| BRENDA HUBBARD (Amanda) has more than 30 years
of experience as a professional actor, director and artistic director,
having worked with some of the leading theatres in the nation including
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland
Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre,
The Empty Space Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild and San Jose Repertory
Theatre, to name several. A graduate of the Professional Actor Training
Program at the University of Washington, she also earned her MFA
in directing from the University of Portland after working professionally
in regional repertory theatre for 15 years. A member of Actor's
Equity Association since 1978 and the American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists since 1975, Hubbard has appeared in hundreds of
radio and television commercials, as well as several feature films
and television shows. In the summer of 2007 Brenda played the role
of Lucille Cadeau, in Alan Ayckbourn's House and
Garden for Artists Repertory Theatre
in Portland, A part that required her to learn 45 pages of dialogue
in French and without any training or back ground in the language.
Last summer found her directing Bad Dates
for Salem Repertory Theatre. In addition to her professional career,
Brenda has been an esteemed member of the theatre faculty at Central
Washington University for over 16 years, where she serves as the
Head of Performance. In March 2009 she appeared as an Equity Guest
Artist performing the role of Amanda Wingfield in The
Glass Menagerie for Columbia Basin College. On June
12, 2009, her work as director will be showcased at the IFCC Theatre
in Portland, in the new, feminist performance piece that explores
the sexual fantasies of women, Inviting Desire,
which will tour to Canada over the summer appearing at three Fringe
Festivals. This production is produced by Dance Naked Productions
with creator/ actor/producer Eleanor O’Brien and ensemble.
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