Margaret Palmer
30th season: Production stage manager of the Festival Theatre. Assistant stage manager of Romeo and Juliet. Stratford: Maggie has been production stage manager at the Avon and Festival theatres for 22 seasons. Stage-management credits include Will Power; Henry IV (parts 1 and 2); Iolanthe; The Imaginary Invalid; My Fair Lady; A Man for All Seasons; Kiss Me, Kate; Guys and Dolls; The Government Inspector; Coriolanus; The Mikado (national tour, London’s Old Vic); and Twelfth Night (U.S. tour). Elsewhere: Maggie apprenticed at Neptune Theatre (1966/67) and worked at the St. Lawrence Centre (Toronto Arts Productions), MTC and the Grand Theatre. She stage-managed Eugene Onegin (Manitoba Opera), the first Dream in High Park and the first Dora Awards. She was publicity director for the NDWT Company, worked for Fountainhead Theatre in London and toured Canada with the Charlottetown Festival. Training: Graduate of the National Theatre School, where she returned to coach last winter.