Penelope Spencer is an actress, director, writer, casting director, teacher and producer. She has an extensive career on the stage as actress performing in plays such as Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, You, Jean and Dinah, and Mary Could Dance. “Auntie Pennie”, as her students fondly know her, has been a storyteller and drama teacher at Newtown Girl’s RC School for over 25 years, and holds the post of Artistic Director of the Necessary Arts Productions. She wrote her first children’s storybook, Tales from the Forest, along with Lylah Persad.