Maureen Porter

With Third Rail Maureen has been seen as Mom in Number Three and Judith in Nobody Here But Us Chickens.

Local Theater Credits: At Imago Theatre she was seen as Emma in Betrayal for which she received a Drammy Award for Outstanding Performance. Portland Center Stage: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mary in The Thugs, Mom in Number Three and Claudia in Anon for the JAW/West Festival. At ART: House and Garden, The Sea, A Question of Mercy, Nickel and Dimed and Owen Meany.

With the NYC-based Queen's Company she was seen as Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Laura Lucretia in The Feigned Courtesans, Angelica in The Rover, Lady Sneerwell in School for Scandal and as Kent in the workshop performance of King Lear. She played the title character in Wet, Or, Isabella the Pirate Queen by New Dramatist Playwright Liz Duffy Adams in New York's Summer Performance Festival and toured with the National Shakespeare Company performing in As You Like It and Macbeth as well teaching workshops on language, movement, stage combat and improvisation.

She is a founding member of the New York-based Commedia Del'Arte troupe Lick the Spoon and performed in several original pieces including Columbina in Pantalone's Dungeon. Other roles include The Girl in an original clown piece, Hermes Mother, Mistress Paige in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Hermione in A Winters Tale, Audrey in As You Like It.

Maureen has worked with numerous organizations doing educational outreach and arts education. Her directing credits include An Experiment with an Air Pump at the Portland Actors Conservatory and Riders to the Sea at Marylhurst University. She is a graduate and faculty member at the Portland Actors Conservatory.