Marcia began her career as an actress at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England.

Her first foray in to play writing was in the early 90's with the highly successful farce

WHO'S UNDER WHERE? (co-written with Douglas E Hughes) which has since

received more than one hundred productions in eight countries and five languages.

Also in partnership with Mr Hughes, she penned the popular whodunnit

A PARTY TO MURDER which premiere in 1996 and has subsequently enjoyed numerous

productions in Canada, the US and the UK and, a period-comedy entitled

TOO MANY COOKS, which premiered in 2003.

Working solo, Marcia was commissioned to write DISCOVERING ELVIS for Lunchbox Theatre

in Calgary in 1997. The play has since been produced a number of times throughout Canada

and the US. It was translated into French (A LA RECHERCHE D'ELVIS) where it has enjoyed

great success in various productions in Quebec and winning a Les Masques nomination for

best new play. Other writing credits include: THICKER THAN WATER (a CBC Radio Drama

commission, currently being re-written for hte stage as FOR THIS MOMENT ALONE)

FORGET ME NOT for Winnipeg Jewish Theatre's Ten by Ten new play festival and

PREACHING TO THE CONVERTER for ATP's Breif New Works. Most recently, with

assistance from Telefilm Canada, she has written a screenplay with Mary Colin Chisholm

entitled MIDDLETOWN, and is currently working on a new musical A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA

with collaborators Douglas E Hughes and Jonathan Munro.

In addition to writing and acting, Marcia is also an accomplished director.