THE COMPANY

TRACY MICHELLE ARNOLD | ANNE

Tracy made her IRT debut in A Doll’s House Part 2. This summer will mark her 24th season at American Players Theatre, where she is a member of the Core Acting Company. Roles at APT include Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Jacques in As You Like It, Lady M in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Judith Bliss in Hay Fever, Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing, Hesione Hushabye in Heartbreak House, and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Other regional credits include Brooke in Other Desert Cities at the Goodman Theatre, Regina in The Little Foxes at Asolo Repertory Theatre, and Amanda in Private Lives at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. “Love to my fellas.”

VERN THIESSEN | PLAYWRIGHT

Vern Thiessen is one of Canada’s most-produced playwrights. His plays have been seen across Canada, the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Europe. His best known works include EinsteinsGift,Lenin’sEmbalmers, and A More Perfect Union (all produced OffBroadway) as well as Shakespeare’sWill,Apple,Blowfish,TheCourier,TheResurrectionofJohn Frum, and Vimy. In 2003, he won the Governor General’s Literary Award, Canada’s highest honor for playwriting. He has also been shortlisted for the prestigious Siminovitch Prize in Theatre and the Herman Voaden Competition. He is a past president of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. He shares his life with acclaimed fiction writer Susie Moloney and their two sons.

BRENDA DeVITA | DIRECTOR

Brenda currently serves as the Artistic Director at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin. She has made APT her home since she joined the company in 1995. After serving in multiple capacities across the organization, she was appointed Artistic Director in 2014. Brenda’s favorite directing credits (many with her dear friend and colleague Tracy Michelle Arnold) include: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Shakespeare’s Will, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Year of Magical Thinking, Mary’s Wedding, The Other Place, A Doll’s House Part 2, and Born Yesterday. “I am honored to be here with Tracy to be a part of my friend and mentor Janet Allen’s final season. Congratulations, Janet, you are an inspiration.”

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SCOTT PENNER | SCENIC DESIGNER

Scott is a Brooklyn-based designer whose work has been seen at the Prague Quadrennial, Off-Broadway, Northlight Theatre, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Theatreworks (Colorado Springs), Northlight Theatre, About Face Theatre, Shattered Globe Theatre (Chicago), the Grand Theatre (London, Ontario), the Sudbury Theatre Centre, the Globe Theatre (Regina, Saskatchewan), Buddies in Bad Times (Toronto), and the Winnipeg Studio Theatre. Upcoming: The Merry Wives of Windsor (American Players Theatre), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Grand, London). Film and TV: Assistant Costume Designer for Station Eleven (HBO Max) and Five Days at Memorial (Apple TV). Scott has an M.F.A. from Northwestern University and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada. scottpennerdesign.ca

DANIELE TYLER MATHEWS | COSTUME DESIGNER

Daniele is a New York City–based costume designer and drag artist originally from Nashville, Tennessee. Design credits include Hamlet, Oedipus, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Engaging Shaw, Pericles, and Mary’s Wedding (American Players Theatre); Hedda Gabler, The Winter’s Tale (Bedlam); I Am My Own Wife (Long Warf Theatre); Trans Scripts: the Women Part I (American Repertory Theatre); NYU’s New Musical Workshops (2017-2019); The Wild Party, TheWiz,L’étoile,Arcadia,KingLear,Fences, and the NYC Trans Theatre Festival. Princess Grace Foundation Theatre Award (2014). M.F.A. in Costume Design, Carnegie Mellon (2015). Upcoming designs: Nine (NYU), Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 (Central Square), Romeo and Juliet (APT). Daniele also designs and creates custom clothes, including all of their own drag looks, which can be seen on Instagram or TikTok @gloria_swansong.

DAWN CHIANG | LIGHTING DESIGNER

Dawn made her IRT debut with Sense and Sensibility. On Broadway she designed Zoot Suit and co-designed TangoPasión. Off Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre: Encores! Concert Musicals, co-designer. Opera: resident lighting designer, New York City Opera. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Denver Center Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, and many more. Awards: two Syracuse Area Live Theatre Awards, two Drama-Logue Awards.

Nominations: Maharam Design Award (from American Theatre Wing), Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle. Affiliations: Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group, Themed Entertainment Association, and Behind the Scenes Foundation. Mentor for Theater Development Fund’s “Wendy Wasserstein Project” outreach program for New York City high school students.