Tekki Lomnicki is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Tellin’ Tales Theatre, a company dedicated to building community through storytelling. She co-wrote and starred in Clothing Optional, When Heck Was a Puppy: The Living Testimonies of Folk Artist Edna Mae Brice, Honor Thy Mother, Alchemy, Tall Tales & Small Miracles, Honor Thy Father, 2001: A Wedding Odyssey, Sibling Revelry, Detours and Blurred Vision. Ms. Lomnicki recently received an Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship in New Performance Forms.