Marguerite Hannah (Cleveland Public Theatre, General Manager) Marguerite Hannah adventures in theatre include her work as a director, dramaturg and actor, as well as administrator. As an actor, Marguerite walked the boards of regional theatre across the country. From 2006 to the summer of 2024, Marguerite was a member of Horizon Theatre’s (Atlanta, GA) administrative staff starting as Business Manager, then adding Apprentice Company Artistic Director and finally as Associate Producer. Marguerite remembers fondly her time on the production team of the National Black Arts Festival in its early years. In 2020, she created and produced The New Georgia Woman Project: Black Women Speak, a playwright’s lab for Black women writers of the south and a vehicle for community engagement with Black...
Marguerite Hannah (Cleveland Public Theatre, General Manager) Marguerite Hannah adventures in theatre include her work as a director, dramaturg and actor, as well as administrator. As an actor, Marguerite walked the boards of regional theatre across the country. From 2006 to the summer of 2024, Marguerite was a member of Horizon Theatre’s (Atlanta, GA) administrative staff starting as Business Manager, then adding Apprentice Company Artistic Director and finally as Associate Producer. Marguerite remembers fondly her time on the production team of the National Black Arts Festival in its early years. In 2020, she created and produced The New Georgia Woman Project: Black Women Speak, a playwright’s lab for Black women writers of the south and a vehicle for community engagement with Black women in the Atlanta metro area. In 2022, Marguerite was the co-recipient of the Atlanta Suzi Award for Direction of The Light. She was recently Vice-president of the National New Play Network Board, a member of the NAMT board of directors and Chair Emerita of the 2023 NAMT Festival of New Musicals and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.