About The Actress

Jeanmarie Dwyer-Wrigley began her acting career as a child when she wowed her family audience with the stuffed toys performances of “Andy Pandy Adventures.” Her first leading role came while she was in the eighth grade in a play she can’t remember the name of.

 

After taking time to raise a family, receive an education and work full time, her next role was the word “what?” off stage. The rave reviews inspired her to audition and get parts in “Arsenic and Old Lace,” “Elephant Man,” “Cabaret,” “Nation of Strangers,” and “Strange Bedfellows” to name a few.

 

Falling back on her success in directing stuffed toys she turned to directing real people in “Wait Until Dark,” “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” “Vagina Monologues” and countless others.

 

She has also choreographed musicals, including “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Wizard of Oz” and “Godspell.”

 

She is one of the cofounders of the Mount Prospect D.R.A.M.M.A. Society and held the position of president for five years.

 

She founded Artists’ Theatre of the Divine Feminine in 2000 and Society of Women Storytellers in 2003.