Biography
Wendy has performed nationwide at venues such as the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Huntington Theatre, Asolo Theatre, Virginia Stage, Portland Stage, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, River Arts Repertory, Indiana Repertory, Alliance Theatre, Playmaker's Repertory, and Denver Center Theatre Company, among many others. She has collaborated with esteemed writers including J.P. Donleavy, Derek Walcott, Soviet writer Sasha Galin, The Red Clay Ramblers, Arthur Miller, and numerous emerging playwrights, assisting in the development of their latest works. Wendy has contributed to play development with organizations such as Women's Project, W.P.A., New York Stage and Film, Voice and Vision, New Dramatists, Primary Stages, and more. On Broadway, she appeared alongside Paul Newman in "Our Town" and in the Tony Award-winning "All My Sons." Regarding her portrayal of Amanda Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie" at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (directed by Robert Cuccioli), Variety critic Robert Daniels praised her as "one of the finest Amanda Wingfields in memory," placing her among notable actresses like Helen Hayes, Jessica Tandy, Julie Harris, and Maureen Stapleton. Wendy’s great-great aunt Elisabeth Risdon and uncle Brandon Evans were members of the Theatre Guild and worked with theatrical legends such as Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, Helen Hayes, and J.B. Shaw. Elisabeth later moved to Hollywood, appearing in over 100 films.
