Digital Playbill

Playwright

Jenny Connell Davis is thrilled to have been commissioned by Penfold Theater, and delighted to be premiering ANTON with her longtime collaborator Liz Fisher. Jenny is an Austin-based playwright and screenwriter whose award-winning plays have been staged nationwide. She has had projects developed with Amazon, Sony, Fox, and Disney, and spent two years as the in-house writer for Baobab Studios, developing projects across tv, film, webtunes, YA books, and Roblox games. She is proud to be the resident playwright and literary manager for Palm Beach Dramaworks, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Director

Liz Fisher is an interdisciplinary theatermaker and educator based in Central Texas. Directing credits include the Kennedy Center, Fusebox Festival, Pittsburgh Public, The Tank [NYC], National Black Theatre, ZACH Theatre, Penfold Theatre, National Women’s Theatre Festival, The Playwrights’ Center, Heartland Theatre Company, The Classic Theatre (San Antonio), Street Corner Arts, Shrewd Productions, Gilbert & Sullivan Austin, Scriptworks (Austin), University of Texas at Austin, St. Edward’s University, James Madison University, Mary Baldwin University, Southwestern University, and the University of Arkansas. She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Theatre, the SDC National Directing Award [Kennedy Center], and an Eugene O’Neill Theater Center fellowship. Liz is an Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of the Incarnate Word and an Associate Artistic Director of Penfold Theatre. MFA: Texas State University. www.lizfisher.net

Stage Manager

Stephanie is an Austin based performer and award winning stage manager. Delk is happy to be working with Director Liz Fisher for the first time since DEUS EX MACHINA (2015). Delk holds a degree in Music Business and Management from Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA. No stranger to Penfold Theatre,you may have seen her singing at the Marvelous Party or Stage Managing (ART). She performs regularly in Crown Theatre Cabarets, and recently returned to acting in Sunny Days (Vortex). When she is not stage managing she is the Director of Media and Planning at a digital marketing agency called Swash Labs. Many thanks to her family and friends for their support.

Set Designer

Costume Designer

is a costume designer and technician with over 25 years of professional experience in live theatre and dance.  This is her first design with Penfold Theatre Co. Notable costume designs include: Constellations (Street Corner Arts), The Afterparty (Shrewd Productions), Missionary Position: Pleasure Journeys for the Intrepid Lady Explorer, Season Three (Glass Half Full Theatre) American Blood Song, Toil and Trouble, The Head, Frankenstein (Trouble Puppet Theatre Company),The Importance of Being Earnest, Uma Sonata Familiar, Mother Courage, Merge: Four Seasons, Guys and Dolls (Texas State University),  Scenarios(Sans Souci Dance Festival). She holds her MFA from Texas State University and currently serves as their Costume Director and Associate Professor of Instruction for the School of Theatre and Dance and Film.

Lighting Designer

Jacqueline graduated from Loyola University New Orleans with a BFA in Film and Visual Arts. Since then, she has been working in film, professional theatre, and live event production for over a decade. In the last few years, she has designed for Ordinary Days, I’m Proud of You, Art, and Box for Penfold Theatre; Chronicles of a BlindDeaf Black Girl, Tiny Beautiful Things, and The Laramie Project with Deaf Austin Theatre; Clyde’s, About a Boy, Jenna and the Whale, Anna in the Tropics, and Julieta Tiene la Culpa with Ground Floor Theatre. She has also worked as Lead Theatrical Electrician for Color Factory Houston; Lighting Supervisor for Fusebox Festival and Magnolia Musical Theatre; and Master Electrician for kidsActing Studio, Austin Shakespeare, and Zilker Theater Productions. She wishes to thank Penfold Theatre for another great opportunity to collaborate!

Sound Designer

Lowell Bartholomee is an actor, playwright, sound and video designer, and director in Austin. His most recent work has been seen/heard in The Heidi Chronicles, Stage Kiss, Hand to God, and Luna (Southwestern University); It's a Wonderful Life, Art and Vincent (Penfold); She Was Here, Baskerville, and The Norwegians (Austin Playhouse); Jenna and the Whale (Ground Floor); and previous and the upcoming Scriptworks Out of Ink showcase. He has received the B. Iden Payne Award and the Austin Critics Table Award for his work. He’s an artistic company member of Rude Mechs, Hyde Park Theatre, and Austin Playhouse, and a playwright member of ScriptWorks.

Props Designer

Liz Tyson is a props designer, set dresser, and graphic designer working in film and theatre in Austin, TX.  Her recent work includes Falsettos, Fairview, Pass Over and Clyde's at Ground Floor Theatre, as well as Suddenly Last Summer and Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde with Filigree Theatre. This will be her first time collaborating with Penfold Theatre and she couldn't be more jazzed to be part of such an original production!

Technical Director

Monroe Oxley is a native Texan who received his undergraduate degree from Lamar University and a Masters in Theatre from Texas A&M Commerce. He has been designing professionally for over 15 years and teaching for over 11 years. Monroe is also early in his writing career with one read-through performed at Texas Educator Theatre Association in 2016 and one staged production in 2017 at Texas A&M University Commerce “10 minute play festival.”

House Manager

Alexandra Russo is an Austin based area actress with a passion for production and theater management. She received her theater degree from the University of Texas and has been part of numerous behind the scene productions over the years in tech, front of house, or as a production manager. On stage, she has worked with many companies including Different Stages, City Theater, Georgetown Palace, The Stage Austin, Austin Summer Musical for Children and Paradox Players, receiving several BIP nominations over the years. In addition to theater, she worked for many years in property management and as a teacher and trainer for parent child classes.

Graphic Design

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