Devon (Co-founding Artistic Director of Salida Theater Project) studied at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. She thought she would teach, but she auditioned instead at The Theater at Monmouth, an established summer repertory theater in Maine, was cast in all five shows that season, including Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and after that experience, she didn’t look back. She went on to earn her MFA in Acting at Brandeis University and then hit the small professional theater company circuit throughout New England and performed with companies such as Gloucester Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, NORA Theatre Company, Stoneham Theater and The Publick Theatre. Some of her favorite roles include Viola in Twelfth Night, Cordelia in King Lear, Catherine in The Heiress, and Nora in A Doll’s House. Devon moved Salida, CO in 2010. She had the distinct pleasure of appearing in quite a few Stage Left Theater shows such as Dangerous Liaisons, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Boston Marriage. She also got busy directing Shakespeare in the Park and coaching the Salida High School Drama Team. And when COVID got us all down, Devon got up the nerve to perform in her first one-woman show, Bad Dates, skillfully directed by one her former Drama Team students, Michael Ricci. She is beyond thrilled to see Salida Theater Project enter its 3rd season and to be once again part of the Salida Theater Festival.