Lisa Nanni-Messegee

Lisa Nanni-Messegee, Resident Director & Playwright, is founder of Lucy 8 Productions, and has written and adapted several plays for young audiences. In addition to Street Smart: The Adventures of Polly Pedestrian, Lisa wrote and directed DOISTER 2000 and Radio Vega, presented in Mankato , MN and most recently, locally with AFYP. Other works include The Mystery of the Dancing Princesses and Campfire Tales: Jorinda and Jorindel, based on Grimm’s fairy tales. Lisa was the Resident Director and Playwright for the Beechwood Theatre Company in Newport , RI . There, she developed a Victorian murder mystery play for the company called Fall from a Height, which ran for two seasons under her direction. Lisa is also an actor who has performed throughout the United States , and has extensive television and film experience from her time in Los Angeles . She has a B.A. in Theatre from Western Illinois University , an M.A. in Acting from Kansas State University and an M.F.A. in Directing from Minnesota State University in Makato. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Arts and Sciences, and The Dramatist Guild of America.