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Margot Dionne

Department of Theatre 
Acting

CEGEP - McGill University
BFA - North Carolina School of the Arts
MA Ed - Fordham University

Email: m.dionne@dal.ca
Phone: (902) 494-3194
Office: 5.29

Margot Dionne studied Drama at McGill University (CEGEP), and trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, receiving a BFA in Acting.  Her NCSA conservatory training included a year of classical theatre study in London, England, under the tutelage of James Dodding and Rose Bruford.  She holds a Masters of Education degree from Fordham University, New York, NY, where she was awarded an Intern Fellowship.  A eight-season veteran of the Stratford Festival, where she played such roles as Hermione in THE WINTER'S TALE, the title role in MARY STUART, Kate in TAMING OF THE SHREW, Julia in THE RIVALS, and, more recently, Proserpine in Peter Hinton's THE SWANNE (2002-2204), Margot has appeared at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. (RICHARD III), National Arts Centre (NOTHING SACRED), Canadian Stage (THE QUEENS),  Tarragon Theatre (WHAT IS TO BE DONE?, for which she received a Dora nomination), Syracuse Stage (DAMNEE MANON, SACREE SANDRA), Citadel Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Philadlephia Drama Guild, Denver Centre Theatre, Riverside Shakespeare Theatre Company (ROMEO AND JULIET), and the Piggery Theatre (PRIVATE LIVES, SAME TIME NEXT YEAR, COMMUNICATING DOORS, WRONG FOR EACH OTHER).  She was a member of the resident acting company at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, R.I., playing such roles as Annie in THE REAL THING, Georgie in THE COUNTRY GIRL, and Lina in MISALLIANCE.  She received a Dramalogue award for the Los Angeles production of TAMARA, in which she played the title role.  Career highlights also include appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Canadian Opera Company, narrating the libretto of  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.  An acclaimed audiobook narrator, Margot's award-winning titles include Margaret Atwood's THE BLIND ASSASSIN (Random House) and Mavis Gallant's MONTREAL STORIES, which she co-produced with Rattling Books of Newfoundland.   

Margot has taught and directed at the National Theatre School (REHEARSAL AT VERSAILLES), Bishop's University (LYSISTRATA), Memorial University, where she served as guest artist/Master Teacher, as well as the Horace Mann School in New York, NY, and Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, QC.