Who We Are

The Storefront Theatre brings in the best actors and directors from throughout the region. Without benefit of costumes, props, or set, these talented actors use voices, facial expressions, and attitude to make stories come alive in the audience’s imagination. Along with bringing back audience favorites each season, we invite new actors and directors to participate so that The Storefront Theatre is ever growing and changing

Judy Simpson Cook founded The Storefront Theatre in 2007 and serves as its Executive/Artistic Director. She is an actor, director, producer and award-winning playwright whose work has been produced by theatres across the country. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild. In 2003, she was named a North Carolina Playwriting Fellow by the NC Arts Council. Her most recent works are A View from the Porch and Running on Empty. Directing credits include When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Aurelia Women’s League Flower and Garden Show Gala Planning Committee and its partner play, After a Fashion. For the past fifteen seasons, she has directed most Storefront plays. As an actor, she has appeared in numerous stage productions as well as television and films such as American Gothic and Brainstorm.