Fina Macdonnel.  Photo by Michael Kruse

Fina MacDonell is a founder of and partner in Toronto props house Rabbit's Choice, but her early career included collaborating with Paul Thompson with the seminal Farm Show in Clinton ON.  In this this interview we talk about her early life in Manitoba and southwestern Ontario and the building of one of the most important props houses in Canada.  Fina was also honored this summer with the Dora Mavor Moore Silver Ticket award.

Manitoba Theatre Centre

Rainbow Stage

Fina's desk at The Rabbit's Choice

FLQ October crisis

Opportunities for Youth Grant Manitoba

The Patchwork Players

Paul Thompson

The Farm Show

Theatre Passe Muraille

Miles Potter

The prop shpo at The Rabbit's Choice

Anne Anglin

Janet Amos

Joan Littlewood

David Fox

Al Jones

Clinton, ON

Homemade Theatre

Phil Savath

Larry Mollin

Fred Mollin

Barry Flatman

Homemade TV

Dick Foran's Disaster Land

William "Bill" Fleming

Dick Foran's Holiday Cruise

Banff School of Fine Arts

A Dutchman

Young People's Theatre

Astrid Jansen

Mary Kerr

Don McGoldrick

Phantom of the Opera

Patrick Clark

Garth Drabinsky

Hrant Alianak

The Blues

Lucky Strike

Alma Mahler and Oscar Kokoschka

Standing Female Nude, by Storm Collective

Severn Thompson

Eda Holmes

The Little Mermaid

TAPA - Toronto Association of the Performing Arts

The Silver Ticket

Malcolm Black

Jacoba Knaapen