In no particular order – just some of the work over the years plus some photos from the end of an era and a couple of my favourite headshots.
There has always been a three way tie for my favourite role: Anita in ‘Vincent River’, Edith in ‘The Day After The Fair’ and All Three Witches in ‘Macbeth’.
Theatre Britain produced ‘Vincent River’ for the 2009 Out Of The Loop Festival at the WaterTower Theatre. It subsequently had a run at the Trinity River Arts Centre, in collaboration with Uptown Players.
2009 Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Forum:
Best Actress, Best Director (Robin Armstrong).
Best Show of 2009 – Dallas Voice
One of the ‘Top 20 shows of 2009’ – TheaterJones.com
We rehearsed the show in an aircraft hangar. As you do!
Darryl P Clement’s set design was incredible. Taking his inspiration from the romantic meeting on the roundabout at the fair and the metaphorical cage in which the married Edith finds herself. All with a slight rake to give an unsettling feeling.
2004 Leon Rabin Awards Nomination – Best Set Design.
It was a privilege to work for Classworks Theatre Company. An eight-month contract, touring with four shows in repertory – ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hard Times’, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘Hiawatha’.
And a very different ‘Macbeth’.
“My favorite version of the Scottish tragedy around here was Theatre Britain’s sexy S&M take on it, with the muscular cast dressed in muslin mini-kilts and bronzed with more spray-tan than the Miss USA pageant. They performed it at a gallop, thrashing thanes at hyper-speed. I think we were out of the theater in less than two hours.” Elaine Liner, Dallas Observer
Years later, your nephew finds out that you are in the videogame he used to play!
The first of three productions at Dallas Children’s Theater – the others being ‘The BFG’ and ‘Grimm Tales’. ‘Babe’ was my first professional production in Dallas, having finally got a work visa.
This was the first film by David Lowery (‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’, ‘Pete’s Dragon’, ‘The Green Knight’, ‘Mother Mary’).
It was an emotional script, dealing with the aftermath of a young man’s suicide.
A action/adventure film about the dangers of Y2K. Shot mostly in a closed Haunted House theme park. I was the only woman in the cast.
About a seven year affair, shown backwards from the breakup to the first kiss.
My first role at Theatre Three. And the American accent debut.
Nineteen women and we all got sick. Buckets backstage and wiped-out people leaning against walls in the wings waiting to go on!
Two dinners parties take place at the same time. Jim and I had to move back and forth on our chairs between the two and do it with precise timing. We did a ‘swivel call’ before every performance!
And yet another put-upon wife role!
A two-hander and a demanding script. Ian and I had sold our house and were staying in a hotel during the run. As soon as the show closed, we flew home.
Jackie is the reason Theatre Britain existed.
She also wrote every panto we ever did and one of our straight plays.
She flew in from LA to watch the final performance of ‘The Three Musketeers’.
