Deanna Dunagan
- Actress
Deanna Dunagan is a Tony Award-winning actress who has had a prolific
career acting on the Chicago stage. Originally from Monahans, Texas,
Dunagan made her Broadway debut in the 1979 production of
George Bernard Shaw's "Man and
Superman" at Circle in the Square. In 1981, she performed in the first
national tour of "Children of a Lesser God", during which time she
visited Chicago for the first time. Having fallen in love with that
city, Dunagan moved to Chicago after the tour ended and has lived there
ever since. Over the last three decades, she has performed in more than
30 theaters in the Chicago area, garnering three
Joseph Jefferson Awards and
three "After Dark" Awards. In 2007, Dunagan returned to Broadway in the
Steppenwolf Theatre's transplant production of
Tracy Letts' "August: Osage County". For her
performance, Dunagan won a Tony Award, Theatre World Award and a Drama
Desk Award.
