The highlight of Ann’s career was when she received the Excellence in Stage Management from the Kennedy Center. Her most unique experience is when she was a role player for training of the Tactical Units in Palm Springs, CA.
In between theme parks she took on various productions projects such as the assistant stage manager for the Cincinnati Ballet Company for their World Premiere of King Arthur’s Camelot and production stage manager for Hasty Pudding Theatricals 168. She graduated with a Master of Arts in Fine Arts in Theater from Louisiana Tech University and has been working professionally as a production stage manager with various productions ever since.Īnn served as the production stage manager for Cedar Point: Lumionsity-Ignite the Nightfor the past 4 seasons, swing stage managing for the six resident shows in Hershey Park, and stage managing the winter production Gloria! for Busch Garden at Williamsburg, VA. I will always be grateful and continue working hard to inspire and motive those who come after me for many generations to come."Īnn was recently named the Studio Supervisor for Carnival Cruise Line's Land Studio Facility. Ann grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and moved to Arkansas in her teens. The theatre program has prepared me well for the real world and the faculty went above and beyond in supporting their students (me). "My time at Tech was one of the most challenging and rewarding times of my life. For automatic updates on her work, subscribe to her website at Ann Ya Yun Hsieh Stone Playwright Award, and also won first place in the graduate level research symposium for her presentation on Shakespeare's use of metre to define relationships between characters as well as portray a character’s nature. She was honored with: the 2015 Lula Mae Sciro Award for Theatre Excellence, the 2015 Arthur W. During her time at Tech, she earned a Master of Arts in Theatre with a double concentration in acting and playwriting. In addition to being the founder of Black And Making It which features black excellence in theatre, Ayvaunn is: a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation 2017-2018 Observership Class an inductee of Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Society and a member of the Dramatist Guild of America. Her thesis production, The Feather Doesn’t Fall Far from the Wing, will be featured at Signature Theatre in May 2018. She is currently earning her Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting at Columbia University where she has the honor of being the School of the Arts Dean’s Fellowship recipient for the playwriting class of 2018. Marian “Ayvaunn Penn” Fields most recently served as assistant director to two-time Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson at the Billie Holiday Theatre and Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor at the Tony Award winning Goodman Theatre.
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We are proud of the accomplishments of all of our alumni, who have gone on to fantastic careers around the globe. Featured Alumni Louisiana Tech University Department of Theatre Featured Alumni
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