HEATHER WAHL (Producer) is the founding artistic director of Speranza Theatre Company - awarded the 2022 Arts Organization of the Year by the Jersey City Arts Council and a proud member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Heather has produced 17 full length plays, numerous original educational plays, countless staged readings, directed and/or choreographed 50+ productions, and acted in 100+ shows from off-Broadway to regional work in 36 of the contiguous United States. Speranza Producer Highlights: WALK BY THE WAY OF THE MOON; VOTES FOR WOMEN; WOMEN RISING STORIES OF HOPE; UNVEILING LIBERTY; JANEY MILLER’S WORLD TOUR; A PIECE OF MY HEART; THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES; and THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE. Acting Highlights include: A PIECE OF MY HEART (Speranza Theatre); LOOSE KNIT (Centenary Stage); A BODY OF WATER (Garage Theatre); THE DAUGHTERS OF EVE (Speranza/Cherry Lane); SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION (59E59); A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (dir. Austin Pendleton); and Anne Boleyn in REX (world premiere revival). She holds an MFA in Acting from The New School for Drama and a BFA in Dance with a minor in Women’s Studies. Proud member of Actors Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.

JENNIE CONTUZZI (Producer) is the Associate Artistic Director of Speranza Theatre Company and a member of New Perspectives Theatre Company Women’s Playwriting Lab. Recent shows for Speranza include Unveiling Liberty (co-written by Charlotte Rahn-Lee), History Alive: The Revolution Comes to Jersey City, and Women Rising: Stories of Hope.

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JACKIE LEIBOWITZ (Stage Manager) is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist based out of New Jersey. She is a freelance actor, stage manager, dramaturg, and Musical Theatre Historian among many other jobs. She holds a BA in Theatre and MA in Musical Theatre Studies from Temple University and currently runs her own Broadway-themed Etsy shop, Broadway Dork Designs. Some favorite roles include Hope Lennon (FINDING HOPE – World Premiere, Philly Young Playwrights), Rona Lisa Peretti/Olive’s Mom (25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE), and Queen Aggravain (ONCE UPON A MATTRESS). When she’s not working on shows professionally, she loves to split her time in North Jersey community theatre or working at her alma mater, Cedar Grove High School, on their musicals each year. You can find out more about her at JackieLeibowitz.com or check out her shop @BroadwayDorkDesigns.

MARCI ELYN SCHEIN (Costumes, Props) is thrilled to be back at Speranza Theatre Company working with this amazing team of women. Marci is a performer in all disciplines of musical theatre, jazz and classical vocal music as well as a producer, director, musical director, choreographer and vocal coach/instructor. Marci is the owner/Artistic Director of Little Fig Stage, Inc. a performing arts company based in Chappaqua. NY and NYC. As a proud member of AEA, Marci has worked with The Garage Theatre Group, The Players Theatre, Speranza Theatre Co. and many more as an Actor and Stage Manager, as well as Director, Costumer, and Props Artisan off Broadway and regionally. www.littlefigstage.com

NICHOLAS VON HAGEL (Sound Engineer) is invigorated to be out and about again, working again with Speranza Theater Company. Nicholas currently freelances as an audio designer for numerous community theater and professional groups, as well as an audio mentor for middle/highschools, and theater camps throughout Essex and Morris county areas. Nick has designed many seasons with 4th Wall Theater, Montclair Operetta Club, Gas Lamp Players, Aspire Performing Arts, and NiCori Studios and Productions, to name a few. Nicholas also has his hand in lighting design with Mosaic Dance Theater, InterACT, NJTAP, along with a variety of production work with local high school arts programs. Nicholas is the Technical Director and Auditorium Coordinator at the School Districts of the Chathams, handling sets, lights, sounds, stage management and managing the student crew for all Chatham High School events.