Herstory

Madeline started acting in musicals at the age of 10 (The Artful Dodger, Oliver!) and, save for a few pauses along the way for degrees, never stopped. Her professional acting history is largely in theatre but she’s added film/television/commercial and voiceover work more recently. She is as adept at larger-than-life characters as she is at subtle, honest portrayals . Madeline has sung jazz professionally for many years, plays guitar and ukelele, and also writes her own (mostly sad) music.

Most recently, Madeline brought the Scottish Mrs. Pearce to life across the country in Bartlett Sher’s National Tour of My Fair Lady. Other recent roles include Sister/Stella Rondo/Papa Daddy/Uncle Rondo in Why I Live at the Post Office, Miss Hannigan (Zoom production of Annie!), Clairee Belcher (Steel Magnolias), Eva Peron (Evita),  Elaine Fitzpatrick (Five Women), Professor Faber (451), Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing), Slightly Soiled in Peter Pan, and Dr. Livingstone (Zoom production of Agnes of God).  Madeline also ran her own small theatre company, Hands-On Theatre, which performed participatory world folktales for children. As a performer, she has a penchant for  bringing interesting characters of any gender, magical and/or transformative (animal, vegetable, or mineral!), to life when she finds opportunities to do so.

Madeline has filled out her performance life with 2 years of PEACE CORPS Service (Kenya, 1986-1988), Masters degrees in theater and clinical psychology, raising a salt-of-the-earth young man named Jason McGeeney, and professions as a teacher/director and therapist. She is service-oriented and has volunteered for organizations like Unchained at Last, Meals on Wheels, and Musicians on Call.