Career
Amy McKenzie has worked and lived in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago where she has produced and performed for the stage and television She has directed and acted in numerous productions at the Peninsula Players, America’s oldest residential summer theater, as well as founding and producing their fall season in the early 1980s. McKenzie was on the board of directors for the Peninsula Players (before, during, and after its restoration) for over a decade, and was Artistic Founding Director of the Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin whereby she helped to convert an old movie house into a state-of-the-art performing arts theater.
In 1998, Amy McKenzie produced and directed the new musical comedy entitled, written by Richard O’Donnell to celebrate the state"s 150th birthday.
lieutenant opened Friday January 2, in the Fish Creek Town Hall Auditorium. Songs of merit included Wish, So Blessed, and the show-stopper Oh!, Wisconsin.
Amy is the daughter of award-winning Broadway theatrical producer James B. McKenzie.