Lady Susan Creative Team

Jane Austen (Author; 1775 - 1817) is one of the most beloved authors in theEnglish language. Known for her biting studies of social interaction and her brilliant character portraits, she was acclaimed by such contemporary luminaries as the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott, but preferred to remain anonymous during her lifetime. Best known for her celebrated novels, which include Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion, Austen also wrote a number of fragmentary humorous stage pieces, and acted in home theatricals.

Gina Baleria (Director) most recently directed 22 Minutes Remaining, by Ignacio Zulueta, at the BOA Festival 2009, and Ruffian on the Stair, by Joe Orton, at Theatre Rhinoceros. Other directing credits include Here’s That Rainy Day by John Levine, The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang, and Isaiah Dufort’s hilarious one-act The Pheasant. As an actor, she was last seen as Rhonda Louise in the AtmosTheatre production of John Patrick Shanley’s Women of Manhattan. She has also appeared in No Exit as Inez, and the Odyssey Players production of Much Ado About Nothing as Margaret. She is a co-founding member of AtmosTheatre (formerly Theatre in the Woods), and a member of Eastenders Repertory Company.

Kristin Clippard ("Jane Austen") has worked as a theatre artist across the U.S. for the past eleven years. She graduated with a BFA in Acting from Wright State University, and has trained with the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, the National Theatre Conservatory, the SITI Company, and Shakespeare & Co. Some Bay Area credits include Josie in Moon for the Misbegotten with Hapgood Theater, Diana in Out of this World with 42nd Street Moon, and Phebe in As You Like It with Sonoma County Rep. She tours her original one-woman show, Wild Child, nationally. Kristin works as Education Associate for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, is a teaching artist for several theatre companies, and recently directed for the Bay Area One-Acts Festival.

Jennifer Daly (Stage Manager) is a longtime stage manager for Eastenders Repertory Company, but has recently begun her move into directing. She helmed Goebbels! One Night Only! Live from Hell! by Scott Munson, for Three Wise Monkeys' BOA festival in 2009, and co-directed Eastenders's 2008 staged reading of Morass by Pavel Kohout. Jennifer also designed the lighting for Bella Union's Improper Ambitions.

Daria Hepps (“Catherine Vernon”/ Producer) is the original founder of Bella Union Theatre Company. A longtime Bay Area theatre practitioner, Daria continues to act and direct, although much of her time is taken up by her demanding day-job raising funds for the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Local directing credits include The Sneeze and La Ronde. She acted in both of these, as well as in Bella Union’s productions of Demon_Industry and Improper Ambitions.

Geoffrey Libby ("Reginald") is excited to perform at the beautiful City Club, alongside such varied and talented actors. He was last on stage at the BOA Festival, in SF, under the wonderful direction of Gina Baleria, in the two-person one-act play, 22 Minutes Remaining, which has been picked up by the SF Fringe festival, and will play again in the city in September. Other recent roles include Valentine--and the decrepit Priest--in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, at the Curtain Theater in Marin, and Gary in Snakebit, at the Phoenix Theatre, SF. He is also proud to say he played a longtime friend of Harvey Milk in the recent feature film, Milk. He would like to thank his friends, family, and acting coach Linda, for all their help and support.