About the Author:  Penny Petersen spent her early years in New York City, where her love of theatre and writing became driving forces. After moving to Arizona, she earned degrees in theatre and journalism and began a teaching career that spanned thirty years. She performed, directed and wrote for the Scottsdale Threatre for Children, an adult professional company performing in the schools. After eight years as a high school theatre/English teacher, doing acting and playwriting on the side, she became theatre diretor at Northland Pioneer College, where she remained for 19 years, directing, teaching, managing public relations for the college, and directing a touring performing arts series co-sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. During that time she continued writing. Her play, "Anne," about historical figure Anne Hutchinson, won second place in a national bicentennial playwriting contest. Three of her other plays have been performed, several of her poems have been published in magazines, and her articles on arts programs in community colleges have appeared in national magazines. After retiring from education, Penny Petersen spent two years as Executive Director of the Arizona Theatre Alliance. She also performed with her husband's band, the Ron Peterseon Trio. She now devotes her time to playwriting, tennis, and serving on the board of Sun Lakes Community Theatre.