Donna Gay Anderson’s career path always been driven by a love for the stage.  After graduating from Southeastern Louisiana University with a BA in Speech, she attended the National Shakespeare Company Conservatory In New York City.  She worked as an actress before accepting a position as Director of Children and Teen Division at Gilla Roos Talent Agency in New York.  She then taught theater at the high school level before becoming Director of Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts and it annual festival, Fanfare. In addition to writing plays, she is the foundig facilitator for The Nieghborhood Book Club, a reading group for young girls (www.theneighborhoodbookclub.com).  She is the author of High and Mighty, a new musical which debuted in November of 2015 at Southeastern Louisiana University to a sold out run.   Sections of the work were featured at the American College Theatre Festival, Region VI in 2016, where Donna Gay also served as a presenter. Previously produced works are An Act of Charity (New York) and Formula One (Louisiana).  In 2016, she was a finalist in the one act play category of the New Orleans Tennessee Williams Literary Festival for Shrimp and Crab, and the winner of the So You Think You Can Write Celebration of the Written Word for her one act, Blues.   Donna Gay is a member of Theatre Communications Group, Dramatists Guild of America and Chicago Dramatists.  Currently, she is pursuing an MFA Creative Writing with a concentration in playwriting at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky.