About the Playwrights
Cathy Dresbach
Cathy Dresbach is a writer of sketch comedy, plays and thank-you notes. Collaborations with Ben Tyler date back to college days, writing and performing with The Ajo Repertory Company. Other comedy writing gigs include Bill Heywood’s morning show on KOY radio and a five-year stint on The Wallace & Ladmo Show on KPHO television. Ms. Dresbach and David Wo collaborated on many plays for youth including A Mega Xma$ (also with Ben Tyler), Badgers? We Don’t Need No Stinking Badgers! and Snow White and the Seven Misfits. Her comedy about a bridge club, 3 No Trump, was produced at Theater Works in 2017. Ms. Dresbach is also an actor, and appeared in the world premiere of The Truth About Winnie Ruth Judd at The Phoenix Theatre Company.
Ben Tyler
Ben Tyler is a playwright that draws from stories and tales about his home state of Arizona. The Truth About Winnie Ruth Judd is one such story. His collaboration with Cathy Dresbach on this piece is one of many going back to college days and their work with The Ajo Repertory Company, children’s theatre and as writer/performer for the TV program, The Wallace & Ladmo Show. His works for the stage have a decidedly Arizona bent. These plays include Guv: The Musical, Mr. Conservative, Escape From Papago Park, The Wallace & Ladmo Show, and The Last Wallace & Ladmo Show. He also writes and voices a daily feature for Radio Free Phoenix, The Angry Arizonan.