Penny DellaPelle

Penny DellaPelle is an actress, artist, and San Luis Obispo High School alumna. She made her SLOHS debut in 2018 as Dorothy in the 24-hour musical Wizard of Oz, and later went on to assistant direct Runaways (2019). Her final performance with SLOHS, as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing (2021), earned her the Iambic Pentameter Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Shakespeare Play. Outside of school, DellaPelle has performed in over twenty productions at SLO Repertory Theatre, where she is one of a select number of youth actors frequently cast in mainstage shows, as well as a staple lead in the youth program.