Marti Maraden
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Marti Maraden is a Canadian actor and director.
She emigrated to Canada in 1968, and became a leading actor at the Stratford Festival in the 1970s.
She was Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre
English Theatre in Ottawa from 1997 to 2006. While in this position, and arising from her activities in that role, the National Arts Centre co-founded the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
.
In 2006 Maraden was appointed to succeed Richard Monette
in 2007 as an Artistic Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Ontario
. Unlike previous Artistic Directors at Stratford, Maraden was a member of a three person Artistic Team which includes co-directors Des McAnuff
and Don Shipley
, until creative differences forced the three to end their working relationship.
She emigrated to Canada in 1968, and became a leading actor at the Stratford Festival in the 1970s.
She was Artistic Director of the National Arts Centre
National Arts Centre
The National Arts Centre is a centre for the performing arts located in Ottawa, Ontario, between Elgin Street and the Rideau Canal...
English Theatre in Ottawa from 1997 to 2006. While in this position, and arising from her activities in that role, the National Arts Centre co-founded the Magnetic North Theatre Festival
Magnetic North Theatre Festival
The Magnetic North Theatre Festival is an annual festival celebrating theatre and related performing arts in Canada operated by the Canadian Theatre Festival Society in partnership with the National Arts Centre. The festival is held Ottawa every two years, with it being held in other Canadian...
.
In 2006 Maraden was appointed to succeed Richard Monette
Richard Monette
Richard Jean Monette OC, DHum, LLD was a Canadian actor and director, best-known for his 14-season tenure as artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007.-Early life:...
in 2007 as an Artistic Director of the Stratford Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Ontario
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
. Unlike previous Artistic Directors at Stratford, Maraden was a member of a three person Artistic Team which includes co-directors Des McAnuff
Des McAnuff
Desmond McAnuff is the Canadian-American artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and director of musical theatre of such Broadway productions as Big River, The Who's Tommy and Jersey Boys.-Biography:...
and Don Shipley
Don Shipley
Don Shipley is a prominent Canadian stage director. He has led many theatre companies in Canada and Europe since the mid-1970s.Positions Shipley has held include:* Artistic Director at Victoria's Belfry Theatre from 1976 to 1979...
, until creative differences forced the three to end their working relationship.