Summer Dawn Wallace
The Apiary by Kate Douglas
Urbanite Theatre 2026
Cast: Dekyi Ronge, Christie Chen, Ariel Blue, Terri Weagant
Stage Manager: Drew O'Phaelan
Costume Designer: Frank Chavez
Set Designer: Jeff Weber
Lighting Designer: Ethan Vail
Sound Designer: Louis Vetter Torres
Props/Set Dressing: Summer Dawn Wallace
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"Wallace seamlessly dips the audience in the reinvented world of theater at “Kalop Labs...making the entire show truly come alive under her expert direction." -Broadway World
"Wallace is a lucid storyteller. Storytelling's the point, not the time, place or genre." -Your Observer
"The Apiary is a gripping metaphorical play that is part science fiction, part horror, and all dark comedy." -The Bradenton Times
"It’s a delightful production staged by Producing Artistic Director Summer Wallace and featuring a strong ensemble of four actors who make even apiphobics (those with a fear of bees) care about what’s happening to them."-Arts Beat
Monsters of the American Cinema
by Christian St. Croix
Urbanite Theatre 2025
Cast: Jon Gentry, Tyler Gevis
Stage Manager: Alisha Tyler Lohr
Costume Designer: David Covach
Set Designer: Jeff Weber
Lighting Designer: Lyndell MacDonald
Sound Designer: Louis Vetter Torres
Props/Set Dressing: Summer Dawn Wallace
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"Wallace directs a drum-tight production of an outstanding stage drama."-The Bradenton Times
"In Wallace's hands, the characters always feel real."-Your Obsever
"Under the sure-handed direction of Summer Wallace, the production becomes a stirring meditation on parenthood, identity, and the monsters—both real and imagined—that shape us." -BroadwayWorld
"Urbanite Artistic Director Summer Dawn Wallace directs this monster mash with cinematic timing." -Your Observer
Spaceman by Leegrid Stevens
Urbanite Theatre 2025
Cast: Terri Weagant
Stage Manager: Tori Heinkenfeld
Costume Designer: Dee Selmore
Set Designer: Tom Hansen
Lighting Designer: Ethan Vail
Sound Designer: Rew Tippin
Props/Set Dressing: Summer Dawn Wallace
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"At a drum-tight 75 minutes without an intermission, Spaceman ensures you only need the edge of your seat." -The Bradenton Times
"Urbanite's 'Spaceman' is out of this world!"-Your Observer
"Supported by not only a technically astounding production, but one that showcases some of the best lighting design I've seen in recent years." -The Gabber
"Summer Dawn Wallace directs a human story in a science-fiction universe." -Your Observer
No One is Forgotten by Winter Miller
Urbanite Theatre 2025
Cast: Dekyi Ronge, Casey Wortmann
Stage Manager: Tori Heikenfeld
Costume Designer: Dee Selmore
Set Designer: Tom Hansen
Lighting Designer: Ethan Vail
Sound Designer: Louis Vetter Torres
Props/Set Dressing: Summer Dawn Wallace
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"Director Summer Dawn Wallace refuses to soften the play's rough edges. Her production is raw, riveting and uncompromising." -Your Observer
"Gripping Urbanite Theatre hostage drama."- Herald Tribune
"Intense is the word that best describes No One Is Forgotten, now onstage at Urbanite Theatre in its Florida premiere...the production immediately tosses us into their predicament, up close and personal. Wallace and the playwright herself are equally committed to telling the story in an honest, compelling fashion." -Sarasota Magazine
Westminster by Brenda Withers *world premiere
Urbanite Theatre 2024
Cast: Dekyi Ronge, Gregg Weiner, Jonathan Fielding, Alex Pelletier
Stage Manager: Tori Heikenfeld
Costume Designer: Alison Gensmer
Set Designer: Jeff Weber
Lighting Designer: Ethan Vail
Sound Designer: Alex Pinchin
Props/Set Dressing: Tori Heikenfeld
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"Wallace simply brings the madness to a slow boil. And that's perfect for this play's recipe."
-Your Observer
"A dark comedy with bite." -Sarasota Magazine
"Many in the audience were laughing uproariously at the sometimes banal but mostly boisterous, surprising, uncomfortable and disturbing conversations between the two couples." -Herald Tribune
"The conversation reels hysterically into nature vs. nurture, poverty and class, action vs. inaction... with loaded silences calibrated beautifully here by Director Summer Wallace "
-The Gabber
Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench
Urbanite Theatre 2023
Cast: Dekyi Ronge, Stephen Spencer
Stage Manager: Tori Heikenfeld
Costume Designer: Alison Gensmer
Set Designer: Frank Chavez
Lighting Designer: Ethan Vail
Sound Designer: Rew Tippin
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
Photographer: Sorcha Augustine
"Birds of North America is a slice of American life wedged right out of our own time and place... sure to provoke thought and conversation long after the curtain falls."
