Denise Elia - Yen

Denise Elia-Yen (Logan) - Denise is an award-winning actress and director with 30+ years of experience including performances on stage and screen on both coasts and in theatre festivals abroad. She received back-to-back Principal Actress in a Musical awards from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle for her portrayals of Annie Oakley in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN and Elizabeth Benning in MEL BROOKS' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL, among several nominations over years. Her productions have also received SFBATCC and Theatre Bay Area awards and nominations for their set, lighting, and sound designs. Denise most recently portrayed Little Sally in URINETOWN at Spreckels Theatre Company, and she is delighted to make her debut with Left Edge. She received her B.F.A. in Theatre Performance and B.A. in Italian at the Center for the Arts, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo, New York.