Dr. Mary Donahoe, Area Coordinator
Mary Donahoe received her Ph.D. in theatre arts from the University of Oregon where she specialized in teaching movement, period styles, and dance. She has studied sacramental theatre in England and Greece and was invited to present her research at Tel Aviv University for the Federation of International Theatre Research. In 1991, she directed her original translation of Lysistrata, adapted as a musical set in the 1920s. Donahoe taught at Pomona College, University of Oregon, University of Colorado, and Rhode Island College. She was artistic director of the "Women Who Laugh" Theatre Company, which produced original plays by multi-cultural women playwrights. She has worked as an actress and director for a variety of university and professional theatres and performed original solo pieces about the lives of women artists and pioneers in Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York. A member of the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, she has worked as a movement coach for several professional and educational theatres.
Last updated June 11, 2007
