
Gwen Ricks-Spencer
Director - The Fourth Wall
Gwen Ricks-Spencer has been the Executive Director of 4th Wall since 2005. She directed last season’s M.I.D. Stage, One Hundred Years Into The Heart and has directed the past two seasons of M.I.D. Stage shows at 4th Wall: Invisible Fences and Heaven Knows. Other directing credits include: Avow, Bat Boy, the Musical, Angels in America, Wine in the Wilderness, Alice in Wonderland and For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf. She is a founding member of the company and has been involved with all aspects of the group including: producing, directing, performing, coordination with our Education wing and everything in between. Gwen has worked professionally as a performer with The Negro Ensemble Company and Billie Holiday Theatres in NY, The PaperMill Playhouse and 12 Miles West in NJ in addition to Michigan Ensemble Theatre, The Attic Theatre in Detroit and Karamu House in Cleveland. Gwen received a MFA degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors from Smith College.



