Marcia has over 25 years of experience in the theatre as an actor, director, writer and acting coach. Originally hailing from London, England, she trained as an actor at The Drama Centre and began her career at the Royal Court Theatre creating the role of Gila in “Not Quite Jerusalem”. In North America she has appeared in leading roles at: The Stratford Festival; Ontario, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC., on Broadway, NYC; Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Arena Stage, Buffalo, Theatre Plus, Toronto; ATP, Calgary; Stage West, Toronto, and Calgary, Theatre Calgary; and Neptune Theatre in such roles as Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth”; Madame deTourvel in "Les Liasons Dangereuses"; Stella in “A Streetcar Named Desire"; Anita in “A Small Family Business” . She was the original Rita iin the Canadian premiere of “Educating Rita” at the Citadel – a role she reprised 5 times.

Directing credits include: “ Charley’s Aunt’ “Blithe Spirit” for ATF, “The Price” “Rumors” , “The Sound of Music”, “Annie” and “White Christmas” for Neptune Theatre, “Popcorn” “Zadie’s Shoes” for ATP,“Mounting Sex in the Afternoon Zone” for Lunchbox Theatre, “The Price” for Persephone Theatre, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “ Humble Boy” , “Syringa Tree” for MTC, Winnipeg, “Who’s Under Where” for Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch (UK), “See How They Run” for Drayton Entertainment, “Tuesdays with Morrie” for The Segal Centre, Montreal, “Dial M for Murder” and “ Forever Plaid” for Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton.

Marcia is also an internationally produced and published playwright with ten shows to her credit –including the highly successful farce “Who’s Under Where” which has now been translated into five languages. Amongst other successes, her play “Discovering Elvis” has been translated into French (a la récherche d’Elvis) and has been produced five times in Quebec alone, including a provincial tour. Last year her and Doug's play “A Party to Murder” toured the U.K. and this summer it played to rave reviews at the Notttingham Playhouse. She has just finished a new play, “Someone Else’s Shoes” and is currently developing a screenplay (with Mary-Colin Chisholm) called “Middletown” She is also working on the first draft of a musical with Doug and composer Jonathan Monro, entitled “A Scandal in Bohemia”.