Laughter is the best medicine- A native Houstonian and a graduate of Texas Tech University, Amy W. Daughters has been a freelance writer for more than a decade — mostly covering college football and sometimes talking about her feelings. Her debut novel, You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened (She Writes Press), was selected as the Silver Winner for Humor in the 2019 Foreword INDIES and the Overall Winner for Humor/Comedy in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Awards. Her second book, Dear Dana: That time I went crazy and wrote all 580 of my Facebook friends a handwritten letter (She Writes Press, 2022), has won several awards, including the 2023 Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal for Nonfiction relationships, and caught the attention of Kelly Clarkson! An amateur historian, hack golfer, charlatan fashion model, and regular on the ribbon dancing circuit, Amy — a proud former resident of Blackwell, England, and Dayton, Ohio, currently lives in Tomball, Texas, a suburb of Houston. She is married to a foxy computer person, Willie, and is the lucky mother of two amazing sons, Will and Matthew. It’s 2014 and Amy Daughters is a 46-year old stay-at-home mom living in Dayton, Ohio. Suddenly, it’s 1978, and she is forced to spend 36 hours in her childhood home with her nuclear family ...including her 10-year old self.

As co-creator of VeggieTales, co-founder of Big Idea Entertainment, and the voice of the beloved Larry the Cucumber, Mike Nawrocki has been dedicated to helping parents pass on biblical values to their kids through storytelling for three decades. Mike has written and directed most of the extremely popular Silly Songs with Larry segments, including fan favorites His Cheeseburger and The Hairbrush Song. He has also lent his screenwriting and directing talents to dozens of VeggieTales episodes such as Madame Blueberry and Esther, as well as both of the properties’ theatrical release films, Jonah and The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. His most recent project, a 12-book early reader series titled, The Dead Sea Squirrels is currently in production as an animated series slated for release in 2024. Mike also serves as an assistant professor of film and animation at Lipscomb University and co-hosts the weekly podcast, “The Bible for Kids.”

Actors Point Theatre Company is beginning its twelfth year of producing plays and musicals. He is the founder of the Sumner Stages Festival – producing theatrical productions along the banks of Old Hickory Lake in Sumner county.

Greg is the founder of the Sumner Stages Student Theatre Challenge – a one day workshop that allows middle school and high school students to arrive put on a show or a musical revue in just one day.

He is the co-creator of Hendersonville’s Got Talent – a Tennessee wide talent competition draws talent from all over the middle Tennessee region.

As a director for almost 40 years, his directing credits include The Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol, Leaving Iowa, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Children of Eden, Steel Magnolias, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Shrek – The Musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pride and Prejudice, Little Women – The Musical, etc.

Wilson has performed nationally and internationally in many theatrical productions, TV commercials, corporate industrials and a number of

Independent feature films. His most recent national TV credit was a principal role on the Discovery Channel – Investigation Discovery – “Murder Comes to Town” and in the independent feature film “As Dreamers Do” – about the early life of Walt Disney - streaming on Amazon Prime and other sites.

In addition, Wilson is a respected acting teacher and acting coach in the greater Nashville area. He also coaches businesspeople on how to make themselves more powerful presenters.

Greg has written, produced, and directed a number of music videos for artists such as Billy Gaines, Sisters J, Chris Chitsey, Stephen Wrench, and Jacob Jones.

From 2008 to 2012 Wilson was the Producing Director of The Tennessee Shakespeare Festival for 4 years. In the fall of 2012, Greg was named the Artist in Residence for the theatre department of Martin Methodist University in Pulaski, Tennessee.

He has served on the executive board of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce over several years. He is also a member of the Hendersonville Rotary Club. He is responsible for the partnership with Volunteer State Community College who has just named Actors Point Theatre Company as their company in residence.