Tonia Krueger

Antonia Sophia Krueger was born in Tucson, Arizona, and grew up in northeastern Missouri (Kirksville). She was a valedictorian and National Merit Scholarship recipient with the intention of becoming a geneticist, but when taking her first acting class as an undergraduate she gave up these plans to pursue a career in theatre. Tonia has appeared on stage at theatres in Indiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Utah, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Toronto and New York City. Favorite roles include Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Actors' Theatre of Columbus), Harper in Angels In America: Millennium Approaches (The Ohio State University Theatre Department, Directed by Woodie King, Jr.), and Alexa Vere De Vere in As Bees In Honey Drown (Reality Theatre, Voted Best Actress Season 1999-2000, by Dennis Thompson of the Central Ohio Drama Critics Circle). Tonia has obtained three degrees in theatre with emphases in performance (PhD: The Ohio State University, University Fellowship, Presidential Fellowship, dissertation "Jessica Tandy: A 20th Century Acting Career"; MA: Indiana State University, Thesis Project "La Pucelle: A Solo Performance" - also produced as a multi-cast play by the Expanded Arts Theatre Company in New York City in 1999; BA: Truman State University, specializations Acting and Playwriting). In the music community Tonia has stage directed and/or performed in theatre fusion pieces with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Ohio State University School of Music, and the Ohio Wesleyan University Music Department. Mrs. Stevens Hears The Mermaids Singing (2005) is her feature film debut. Her second feature film is Hiding Victoria (in production in 2005).