Ann Marie Pereth

Co-founder and artistic director of A Public Fit Theatre Company (APF), Ann Marie Pereth, is a Las Vegas-based theater director, choreographer, and teacher. Her directing credits include, "The Minutes,"""The Pavilion," "Indecent," "The Piano Lesson," "Three Days of Rain," "Things I Know to Be True," "Heroes of the Fourth Turning," "The Elephant Man," "Small Mouth Sounds, Incognito," "Wit," "The Glass Menagerie," "Foxfinder," "When the Rain Stops Falling," "A Summons from the Tinker …," "Becky Shaw," "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," "A Steady Rain," "Red Light Winter," "August: Osage County," "Belleville," and "The Trip to Bountiful" for APF; "Compleat Female Stage Beauty" at The Horn Theater at the College of Southern Nevada; "The Diary of Anne Frank" at The Smith Center with the Jewish Repertory Theater of Nevada; and "Learned Ladies," "Rabbit Hole," "Miss Julie," "27 Wagons Full Of Cotton," and "Glory in the Flower" at Nevada Conservatory Theatre.

With her passion for performing, Pereth has been involved with theater and dance since she was 10 years old. She began training with the award-winning Rainbow Company Youth Theatre, a City of Las Vegas-sponsored theater for young audiences. On several occasions, Pereth has gone back to her roots to work as a guest director and theater instructor for The Rainbow Company. Some of her children's theater credits include "Charlotte's Web," "Cheaper by the Dozen," and "The Odyssey." Pereth received her Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she works as an adjunct theater professor. She has acted, danced, directed, and choreographed with many renowned theaters, training programs, and community organizations throughout the country, including Disney Musicals in Schools, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and American Girl in New York City.