Lenny Pinna is an eclectic creative artist.  He has an extensive background in theatre, holding an MFA in Dramaturgy from Stony Brook University. He served 15 years as Resident Dramaturg for the National Puppetry Conference at the O’Neill Theatre Center in Waterford, CT. In the mid 90’s he taught acting and directing at Kent State University where he directed Christine McBurney in the 25th anniversary production of Van Italie’s The Serpent and his own adaptation of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. He directed several productions in the Cleveland area, including Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Mart Crowley’s For Reasons That Remain Unclear and Doug Holsclaw’s The Baddest of Boys. He founded Ecclesia Theater at Lake Erie College where he directed Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Tennessee Williams’ Something Cloudy, Something Clear. As an actor his favorite roles were John Merrick in The Elephant Man and Peter/Rebecca in the solo show, Making Faces, changing genders from male to female. As a filmmaker, his docu-drama, LETTERS TO URANUS: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TEDD BURR was shown at the 2001 Cleveland International Film Festival and the 2002 NY Independent Film and Video Festival. Subsequently, he edited and published the book, “A Face From Uranus; Correspondence Between Tedd Burr and Henry Bellamann 1943-1945” and based on the book, he wrote the proposed the Limited TV series, In the Name of Jamie Wakefield, “Too Pretty For a Boy” which can be viewed along with the 2001 docu-drama at www.inthenameofjamiewakefield.com.