Roy Scott MacFarlane

Roy spent the first 40 years of his life in the North Shore area of Massachusetts. In high school, he made lifelong friends sharing a love for cars, Chinese food, and all things 80’s like Star Wars and popular music, which still dominated his play list today. One such friend convinced him to help with some work at North Shore Music Theatre and there began his illustrious career as a theatre carpenter and fabricator. He went on to work for The Huntington Theatre Company, was the owner of Siesmic Scenic, and the Technical Director for two summers at Williamstown Theatre Festival. It was at Williamstown that he met his wife, Kristin.

At the end of the summer of 2009, to Kristin’s shock and joy, Roy said he was going to move home with her to Lakewood, CO. They packed up a trailer and made the 3-day drive across the country to start a new life. Roy had no job, no place to stay and no plan. After 3 days on his not yet in-laws couch, he had found himself a job at You Want What? Productions and a studio apartment. Roy would go on to be the shop foreman at You Want What for the next 14 years, building all kinds of shows, engineering rental sets to be used in a variety of ways and working with companies across the state of Colorado and beyond.

Roy and Kristin married on November 15, 2014, with a snowy reception at Red Rocks Amphitheater. He threw himself, with trepidation, into a large Catholic family and quickly grew to love the insanity that was always present at family gatherings. As much as Roy enjoyed these family gatherings, his favorite moments were at home with Kristin and his beloved black lab, Daisy. In 2018 they welcomed their daughter Audrey. Roy was immediately smitten with Audrey and adored being her dada. His little pickle and often princess was the light of his life.

Roy was smart, funny, and somewhat of a prankster; above all, he had the most generous and loving heart. He had a mind that could engineer and create anything. He was a wonderful carpenter and enjoyed making things big and small. He dreamed of having a jig for every project that he could hang on a wall just like Norm Abrams. He loved teaching young theatre students and selfishly “molding” them to do things his way, although most of them would not complain about that now. He didn’t like to be told what to do, he could be loud and opinionated; some might say he was from Boston.

Roy was a man of the outdoors and loved to camp and ride his bike. He was a great cook, loved football, especially when the Patriots were winning. Roy was a fierce friend, an amazing father a loving husband, and a devoted partner.

Roy is proceeded in death by his father Gerald MacFarlane (2014). He is survived by his mother Jane MacFarlane, stepfather Stephen Bayes, brother Scott MacFarlane, cousin Jacob Levesque, and his beloved wife Kristin MacFarlane, and cherished daughter Audrey MacFarlane as well as many family and friends, all of whom with miss him for eternity.

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