-Bradenton Times
"Summer Wallace directs this intermittent character study like a voyeur with a time machine. And she brings the audience along for the ride."-Your Observer
Athena by Gracie Gardner
Urbanite Theatre 2022
Cast: Lea Sevola, Emma Giorgio, Victoria Flounders
Stage Manager: Tori Heikenfeld
Costume Designer: Alison Gensmer
Set Designer: Alyssa Mohn
Lighting Designer: Alex Pinchin
Sound Designer: Raye Harrison
Fight Direction: Katherine Coyl
Photographer: Dylan Jon Wade Cox
"Under Wallace's astute direction, the production takes full advantage of the black box experience and does it with style." -Front Row Toad Reviews
"Urbanite Theatre's Athena is an engaging, energetic look at two young high school fencers."
-Sarasota Magazine
"This scripted play strives to seem unscripted. Wallace succeeds in evoking the urgency of now." -Your Observer
"Gardner's often endearing play is staged with energy by Summer Dawn Wallace."
-Herald-Tribune
Scorch by Stacey Gregg
Urbanite Theatre 2019
Cast: Amber McNew
Stage Manager: Taylor Sweat
Choreographer: Joe Niesen
Costume Designer: Dee Sullivan
Lighting Designer: Ryan Finzelber
Sound Designer: Daniel Kelly
Photographer: Dylan Jon Wade Cox
"The character feels so real, and this production gets you inside their head. That’s rare...Wallace’s direction leaves you no place to hide. You’re not a passive spectator. You’re in the show." -Your Observer
"Amber McNew makes you question everything you may think you know about gender identity in one of the most riveting and involving performances I’ve seen in quite a while...Under the sensitive, well-paced direction of Summer Wallace." -Herald Tribune
"Both writing and acting, with the assistance of masterful direction, converge in this ground-breaking and necessary piece of stagecraft." -Bradenton Times
"Scorch packs a big punch in iust 60 Minutes…(Mcnew) and director Summer Wallace have also achieved a fine balance between the humor and the horror in Gregg’s play; It’s a remarkable performance, all the more so for fitting into an hour-long show tightly packed with emotions and discovery." -Sarasota Magazine
Northside Hollow by Jonathan Fielding & Brenda Withers
Urbanite Theatre 2018
Cast: David H. Littleton, Christopher Joel Onken, Lauren Wood, Nader Ajib
Stage Manager: Drew O'Phaelan
Costume Designer: Alison Gensmer
Scenic Designer: Rick Cannon
Lighting Designer: Ryan Finzelber
Sound Designer: Rew Tippin
Photographer: Dylan Jon Wade Cox
"Artistically profound and tremendously accessible. Perfect for both seasoned fans and first-time theatergoers." -The Bradenton Times
"A gripping production! Hours after the show, it still sucks you in." -Creative Loafing Tampa
"The Urbanite team delivers a powerful performance on every level." -Your Observer
"Summer Dawn Wallace did for the year’s most immersive production, “Northside Hollow.” With subtlety and humanity, she made the audience feel like they were trapped in a collapsed mine along with the characters." Jay Handelman-Herald Tribune
Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel
Urbanite Theatre 2016
Cast: Ellie McCaw, Jordan Boyer, Lev Siegel, Josh James, Richard LaVene
Stage Manager: Drew O'Phaelan
Costume Designer: Monica Cross
Scenic Designer: Rick Cannon
Props/Sound Designer: Daniel Kelly
Lighting Designer: Ryan Finzelber
Voice Coach: Patricia Delorey
"I did forget that I was watching a play for a while. It was all too real and seemingly unscripted under the fine direction of Summer Dawn Wallace."-Herald-Tribune
"Dry Land is exactly what Sarasota audiences have come to expect from Urbanite Theatre: a challenging play, brilliantly acted and produced." -Talkin' Broadway
"And McCaw and Boyer... deliver it wonderfully under the direction of Summer Dawn Wallace." -Sarasota Magazine
"Summer Dawn Wallace directs with low-key realism and avoids the third rail of emotional manipulation." -Your Observer
Bo-Nita by Elizabeth Heffron
Tour-Denizen Theatre, United Solo, Vashon Repertory Theatre 2020/2021
Cast:Terri Weagant
Scenic Designer: Wendy Lipstein
Sound Designer: Rew Tippin
Lighting Designer: Romo Hallahan
Senic Charge: Marcele Mitscherlich
Costume/Props Designer: Summer Dawn Wallace
Stage Manager: Tyler Deleo
Production Assistant: David Katchen
"The show is beautifully and expertly directed by Summer Wallace." -New York/OnStage Blog
"It’s impossible to say where one’s genius leaves off and the other’s picks up...You don’t want to miss this one." -Hudson Valley One
"Director Summer Wallace has done a terrific job guiding this performance and using the small space to great effect." -Nippertown Arts & Culture
"The use of lighting and one central prop... was used in a genius manner, under the guidance of Director Summer Wallace."- New Paltz Oracle
Daisy Violent & the Bitch Beast King
by Sam Collier
New College of Florida Development Production 2020
Cast: Gillian Boll, Kyla Hunter, Ren Bell, Cooper Smalley, Jeremy Popovich, Charley Frey, Jacqueline Murphy, Sophia Brown
Scenic/Prop Design: Autumn Schwers
Lighting Design: Clay Bauldree
Sound Design: Summer Wallace, Jarett Ohana
Costume Designer: Madelyn Debrine
Stage Manager: Sara Recht
Assistant Stage Manager: Sacha Seelig
Marketing: Kari Solum
Production Manager: Tim O'Donnell
Photography: Shane Donglasan