Ann by Holland Taylor
“Funny, fiery, salty & brash,” (The New York Times), "Ann" is the inspiring and hilarious story of a captivating woman who was even bigger than the state from which she hailed: Ann Richards. This acclaimed, one-woman tour-de-force brings the charismatic and storied former governor of Texas into TheatreSquared’s most intimate new space.
“Funny, fiery, salty & brash,” (The New York Times), "Ann" is the inspiring and hilarious story of a captivating woman who was even bigger than the state from which she hailed: Ann Richards. This acclaimed, one-woman tour-de-force brings the charismatic and storied former governor of Texas into TheatreSquared’s most intimate new space.
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Sally Edmundson<br />
SALLY EDMUNDSON (<strong>Ann</strong> Richards)<br />
returns to TheatreSquared as <strong>Ann</strong><br />
Richards after making her T2 debut<br />
earlier this spring. Stages Theatre in<br />
Houston has been her artistic home<br />
as an actor and director, where her<br />
favorite roles include: <strong>Ann</strong> (<strong>Ann</strong><br />
Richards), Driving Miss Daisy (Daisy),<br />
Auntie Mame (Mame), Full Gallop<br />
(Diana Vreeland—one woman show),<br />
Steel Magnolias (MLynn), Elizabeth/<br />
REX (Elizabeth I), and most recently,<br />
Salt, Root and Roe (Anest). Regional<br />
credits include Anest in Salt, Root and<br />
Roe (Upstream Theatre, St. Louis);<br />
Elizabeth I in Elizabeth/REX (Pacific<br />
Repertory Theatre, Carmel, Calif.);<br />
the world premiere of Homefires as<br />
June and Lend Me a Tenor as Diana<br />
(Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Beatrice<br />
in Much Ado About Nothing and<br />
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Virginia<br />
Shakespeare Festival). She holds<br />
a B.A. in French/Italian from the<br />
University of Texas at Austin and a<br />
B.F.A. in theatre from the University<br />
of St. Thomas. She also completed<br />
the BADA/Yale University Summer<br />
Classical Training Program in Oxford,<br />
England, and the Kristin Linklater<br />
Theatre Speech Workshop in Boston.<br />
Et ma folie—Institut de Francais<br />
(Villefranche-sur-Mer), the Sorbonne<br />
(Paris) post-graduate work in French.<br />
Kim McKean<br />
KIM MCKEAN (Director) is a theatre<br />
and film director based in El Paso,<br />
Texas making her TheatreSquared<br />
directorial debut. She recently directed<br />
Love and Information at Trap Door<br />
Theatre in Chicago, and is directing and<br />
curating ReUnión rEvolución: A Latinx<br />
New Works Festival in El Paso in Spring<br />
2020. Other directing credits include:<br />
The Humans, Lydia, The Importance of<br />
Being Earnest, Monsters We Create,<br />
Gruesome Playground Injuries, Closer,<br />
and Bench Seat. Her short film, The<br />
Arrangements, was nominated for Best<br />
of the Borderscene at the Borderscene<br />
Film Festival. She received multiple<br />
national awards, including Outstanding<br />
Director of a Play from the Kennedy<br />
Center American College Theatre<br />
Festival for her production of Lydia<br />
<strong>by</strong> Octavio Solis. In addition to her<br />
directing work, McKean serves as<br />
an assistant professor of theatre at<br />
University of Texas at El Paso. She<br />
received a B.A. in theatre from the<br />
University of Wisconsin–Madison<br />
and an M.F.A. from the University of<br />
California, Irvine.<br />
ASHLEIGH BURNS (Scenic Designer)<br />
is the resident scenic charge and<br />
props artist at TheatreSquared, having<br />
previously designed Every Brilliant<br />
Thing and serving on the scenic<br />
design team for Once. After receiving<br />
her M.F.A. in scenic design from the<br />
University of Arkansas in 2013, she<br />
returned to T2 in her current role. Her<br />
favorite T2 shows of the past nine<br />
