Seana McKenna
22nd season: Elizabeth in Mary Stuart and Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. Stratford: Shakespeare: title role in Richard III, Juliet, Viola, Olivia, Portia, Jessica; Queens Margaret, Katharine, Elizabeth; Chorus, Lady Macbeth, Titania, Helena, Paulina and the spaghetti-Western Shrew. The Matchmaker, Elektra, Dangerous Liaisons, Medea, Phèdre, Trojan Women, The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending, Night of the Iguana, Private Lives, Fallen Angels, Present Laughter, Noises Off, London Assurance, Good Mother. Recently: Shakespeare’s Will at the Merrimack Theatre, Massachusetts, and the Wharton Centre, Michigan. Teaches at ACT, San Francisco, and at Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory. Elsewhere: More than 80 productions across the continent. Awards: Three Dora Awards: Saint Joan (Theatre Plus Toronto), Orpheus Descending (MTC/Mirvish), directing Valley Song (New Globe); Jessie for Wit (Vancouver Playhouse/Canadian Stage); Genie for The Hanging Garden; Honorary MFA, American Conservatory Theatre. Thrilled to be working at the Festival, along with son Cal and husband Miles.