Tiffany Antone

Producer/Director

Tiffany is an Associate Teaching Professor of Theatre at Iowa State University, a published playwright, theatre maker, and Prescott native who cut her teeth at the Prescott Fine Arts Association (PFAA) before moving to Los Angeles, CA to complete her multiple theatre degrees (A.A. Acting, American Academy of Dramatic Arts; B.A. Theatre University of California, Los Angeles; M.F.A. Playwriting, University of California, Los Angeles). She then returned to Prescott just as the PFAA was rebranding as The Prescott Center for the Arts (PCA). Tiffany volunteered at the PCA for three years, founding the now defunct Young Playwrights Festival, directing Completely Hollywood, and partnering with the PCA on numerous new play festivals through her company Little Black Dress INK. Tiffany has been researching/written about/and presented on the current state of the American Theatre Industry.

Karen Murphy

Consultant/Researcher

Karen Murphy (Consultant/Researcher) is a lover of all the arts with a BA in Journalism from Baylor University and an MA in Humanities/Theatre from Prescott College. 

She was a volunteer and patron at the PFAA/PCA from 1999-2021. During that time, Karen served on various committees (Production, Fundraising, Ghost Talk, YoungPlaywrights, 24 Hour Plays), served on the Board of Directors, and completed the Directors Mentorship Program under Don Langford. She wrote and directed Ghost Talk, the youth programs fundraiser, from 2008-2016. Throughout the 22 years with the center, Karen was an actress onstage and a crew member backstage in multiple areas, with a major focus on costuming. She will let the old newspaper checklist of “The 5 Ws and 1 H” (getting to the who, what, when, where, why, and how of a story) frame her role on the documentary team.

Julie Harrington

Collaborator

Julie Chavez Harrington is a lifelong artist whose creative journey has spanned multiple disciplines and mediums. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Education from George Mason University, Julie’s educational background reflects her deep commitment to both artistic practice and educational innovation. 
 
Julie’s Prescott theatrical career began with Prescott Center for the Arts in 2005, where she made her mark as both an actor and a director. Her involvement with PCA paved the way for her to become a founding member of the local Basin Lake Theatre Project, further solidifying her dedication to the arts in her community. She thrives on collaboration, working with various artists and theatre groups to bring diverse and compelling productions to life.  Julie’s love for Shakespeare is well-known, and she is eagerly anticipating her next project: directing King Lear with Theatre Endeavor Co. in January 2025. Her most recent venture into film, directing her first short film, Good Boy, reflects her ongoing evolution as an artist, merging her theatrical expertise with the dynamic possibilities of cinema.  Julie’s work continues to captivate and inspire, driven by her dedication to exploring the boundaries of artistic expression and fostering creative collaboration. 

Ered Matthew

Collaborator

Ered Matthew studied theatre design and performance at the University of Utah and, over the past 15 years, has volunteered at the Prescott Center for the Arts in a variety of capacities, including actor, designer and musician. He also served as technical director and consultant for the design and finish-out of PCA’s original black box theatre, Stage Too. Ered’s playwrighting credits include two notable Prescott productions: The Fence, commemorating the loss of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and The Tolerance Project. He is currently Artistic Director for Prescott’s Basin Lake Theatre Project.

Charissa Menefee

Producer

Charissa Menefee is the Founder and Artistic Director of The EcoTheatre Lab. A multi-genre writer and theatre artist, her research and creative practice focus on the intersection and interplay of writing, performance, and environmental and social justice issues. She is the author of When I Stopped Counting: Poems and co-editor, with Hillary Haft Bucs, of Embodied Playwriting: Improv and Acting Exercises for Writing and Devising. She is a professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment and ISU Theatre at Iowa State University, as well as a past president of the Humanities Iowa board of directors. Prior to her move to Iowa, she directed the performing arts program at Prescott College and co-produced Tomorrow’s Theatre Tonight, a reading series and new work incubator for Arizona playwrights, with playwright Micki Shelton. She has been a writer-in-residence for the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s New American Playwrights Project and Fairhope Center for the Writing Arts, as well as a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She has a selection of plays available on the New Play Exchange, and her poetry can be found in literary journals such as Plainsongs, Footnote, Adanna, Poets Reading the News, The Wild Word, Dragon Poet Review, and Terrene, as well as in Telepoem Booths. She recently directed a touring production of Climate Change Theatre Action, Code Red: Faith, a short film, and a New Play Lab at the William Inge Theatre Festival. Websites: www.charissamenefee.com and www.ecotheatrelab.com.