Liz Fentress is an award-winning playwright, director, and actor. Following a 40-year career in Kentucky, Liz recently moved home to Northern Wisconsin; Lake Superior had been a character in her early life, and Liz missed her. While in Kentucky, Liz served as Regional Rep for the Dramatists Guild of America. Most recently an ensemble version of Liz's play Liz's Circus Story premiered at the Mercy Academy Theatre in Louisville. Liz's full-length play Neutral Position premiered at the Bard Theatre in Louisville following developmental workshops with the Derby City Playwrights. Liz’s play Stages of Bloom premiered at the Public Theatre of Kentucky in Bowling Green, followed by a production at the Bunbury in Louisville. Liz’s play Strike Zone premiered in Louisville at the Bard Theatre. Her play The Honey Harvest, which premiered at Kentucky Repertory Theatre, followed by a production at the Little Colonel Playhouse in Pewee Valley, KY, won the North American Actors Association Playwriting Competition and was staged in London's West End. Kentucky Educational Television’s production of Liz's Circus Story, a solo play which Liz wrote and performs, won the National Educational Television Association award for Best Dramatic Narrative. Liz wrote the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Continuing Studies Online Playwriting Workshop. In Louisville, Liz acted with Stage One and was a teaching artist for ATL’s New Voices program for ten-plus years. Previously Liz worked for 13 seasons at Horse Cave Theatre in Horse Cave, KY, as a director and actor, also serving on the management team. While there she coordinated the Kentucky Voices program for the development of new plays by or about Kentuckians, and was co-editor of World Premieres from Horse Cave Theatre. Prior to moving to Horse Cave, Liz was the executive director of the Playhouse in the Park in Murray, KY, where she founded the West Kentucky Playwrights. Liz began her career touring with Wisconsin's Franzen Bros. Circus and the Guthrie Theatre. In New York, she was a founding member of the Irondale Ensemble. Liz is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Liz now makes her home with her husband Larry, in Bayfield, Wisconsin, where her hobbies include walking her dog, knitting, gardening, skiing and show-shoeing. Visit Liz’s website at www.lizfentress.com