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Martha Ross
Martha Ross co-founded Theatre Columbus with Leah Cherniak after she graduated
from École Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Continuing in the spirit of their
training, their company has created twenty-eight original comedies,
including the world renowned The Anger in Ernest & Ernestine
(1987); The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine Girls (1995), for
which Martha received a Dora Mavor Moore award for her performance;
and The Betrayal, which received a 1999 Chalmers Award for Best
New Play. In 2007, Martha performed in the Canadian Stage Company’s
touring production of The Overcoat. As well as performing, Martha
has written several plays, including, Dr. Dapertutto (nominated
for the Floyd S. Chalmers Best New Play award in 1990); Ratbag,
a musical about the Industrial Revolution, which she wrote with her
composer husband, John Millard; and The Dog and the Angel for
the Caravan Farm Theatre Co. (1999). She just returned from Alberta
Theatre Projects that workshopped her recently written farce, Flight.
Martha also teaches Shakespeare to children and young teens. One of
the high points of her career was creating and performing the character
of Ernestine.
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