around five competencies that form the skeleton of how to be Fearlessly Creative.

Fearless Creativity is a way of life.

—Chuck Wilcox

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Three areas Chuck applied Fearless Creativity were: Riddles, Haiku or Sword-Cut Poems, and Tabor Pipe.