​is a Charter Member of the acclaimed WORD FOR WORD PERFORMING ARTS COMPANY, with whom she’s worked for 16 years, originating roles in over a dozen of their productions; notably Olive in Olive Kitteridge  by Elizabeth Strout (named Top 10 Best of 2010 by San Francisco Chronicle).From 1968 to 1982, she was a collective member of the award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, touring with them in California, the USA, Europe and Cuba. For AlterTheater, she appeared in the West Coast premiere of Summerland by Brian Thorstenson, in AlterTheater’s first production, Smorgasbord of Shorts, and in Arthur Miller’s After the Fall, named #1 on the North Bay Bohemian’s Top 10 of 2006.​ She originated the role of Hetchman’s Wife in AlterTheater’s commissioned play by Lauren Yee, A Man, his Wife, and his Hat.​