MEET THE TEAM

FIONA MONGILLO

Artistic Director

Fiona is the Founding Artistic Director of Here For Now Theatre Company. Selected credits include the Canadian Premiere of Girls & Boys as part of the HFN 2022 season and the Crow’s Theatre 2023 season, Angelina in Whack!(HFN), Senta von Schrader in Framed (Lighthouse), Louise in The Enchantment (HERE Arts, NYC); Bessie in The Young Ladies of Baddeck(Theatre Baddeck); Rose in Eigengrau, Elisabeth in Laundry and Bourbon(HFN). Selected Film Credits:  Constance Weatherly/Madeline Tomkins in Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Donald’s Secretary in The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi/Apprentice Productions). Directing: Post Alice (HFN). Training: BFA in Acting, UBC; MA in Classical Acting, LAMDA. Awards: 2022 Best Actress in a Play (Ontario Stage). Upcoming: The Farm Show: Then & Now and Resort to Murder at The Blyth Festival. 

SIOBHAN O’MALLEY

Managing Director

Siobhan is the Managing Director of Here For Now Theatre Company. Selected Theatre Credits: Jessica in Spit, Belle in Post Alice, Rory in A Hundred Words for Snow, Rue in Whack! (Here For Now); Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Guild Festival Theatre); Fanny and Mrs. Parsons in Mary of Shanty Bay (Theatre by the Bay); Mary in Mary’s Wedding, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players of Prince Edward County); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (The Secret Shakespeare Series); Catherine Givings in In the Next Room, Martha in Spring Awakening, Rosalind in As You Like It, and Yelena in Uncle Vanya (The Lir). Training: Honours BA in Acting, The Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art (Trinity College Dublin/RADA)

SARA-JEANNE HOSIE

Creative Marketing Director

Here For Now credits : Myth of the Ostrich, Take Care and Alewives. Sara-Jeanne has been a national theatre artist for over 25 years and proudly dons many hats. With a driving passion for new work SJ finds herself at home at Here For Now Theatre. Sara-Jeanne is proud to be the original Canadian Alison Bechdel in Fun Home. She has performed on many stages including Musical Stage Co, The Charlottetown Festival,The Stratford Festival, Neptune Theatre, Chemainus Theatre Festival, The Belfry, Drayton Festival, and The Arts Club. Favourite roles include; Holly in Myth of the Ostrich, Mary in Mary Poppins, The Bakers Wife in Into The Woods, Salle Bowles in Cabaret, and Fantine in Les Miz. Most warmly known to audiences for her five seasons as the Villain in the Ross Petty Panto and her numerous productions as Patsy in A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. Sara-Jeanne is also a director, a Dora-nominated choreographer (Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Eclipse Theatre) and former Executive Director of ETC. In February of 2020, Sara-Jeanne premiered her musical Talking Sex On Sunday at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver. It was nominated for best production in the Jessie Richardson Awards. During the pandemic, SJ explored yet another avenue by opening a small business at 13 York Street in Stratford: FAWN. www.fawnoveryou.ca @fawn.overyou

Next up SJ will be playing Smee in Wendy & Peter and Mme Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles for the Stratford Festival. @sjhosie

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