years include Mauritius, Underneath<br />
the Lintel, Peter and the Starcatcher,<br />
Vietgone, Fun Home, and The Humans.<br />
JENNIFER MCCLORY (Costume<br />
Designer) has costumed over 70<br />
productions in theater, opera,<br />
television, and film in the Northwest<br />
Arkansas area. This is her first show<br />
to design at TheatreSquared where<br />
she is the current wardrobe supervisor.<br />
Favorite projects include Dark Sisters<br />
(Opera Fayetteville); Man of La Mancha<br />
(Inspire Theatre) and Go, Dog, Go<br />
(Trike Theatre/Walton Arts Center).<br />
She holds degrees in creative writing<br />
and literature from the University of<br />
Arkansas and is a published novelist in<br />
addition to her work in theater.<br />
MEGAN REILLY (Lighting Designer)<br />
returns to TheatreSquared having<br />
last designed A Christmas Carol and<br />
the workshop production of 10,000<br />
Balconies. Minneapolis design credits<br />
include immersive design for Cabal<br />
(Walking Shadow Theatre Company);<br />
projections for Orange and Hooded or<br />
Being Black For Dummies (Mixed Blood<br />
Theatre), Buyer & Cellar (Hennepin<br />
Theatre Company); lighting for While<br />
You Were Out (Red Eye Theatre);<br />
The Sparrow (Live Action Set). Texas<br />
credits include Willy Wonka (Magik<br />
Theatre); Ghost Quartet (Penfold<br />
Theatre); and several shows for<br />
Street Corner Arts, Penfold Theatre<br />
Company, Salvage Vanguard, Trouble<br />
Puppet, Glass Half Full, Hidden Room;<br />
lighting for Mary Poppins and Beauty<br />
and the Beast (Prescott Park Arts<br />
Festival); Jesus Christ Superstar<br />
(Firehouse Center for the Arts); lighting<br />
for the popup immersive experience<br />
The Night Café (Green Door Labs/<br />
Stark Productions, Sommerville MA).<br />
Internationally she has designed<br />
in Dublin for Collaborative Artists<br />
Company and the Edinburgh Fringe<br />
Festival. She is a scholar and published<br />
writer on the subject of ethics in<br />
immersive theatre and holds an MFA<br />
from the University of Texas at Austin.<br />
SAM CLAPP (Sound Designer) makes<br />
his TheatreSquared debut. A musician<br />
and sound artist, he recently sound<br />
designed Sugar in Our Wounds (First<br />
Floor Theater); Killing Game (A Red<br />
Orchid Theatre); Love & Information<br />
and The Killer (Trap Door Theatre);<br />
and The Ruse of Medusa and Phoebe<br />
in Winter (Facility Theatre); as well<br />
as the weekly architecture podcast<br />
Interstitial. He holds a master's degree<br />
in sound arts & industries from<br />
Northwestern University.<br />
BRODIE JASCH (Properties Manager)<br />
is the resident props master at T2,<br />
where his previous credits include<br />
Shakespeare in Love, The Legend<br />
of Georgia McBride, Every Brilliant<br />
Thing, The Wolves, Miss Bennet:<br />
Christmas at Pemberley, Vietgone,<br />
Peter and the Starcatcher, Around<br />
the World in 80 Days, and more than<br />
20 other productions. His regional<br />
credits include An Evening with<br />
Groucho (Heritage Theater Festival);<br />
Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues (Bay<br />
Street Theater); and Unto These Hills<br />
(Cherokee Historical Association). He<br />
holds a BA in theatrical design and<br />
technology from Castleton University.<br />
JERRY L. JENSEN (Stage Manager)<br />
joined TheatreSquared in 2016, where he<br />
has served as production assistant and<br />
for the past two seasons, as assistant<br />
stage manager. Favorite T2 shows<br />
include Peter and the Starcatcher, All<br />
the Way, The Champion, The Hound of<br />
the Baskervilles, and Once. Other credits<br />
include Man of La Mancha (Inspire<br />
Theatre); Deathtrap (Citadel Theatre); Les<br />
Mis and The Odd Couple (Pioneer Theatre<br />
Company). A native of Utah, he holds