Susan Monaghan

From the program for Here on the Flight Path:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Director) discovered her love of Theatre at Dalhousie University in the ’70s. Over the years she has acted in various community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver, and has acted and directed locally on many stages including Ottawa Little Theatre, Tara Theatre, Nepean Little Theatre, The Lakeside Players, Carleton University and Ottawa University.

As of 1998 she settled happily with Kanata Theatre, and was first seen on the Ron Maslin stage as one of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. Since then she has appeared in The Uninvited, Over the River and Through the Woods, Caught in the Net and last year’s production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Her KT directing credits include The Curious Savage, To Forgive, Divine and Out of Sight. . . Out of Murder.

When not on stage Susan can be found working at front of house, or assisting with make-up, props, or stage management. She has also served on the Board of Kanata Theatre as Publicity Director and Director of Play Reading.

From the program for The Seagull:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Polina) discovered her love of Theatre while attending Dalhousie University in the 70s. She has acted in various community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver. Her most recent appearance on the Kanata Theatre stage was as Mag Folen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Her KT directing credits include last year’s Norm Foster hit Here on the Flight Path. Susan enjoys working at front of house, or assisting back stage.

From the program for The Kitchen Witches:

SUSAN MONAGHAN  (Dolly) has acted in community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver. Her last acting role was Nora Murphy in Tara Players’ production of The Ballymore Reel in April. Her most recent appearance on the Kanata Theatre stage was as Polina in The Seagull. When not acting Susan enjoys directing, working at front of house, or assisting back stage. She will be directing Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks for the Kanata Theatre stage in February 2010.

From the program for Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Director) has acted in community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver. She was most recently seen on the Kanata Theatre stage playing Dolly in our September show The Kitchen Witches. Before that she played Nora Murphy in Tara Players’ production of The Ballymore Reel last April. Other acting credits for KT include Polina in The Seagull, Mag Folen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Barbara Smith in Caught in the Net, Emma in Over the River and Through the Woods and A in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women.
Her directing credits for Kanata Theatre are Here on the Flight Path by Norm Foster, Out of Sight . . . Out of Murder by Fred Carmichael, To Forgive, Divineby Jack Neary and The Curious Savage by John Patrick.

From the program for Having Hope at Home:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Dawn Shaw) has acted for years (too many to mention) in community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver . Her most recent performance at Kanata Theatre was as Dolly the feisty TV show hostess in The Kitchen Witches. That same season she performed for Tara Players at The Arts Club as Nora Murphy in The Ballymore Reel. When not acting Susan enjoys directing, working as front of house personnel, or assisting back stage. She directed last season’s Kanata Theatre production of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks in February 2010.

From the program for Private Lives:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Director) discovered her love of Theatre at Dalhousie University in the ’70s. Over the years she acted in various community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver. In 1998 she settled happily with Kanata Theatre, and was first seen on the Ron Maslin stage as one of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. Among her KT directing credits are Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Here on the Flight Path and Out of Sight. . . Out of Murder. Her most recent stage appearances were as Dolly the chef in The Kitchen Witches, and Dawn the midwife in Having Hope at Home. When not on stage, Susan can be found working at front of house, or assisting with make-up, props, or stage management.

From the program for Harvey

SUSAN MONAGAN (Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet) has acted in community and semi-professional groups from Halifax to Vancouver. Her last acting role was as Dawn the midwife in Kanata Theatre’s Having Hope at Home. Another recent appearance was as Dolly in The Kitchen Witches. Susan also had an opportunity to indulge her love of directing in this season’s first production Private Lives by Nöel Coward last September. When not acting or directing, Susan can be found working front of house or assisting back stage.

From the program for Cat’s Cradle:

SUSAN MONAGHAN (Director) has directed Private Lives (2012), Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2010) and Here on the Flight Path (2006) for Kanata Theatre. As an actor, she was last seen on the Ottawa Little Theatre stage in 2015 playing Sarah Turing, Alan Turing’s mother in Breaking the Code. A member of Kanata Theatre since 1998, she has been fortunate to appear in such varied roles as the 91 year old “A” in Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women(1998), to the indomitable Dolly the TV chef in Kitchen Witches (2009) and Dawn the midwife in Having Hope at Home (2010).

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