Gwendolyn Schwinke (Stage Director of Macbeth; Voice Coach/Apprentice faculty for The Tempest) is Resident Vocal Coach at PlayMakers Repertory Company and teaches in the M.F.A. program at PlayMakers/University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  As a director, she has worked with PlayMakers Rep, The Walker Art Center, The Playwrights’ Center, Cheap Theatre, and several universities.  Coaching credits include Prague Shakespeare (Czech Republic), Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (Australia), seven seasons with Shakespeare & Company (MA), and many more.  As an actor, she has performed with numerous regional theatres, including PlayMakers, Carlyle Brown & Company, Oxford Shakespeare Festival, and Atlantic Stage.  Her work as a playwright has been developed or produced by Seattle Repertory Company, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Playwrights’ Center, Red Eye Collaboration, and more.