Former Broadway musical theater actress Penny Orloff has served as Executive Director of Chaspen Foundation for the Arts since 1991. Born in Los Angeles, a Juilliard Opera Scholarship took her to New York where she sang more than 20 Principal Soprano roles with New York City Opera and played featured parts in several Broadway shows. Her one-woman show “Jewish Thighs on Broadway” – based on her award-winning novel – toured the US for a decade, including a successful run off-Broadway in 2005. She is currently touring in her new solo show, “Songs and Stories from a Not-Quite-Kosher Life.”