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RITC Directors & Founders
Redwood Ice Theatre Company
Founders
Carmen Maria Mitchell
Founder & Executive Director
Carmen is the original founder of Redwood Theatre Company. Carmen grew up as a competitive figure skater and ballet dancer. She now works as a professional singer and actor in both New York and California. Her body of artistic work includes many leading roles in musicals, short films, commercials, web-series, concerts and professional ice shows.
Carmen performed as a principal skater on a National Tour of Disney on Ice where she debuted the role of the “Live Host”.
She is also the co-founder for FTA Productions Company & the Director of the FTA Social Justice Art Series
Kim Navarro
Founder & Skating Director
Kim Navarro is a Two-Time U.S. Bronze Medalists and Two-Time World Team member. She was a first alternate to the Olympics in 2010 and won the bronze medal at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in 2008.
As a professional skater, Kim has performed in numerous ice shows including Stars On Ice, Holiday On Ice, Broadway On Ice, Sun Valley On Ice, and Nancy Kerrigan's Halloween On Ice. She has performed with the Ice Theatre of New York and is a founding company member of Ice Dance International.
Kim and her partner Brent Bommentre, appeared in an episode of the television show Glee and competed as part of the act “Aerial Ice” on the quarter-finals of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.
Kim has her USFS Gold Medal in Dance, Freestyle, and MIF. She is a graduate of Columbia University with a degree in English and a minor in Dance. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Liberal Arts at Stanford University.
Kim is now the Skating Director and coach at Snoopy's Home Ice!
Lisa Navarro
Founder & Creative Director
Lisa brings more than 50 years of Ice skating experience to this project.
Lisa competed and performed as an elite pair skater in competitions, professional ice shows and televised skating specials. She was a principal skater and Associate Choreographer for many of the beloved Charles Schulz Christmas shows in Santa Rosa.
During her long career Lisa has helped direct and choreograph skating shows and special skating projects for Snoopy’s Home Ice, Woodstock Ice Productions, California’s Great America and Aerial Ice Extreme.