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Regional directing work includes the Dallas Theater Center, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Alliance Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Capitol Repertory Theatre, Kitchen Theatre, and seven seasons as associate artistic director at the Hangar Theatre. She is the co-author and director of the musical Sammy & Me (MusicalFare Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Alliance Theatre, National Black Theatre Festival and New Vintage Theatricals). Wendy is also a writer, and her plays have been finalists for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference as well as the Arts & Letters Prize in Drama. She was a 2013 recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting and Screenwriting. Her original play, Birds of East Africa, premiered in 2017 at the Kitchen Theatre, and her short live-action film, La Casa Verde, screened at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the San Antonio Film Festival. MFA, Syracuse University. BFA, Ithaca College. Member, SDC.

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Photos: Get a Behind-the-Scenes Look at SAMMY AND ME Rehearsals Starring Eric Jordan Young


Check out exclusive rehearsal photos of Eric Jordan Young and the talented cast of SAMMY AND ME at Bay Street Theater. Get a sneak peek behind the scenes as they prepare for this highly anticipated production.

Single Tickets On Sale For SAMMY & ME, 2023 Mainstage Bonus Fourth Show at Bay Street


Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that single tickets are now on sale for the bonus fourth Mainstage production, Sammy & Me, written by and starring Eric Jordan Young and written and directed by Wendy Dann. Sammy & Me will be performed at Bay Street Theater in rep with Master Class, Monday, August 14, through Sunday, August 20.

World Premiere of DOUBLE HELIX, MASTER CLASS Starring Kate Burton & More to Headline Bay Street Theater 2023 Season


Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced that its 2023 Mainstage Season will bring together top theatrical talent in a spectacular four-show summer lineup. With a stellar mix of old and new, the season kicks off with the world premiere of Double Helix (May 30–June 18).

TCG Publishes STAGING STORY: FIVE FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE BEGINNING STAGE DIRECTOR


Theatre Communications Group has announced the publication of Staging Story: Five Fundamentals for the Beginning Stage Director by Robert Moss and Wendy Dann.

Kitchen Theatre Company Pays Homage To Its History With BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED


The Kitchen Theatre Company finishes out the streaming portion of its 2020-2021 Season, The Journey to 30, with Bloom Where You're Planted: A Twenty Year Artistic Journey, a film by Artistic Director Emerita Rachel Lampert and former Associate Producing Director, Lesley Greene.

The Cherry Artists' Collective to Present Talkback with Gabrielle Chapdelaine & Artistic Director Samuel Buggeln


The Cherry Artists' Collective will present a talkback event with Artistic Director Samuel Buggeln and Québec playwright Gabrielle Chapdelaine on Monday, November 16 at 4pm EST.

The Cherry Artists' Collective To Present Live-Streamed World Premiere Of Gabrielle Chapdelaine's A DAY


The Cherry Artistsa?? Collective will present the English-language World Premiere of A Day, written by Québecoise playwright, Gabrielle Chapdelaine, translated by Josephine George. Live performances are directed by Wendy Dann with video mise en scène directed by Samuel Buggeln.

Kitchen Theatre Company Announces 2020-2021 Season


The Kitchen Theatre Company, Central New York's Off Broadway theatre, is excited to announce plans for it's 2020-2021 season. a??The Journey to 30: A Celebration of KTC's Past, Present and Futurea?? will offer twenty hybrid and online events and culminate in one live, World Premiere production in June of 2021.

The Cherry Artists' Collective Announces 2020-21 Season


The Cherry has announced a complete season of four innovative, socially-distanced productions in 2020-21!

BWW Review: THE WOLVES Scores at Dallas Theater Center


Like a winning goal made in the final seconds of the World Cup, Dallas Theater Center has delivered an explosively exciting production of THE WOLVES, one of the most explosively exciting American plays of the last several years.

Kitchen Theatre Co to Host First-Ever Ithaca One-Minute Play Festival


America's largest and longest running grassroots theatre project, THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) is beginning a dynamic partnership with Kitchen Theatre Company and creating The First Ithaca One-Minute Play Festival.

Karl Gregory to Return to The Kitchen Theatre in EVERY BRILLIANT THING


Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, a funny and moving new play about the lengths to which we will go for those we love.

Karl Gregory to Return to The Kitchen Theatre in EVERY BRILLIANT THING


Kitchen Theatre Company continues its 2017-2018 Season with the regional premiere of Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, a funny and moving new play about the lengths to which we will go for those we love.

SMART PEOPLE, MATT AND BEN and More Slated for Kitchen Theatre Company's 2017-18 Season


Kitchen Theatre Company, Central New York's Off Broadway theatre, announces its 2017-2018 season. This is the first season for incoming Producing Artistic Director, M. Bevin O'Gara, who will be joining longtime Managing Director, Stephen Nunley. Kitchen TheatreCompany is known for its intimate 99-seat space, now owned by the theatre, and for the bold, intimate, engaging work it has produced for over 25 years. The 27th season will include seven plays aimed at starting 'important conversations,' presented from September to June.

Photo Flash: First Look at BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA at Kitchen Theatre Company


Kitchen Theatre Company kicks off 2017 with the world premiere of Wendy Dann's poignant and poetic Birds of East Africa, directed by Rachel Lampert, now through February 12th. Previews began Sunday January 29th with Opening Night tomorrow, February 2nd. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Photo Flash: World Premiere of BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA


Kitchen Theatre Company kicks off 2017 with the world premiere of Wendy Dann's poignant and poetic Birds of East Africa, directed by Rachel Lampert, January 29th-February 12th. Previews begin Sunday January 29th with Opening Night on February 2nd.

Kitchen Theatre Company Offers the World Premiere of BIRDS OF EAST AFRICA


Kitchen Theatre Company kicks off 2017 with the world premiere of Wendy Dann's poignant and poetic Birds of East Africa, directed by Rachel Lampert, January 29th-February 12th. Previews begin Sunday January 29th with Opening Night on February 2nd.

Kitchen Theatre Company Wins ICWP 50/50 Applause Award


Kitchen Theatre Company has been honored with the International Centre for Women Playwrights 50/50 Applause Award, given to theaters that produced fifty percent or more plays by women playwrights in their 2015/2016 season. The Kitchen joins 107 theatres in 10 countries and 5 continents in winning this award.

BWW Review: CONSTELLATIONS at Dallas Theater Center


Choose your own adventure stories are generally reserved for young readers, but toss in some quantum theory and a handful of dramatic adult situations, and you've landed somewhere among the intricate stars in Dallas Theater Center's new production of Nick Payne's CONSTELLATIONS.

Mind-Bending Love Story CONSTELLATIONS to Play Dallas Theater Center


Dallas Theater Center announced today complete details for the mind-bending love story, Constellations. 

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