Patty Gallagher is honored to return to the SCS stage. Favorite roles include Maria Callas (Master Class, Jewel Theatre), The Poet (An Iliad, Jewel Theatre, Jagriti Theatre, Rogue Theatre),  Winnie (Happy Days, California Shakespeare Theatre), Rosencrantz (R&G Are Dead, Rogue), Hoopoe (Conference of the Birds, Folger Theatre), The Dromios (Comedy of Errors, SCS) and Susan B. Anthony (The Agitators, SCS), and Fool (King Lear, Rogue).  She is a Fulbright Scholar (Ecuador), and an Artistic Associate at both Santa Cruz Shakespeare and the Rogue Theatre. She teaches and performs throughout the US, South America, and Asia. She received her Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin Madison. She is Professor of Performance, Play, and Design at UCSC and finds inspiration in her colleagues and students. Website: Theepattyg.com  She is eternally  grateful to her colleague, mentor, and friend Mike Ryan, to whom she dedicates her work this season.