Mary Ann Rodgers
Theater Director at Shotgun Players- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
-
English -
-
Spanish -
Topline Score
Bio
Lisa Tromovitch
I highly recommend Mary Ann Rodgers as both an actor and as a director. She has both the intelligence and training, plus the spirit and sense of humour, to create unique, engaging characterizations onstage. Both in the roles she acted and in the show she directed, the audience was able to engage with the characters' humor and passion. Mary Ann finds the complexity in a role and is not afraid to let that depth and breadth come through. She doesn't need to be "typed," but can play multiple roles distinctly. LSF does primarily classical work, and her text work and research were admirable on the Jane Austen, the Shakespeare, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Ms. Rodgers is a consummate professional, a joy to work with, team player, and all that side of employment, too. She is also willing to mentor younger professionals if asked, but never oversteps. She's a great communicator. I have no reservations about recommending her highly for theater work of various types, acting, directing and teaching.
Lisa Tromovitch
I highly recommend Mary Ann Rodgers as both an actor and as a director. She has both the intelligence and training, plus the spirit and sense of humour, to create unique, engaging characterizations onstage. Both in the roles she acted and in the show she directed, the audience was able to engage with the characters' humor and passion. Mary Ann finds the complexity in a role and is not afraid to let that depth and breadth come through. She doesn't need to be "typed," but can play multiple roles distinctly. LSF does primarily classical work, and her text work and research were admirable on the Jane Austen, the Shakespeare, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Ms. Rodgers is a consummate professional, a joy to work with, team player, and all that side of employment, too. She is also willing to mentor younger professionals if asked, but never oversteps. She's a great communicator. I have no reservations about recommending her highly for theater work of various types, acting, directing and teaching.
Lisa Tromovitch
I highly recommend Mary Ann Rodgers as both an actor and as a director. She has both the intelligence and training, plus the spirit and sense of humour, to create unique, engaging characterizations onstage. Both in the roles she acted and in the show she directed, the audience was able to engage with the characters' humor and passion. Mary Ann finds the complexity in a role and is not afraid to let that depth and breadth come through. She doesn't need to be "typed," but can play multiple roles distinctly. LSF does primarily classical work, and her text work and research were admirable on the Jane Austen, the Shakespeare, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Ms. Rodgers is a consummate professional, a joy to work with, team player, and all that side of employment, too. She is also willing to mentor younger professionals if asked, but never oversteps. She's a great communicator. I have no reservations about recommending her highly for theater work of various types, acting, directing and teaching.
Lisa Tromovitch
I highly recommend Mary Ann Rodgers as both an actor and as a director. She has both the intelligence and training, plus the spirit and sense of humour, to create unique, engaging characterizations onstage. Both in the roles she acted and in the show she directed, the audience was able to engage with the characters' humor and passion. Mary Ann finds the complexity in a role and is not afraid to let that depth and breadth come through. She doesn't need to be "typed," but can play multiple roles distinctly. LSF does primarily classical work, and her text work and research were admirable on the Jane Austen, the Shakespeare, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. Ms. Rodgers is a consummate professional, a joy to work with, team player, and all that side of employment, too. She is also willing to mentor younger professionals if asked, but never oversteps. She's a great communicator. I have no reservations about recommending her highly for theater work of various types, acting, directing and teaching.
Experience
-
Shotgun Players
-
United States
-
Performing Arts
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Theater Director
-
Oct 2021 - Present
Director of Adam Bock's brilliant play "A Small Fire" produced as part of Shotgun Players 30th Anniversary Season. Director of Adam Bock's brilliant play "A Small Fire" produced as part of Shotgun Players 30th Anniversary Season.
-
-
-
SPARC
-
United States
-
Performing Arts
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Director/Artistic Associate
-
May 2019 - Present
-
-
-
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
-
United States
-
Performing Arts
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Actor
-
May 2021 - Oct 2021
Actor in Pericles (Cerimon/Bawd/Daughter/Knight) performed virtually and live in four episodes directed by Rebecca J. Ennals (Ep. 1), Carla Pantoja (Ep. 2 and 4), and Elizabeth Carter (Ep. 3). Actor in Pericles (Cerimon/Bawd/Daughter/Knight) performed virtually and live in four episodes directed by Rebecca J. Ennals (Ep. 1), Carla Pantoja (Ep. 2 and 4), and Elizabeth Carter (Ep. 3).
-
-
-
-
Director
-
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Theatre Director for bi-cultural project performed in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
-
-
Actor
-
Sep 2019 - Nov 2019
Performed in a production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing as part of a bilingual theatre festival produced by Symmetry Theatre in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
-
-
-
-
Actor at Quantum Dragon Theatre
-
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
Coming up: Marin in Ageless or The Revolt of the Flesh by Bridgette Dutta Portman at Quantum Dragon Theatre. Info at: https://www.quantumdragon.org/ageless Coming up: Marin in Ageless or The Revolt of the Flesh by Bridgette Dutta Portman at Quantum Dragon Theatre. Info at: https://www.quantumdragon.org/ageless
-
-
-
The Livermore Shakespeare Festival
-
Livermore, CA
-
Actor
-
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Titania - A Midsummer Night's Dream, director: Gary Armangac Duenna - Cyrano de Bergerac, director: Lisa Tromovich Titania - A Midsummer Night's Dream, director: Gary Armangac Duenna - Cyrano de Bergerac, director: Lisa Tromovich
-
-
-
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
-
United States
-
Performing Arts
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Professional Actor
-
Sep 2017 - 2017
Gertrude in Hamlet, SF Shakespeare Festival's 35th Anniversary Production Gertrude in Hamlet, SF Shakespeare Festival's 35th Anniversary Production
-
-
-
Ross Valley Players
-
United States
-
Performing Arts
-
Actor
-
2011 - 2017
Grace - Bus Stop, director: Christian HainesKatherine - Impressionism, director: Billie CoxHelen: Pack of Lies, director: Molly Noble (BATCC Award, Best Actress, Featured)Boo - The Last Night of Ballyhoo, director: Phoebe MoyerJean Louise - To Kill a Mockingbird, director: James Dunn
-
-
Director
-
Dec 2008 - 2016
Anna in the Tropics, opening at RVP May 27th, 2016Jane Austen's Persuasion by Jennifer Le Blanc, (2014)I Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire (2011) The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney (2008, Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award)
-
-
-
The Bay School of San Francisco
-
United States
-
Primary and Secondary Education
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Teacher
-
Jul 2007 - Dec 2016
Drama Teacher/Director, Spanish Language Teacher Drama Teacher/Director, Spanish Language Teacher
-
-
-
-
Language teacher
-
Jul 2001 - Jul 2006
Middle school students received a rigorous and lively introduction to the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking world. I use all the tools I have at hand, including traditional grammar instruction, but am solidly committed to a communicative approach where I adapt theater games for the Spanish language classroom. Middle school students received a rigorous and lively introduction to the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking world. I use all the tools I have at hand, including traditional grammar instruction, but am solidly committed to a communicative approach where I adapt theater games for the Spanish language classroom.
-
-
Education
-
2017 - 2018
Seydways Studios
Acting -
1989 - 1989
American Conservatory Theater
STC Certification, Acting -
1979 - 1981
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A., Theater Arts
Community
