Dawn M. Simmons (Director) - is honored to be making her Alleyway Debut in her hometown of Buffalo, NY where she used to House Manage for Irish Classical Theater Company and Shakespeare In Delaware Park. An Elliot Norton Award winning director, producer, writer, educator, and consultant, now based in Boston, Massachusetts, Ms. Simmons' regional credits include: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, The Alliance Theatre, The Huntington, JAG Productions, Play On Shakespeare, The Hangar Theatre, WAM Theater, Wheelock Family Theater, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Central Square Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, and Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Dawn serves as Artistic Director of SpeakEasy Stage, is a founder of The Front Porch Arts Collective, and a proud member of SDC.