Paula McGonagle is a New York based actress and a member of Ripe Time Theatre Company since 2003; productions include Sleep, Septimus and Clarissa, Fire Throws, Betrothed and Innocents.  As a founding member of Gabrielle Lansner & Co. she collaborated and performed in over a dozen productions including River Deep: a tribute to Tina Turner, Salt Chocolate, Crush, Holocaust Stories films Dad, Wishing and The Stronger. She has performed at B.A.M., Trinity Repertory Theatre, Harvard Summer Dance, EST, NYTW , LaMama to name a few.  Paula is a teaching artist in NYC and has been awarded a teaching grant from the Jerome Robbins Foundation.