MEAGHEN QUINN
Performing Artist
Meaghen is a theatre artist who has been studying, instructing, and performing internationally for the past 10 years. She holds a M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University and a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Windsor where she is currently working as an instructor. Meaghen’s most memorable roles include: Singer/Ensemble in Vox Animae (Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Chicago Shakespeare Company), Maria/Antonia in Twelfth Night (Driftwood Entertainment), Miss Frizzle in The Magic School Bus Live! (Hummingbird U.S.A./Canadian Tour), Lady Macbeth (The Classical Theatre Project), Mother/Cousin in (Toronto Fringe) and Frances in Frances and Marybeth, by Neale Kimmel, which had its world premiere in 2013.
In addition to her work as a professional artist, Meaghen is a long time advocate for youth theatre. She devotes her summers to devising theatre with "at risk" youth for Windsor's Changing the Odds Program.
Performing Artist
Meaghen is a theatre artist who has been studying, instructing, and performing internationally for the past 10 years. She holds a M.F.A. from Pennsylvania State University and a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the University of Windsor where she is currently working as an instructor. Meaghen’s most memorable roles include: Singer/Ensemble in Vox Animae (Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Chicago Shakespeare Company), Maria/Antonia in Twelfth Night (Driftwood Entertainment), Miss Frizzle in The Magic School Bus Live! (Hummingbird U.S.A./Canadian Tour), Lady Macbeth (The Classical Theatre Project), Mother/Cousin in (Toronto Fringe) and Frances in Frances and Marybeth, by Neale Kimmel, which had its world premiere in 2013.
In addition to her work as a professional artist, Meaghen is a long time advocate for youth theatre. She devotes her summers to devising theatre with "at risk" youth for Windsor's Changing the Odds Program.
KAREN RODD
Mask Designer
Karen Rodd is a freelance theatre artist specializing in masks, puppets and special effect costume elements. Ms. Rodd operates her own studio in Toronto. In 1992 Ms. Rodd was the recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award for Outstanding
Theatre Craftsperson. She has created work for Livent, Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings. Additionally, she has created works for numerous productions for The Canadian Stage Company, Young People’s Theatre, The National Ballet Company, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises, Soulpepper Theatre, Opera Atelier, Theatre Beyond Words, Twyla Tharp Dance Company, Canadian Opera Company and the Metropolitan Opera Company, NYC. Her film and TV work include, Leather Worker on Defiance 2 and Costume Breakdown Artist on The Strain 2.
When time permits, Ms. Rodd teaches Maskmaking in her studio and has also created and taught Maskmaking workshops for Theatre Design students for University of Toronto and York University.
Mask Designer
Karen Rodd is a freelance theatre artist specializing in masks, puppets and special effect costume elements. Ms. Rodd operates her own studio in Toronto. In 1992 Ms. Rodd was the recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award for Outstanding
Theatre Craftsperson. She has created work for Livent, Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, Ragtime, Miss Saigon, The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings. Additionally, she has created works for numerous productions for The Canadian Stage Company, Young People’s Theatre, The National Ballet Company, Gina Lori Riley Dance Enterprises, Soulpepper Theatre, Opera Atelier, Theatre Beyond Words, Twyla Tharp Dance Company, Canadian Opera Company and the Metropolitan Opera Company, NYC. Her film and TV work include, Leather Worker on Defiance 2 and Costume Breakdown Artist on The Strain 2.
When time permits, Ms. Rodd teaches Maskmaking in her studio and has also created and taught Maskmaking workshops for Theatre Design students for University of Toronto and York University.