Amy McKenzie (born August , ) is an American producer, director, and
actress. She is one of the founders of the New Age Vaudeville theatre
company and the Third Avenue Playhouse.McKenzie has worked and lived
in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago, where
she has produced and performed for the stage and television. She
co-founded the New Age Vaudeville theater company as well as
co-producing and directing their biggest cult hits, An Evening With
Elmore & Gwendolyn Putts, The Neighbors Next Door and The TV Dinner
Hour, both written by Richard O’Donnell and featuring herself,
O’Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Todd Erickson, Bobby McGuire, Peter
Neville, Michael Dempsey, Lisa Keefe, Caroline Schless, Tom Purcell
(writer for The Colbert Report) and Del Close. Rick Kogan of the
Chicago Tribune hailed both productions as "Among the most polished
and clever productions of the season, a pair of devilishly inventive
shows that won over critics and audiences alike."McKenzie has directed
and acted in numerous productions at the Peninsula Players, America's
oldest residential summer theater, as well as founding and producing
their fall season in the early s. She was on the board of directors
for the Peninsula Players (before, during, and after its restoration)
for over a decade, and was Artistic Founding Director of the Third
Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, whereby she helped to
convert an old movie house into a state-of-the-art performing arts
theater.In , McKenzie produced and directed the new musical comedy
Wish Wisconsin, written by Richard O’Donnell to celebrate the
state's th birthday. It opened on January , in the Fish Creek Town
Hall Auditorium. Songs included "Wish", "So Blessed", and the
show-stopper "Oh!, Wisconsin".
actress. She is one of the founders of the New Age Vaudeville theatre
company and the Third Avenue Playhouse.McKenzie has worked and lived
in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago, where
she has produced and performed for the stage and television. She
co-founded the New Age Vaudeville theater company as well as
co-producing and directing their biggest cult hits, An Evening With
Elmore & Gwendolyn Putts, The Neighbors Next Door and The TV Dinner
Hour, both written by Richard O’Donnell and featuring herself,
O’Donnell, Megan Cavanagh, Todd Erickson, Bobby McGuire, Peter
Neville, Michael Dempsey, Lisa Keefe, Caroline Schless, Tom Purcell
(writer for The Colbert Report) and Del Close. Rick Kogan of the
Chicago Tribune hailed both productions as "Among the most polished
and clever productions of the season, a pair of devilishly inventive
shows that won over critics and audiences alike."McKenzie has directed
and acted in numerous productions at the Peninsula Players, America's
oldest residential summer theater, as well as founding and producing
their fall season in the early s. She was on the board of directors
for the Peninsula Players (before, during, and after its restoration)
for over a decade, and was Artistic Founding Director of the Third
Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, whereby she helped to
convert an old movie house into a state-of-the-art performing arts
theater.In , McKenzie produced and directed the new musical comedy
Wish Wisconsin, written by Richard O’Donnell to celebrate the
state's th birthday. It opened on January , in the Fish Creek Town
Hall Auditorium. Songs included "Wish", "So Blessed", and the
show-stopper "Oh!, Wisconsin".
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