DAVID KENNER is thrilled to be directing with Mighty Acorn Productions. David is a director, actor & professor. He is the co-founder of the award winning Wheelhouse Theater Company in New York City and teaches at Sam Houston State University. Directing/Producing credits: The Glass Menagerie & I Can’t Imagine Tomorrow (Polaris North NYC), Julius Caesar, An Enemy of the People, Happy Birthday, Wanda June & Life Sucks. (Wheelhouse Theater Company). Assistant Director: Once (Capital Rep). Acting highlights: Othello directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson & Twelfth Night directed by Dan Sullivan (The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park), Hamlet, Red, Outside Mullingar, Shakespeare in Love (theREP), Caravan Man, Help Yourself (Williamstown Theater Festival), Sweat (People’s Light Theater). TV: Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Law & Order: Organized Crime & Succession. BFA from Sam Houston State University. MFA from NYU Graduate Acting.

Arianna Day is a native Houstonian with a 15-year career as a freelance stage and event manager, working on numerous productions throughout the Greater Houston area. With a deep respect for storytelling and the magic of live performance, she infuses each project with vision and heart. Returning to Mighty Acorn Productions feels like coming home, as she previously worked on "Motherhood Out Loud" and "The Outsider." This year, she co-founded Blackstage, a Houston-based collective aimed at uniting, uplifting, and empowering Black theater artists through collaboration, connection, and shared purpose. IG- blackstage.htx

MARK A. LEWIS, has designed scenery and lighting for close to 300 theater productions over the last 33 years in his hometown of Omaha, NE as well as with many theaters in his current home of Houston, TX. Mark currently is the Regional Operations Manager for the Southwest Region of Broadway Across America. Some favorites designs are Lighting Design for Almost, Maine for Mighty Acorn Productions; Godspell (scenery, 2001; lighting, 2017), Arsenic and Old Lace, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, 12 Angry Men, and John, His Story at A.D. Players; Miss Nelson is Missing and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (ballet) at Omaha Theater Company; The Miracle Worker at University of Saint Thomas; Appropriate, August: Osage County (finalist, 2023 Houston Theater Awards,) Misery, Clybourne Park, Talk Radio and A Lie of the Mind for Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.; Mrs. Warren’s Profession and The Marriage of Figaro at Classical Theatre Company; Bright Star for Klein Oak HS (2019 Tommy Tune winner, Best Musical), and recently the world premier opera Breath of Life with Lone Star Lyric, as well as work with Theater LaB Houston, The Village School, St. Agnes Academy, Main Street Theater for Youth, and The Texas Repertory Theatre Co. Upcoming projects Eureka Day by Jonathan Spector with 4 th Wall Theater Co. and My Fair Lady with Stoic Theater/University of St. Thomas. He and his wife Marci enjoy traveling, spending time with their dog Morty.

Whitney Zangarine (Intimacy Director): Whitney is a Houston-based actor, stage intimacy director, and teaching artist. She has trained through IDC (Intimacy Directors and Coordinators) Professionals and TIE (Theatrical Intimacy Education), bringing consent forward practices into the rehearsal room and performances throughout Houston. Previous credits: Director-The Greatest Play in the History of the World (Cone Man Running Productions); Intimacy Director-Start Your Endings (Pronoia Theater); Bonnie & Clyde (The Garden Theatre); Cruel Intentions (The Garden Theatre); Shakespeare in Love (University of St. Thomas); The Honeycomb Trilogy (The Octarine Accord); The Light in the Piazza (Sankofa Collective); Meteor Shower (The Company Onstage). @liketangerinewithaz www.whitneyzangarine.com