Mary Margaret Hughes – Blog
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Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson Apt. 2B
Imagine if you will, a young woman on a journey to ye olde London Towne (St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin) to perform as if she were a detective in ye olden days (2023). You would have a pretty good mental image of my role in Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson Apt. 2B by Kate Hamill as…
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Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait marks my post grad Nashville debut, and what a fun one it was! Circle Players is the oldest community theater in Nashville, and Heaven Can Wait is actually the first play they ever produced. It was such a full circle moment to be able to perform that same show 75 years later.…
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Macbeth
In the Spring of 2023, I spent a semester in London, England, at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts on their Classical Acting Short Course. It is a course focused on Shakespeare’s work taught through a conservatory style training program. In the mornings we took a variety of classes in various topics and…
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Silent Sky
Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson is a beautiful play based off of the true story of Henrietta Leavitt, the woman who discovered the first method to accurately measure the distance of stars from Earth. The search for fundamental truths is the heart of this play, both about the universe and the lives we lead in…
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Romeo and Juliet
My first role of 2025 was playing Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at the Great Nordic Shakespeare Festival! It was so wonderful to be able to return to Shakespeare after a while, and it reminded me how much I love classical work. I love taking the time to analyze and pick apart each phrase and…
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Men on Boats
In this inventive comedy about a 1869 expedition down the Colorado River, I played Hawkins: the team’s chef, comedic relief, and heartthrob. Men on Boats is a true ensemble piece brought to life with the movement guidance of Kathryn Cesarz and Jesse March, who taught us new skills in pantomime and Suzuki. We traversed treacherous…
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Love Letters
My first experience on a film set was one close to my heart! Love Letters is a short film all about the ups and downs of sisterhood. I have an older sister myself, and got to play out this story with one of my close friends playing my on screen sister. I learned so much…
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The Wolves
This staged reading of The Wolves by Sarah DeLapp kept us on our toes, and on top of each other’s words! The fast paced play is an incredible representation of young women in the 21st century. I had the privilege to play #13, a spunky 16 year old who feels not to far off from…
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Who Might You Be?
My final collegiate project was a devised movement piece exploring what makes a person themselves and how we hold memories in our identities. It was one of the most fulfilling processes of my entire educational experience. Through exploration of Viewpoints by Anne Bogart, the small ensemble spent three weeks diving into our relationship between movement…
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Heck!
Looking at these images, you may be asking yourself “What the hell?” I would encourage you instead to ask “What IN Hell?” For that is a question I can answer: The Devil Herself! Not only the Devil herself, but also her many devoted minions! Including the adorable Clementine (myself), the orange little weirdo from the…
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