Maggie Whittemore is an Oxford Continuee who jumped into theater freshman year and has been unable to stop since. While at Oxford, she served as president of OxBroadway, played John Wesley Powell in OxTheatre's Men on Boats, and played Clara in Dooley's Players' production of Marry, Fuck, Breath of Water. Backstage, she stage managed Rachel Cusk's Medea and wrote for and assistant directed Hearing Voices. Professionally, she worked with Theater Emory as a production assistant for their 2020-2021 season.
As an upperclassman on the Atlanta campus, she served as production manager and president of Ad Hoc Productions, stage managed 35MM: A Musical Exhibition, and directed The Lightning Thief. Professionally, she served as lead intern for Synchronicity Theater's Playmaking for Girls program and assistant stage managed Essential Theater's production of A Complicated Hope.
What's next? Maggie's plan is to teach English as a middle-grade teacher while preparing to study theater in grad school eventually.
Favorite Accomplishment? My proudest moment at Emory was having the opportunity to direct Ad Hoc's fabulous production of The Lightning Thief in my senior spring.
Hi Maggie, nice selfie by your fridge! I still remember we were just painting masks one afternoon in front of Schwartz! I wish you and Adam all the best! And we need to work on a production together in future!
John
Hey Maggie!
Congratulations on graduation! While I never got to have you as a student, I did enjoy having you as a guest during Creating New Works last spring! And I had a lot of fun watching Percy Jackson! It's clear that you have a lot of passion for theater and the student theater community! Have fun teaching after graduation - middle school is no joke! Take care, enjoy graduation and the summer, and best of luck as you continue your engagement with the wider theater community in Atlanta! It looks like you're already making your steps into the professional scene!
Best,
Tom