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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

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