Director Trish Egan
Trish Egan serves as Associate Artistic Director for Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre
Company. With over 30 years experience on and offstage, she has performed in
theatres from Oregon to Texas as well as overseas.
Ms. Egan become an East Metro resident two years ago, which led to her
commitment to Mr. Hood Repertory Theatre Company and theatre in the East Portland
Metro area. Her recent Portland acting credits include Mrs. Barker in Profile Theatre Project's
American Dream, Dean Kenney in CoHo Productions' Spinning Into Butter, Ariel in
Tygres Heart's The Tempest, Zofia in Tongue of a Bird for MediaRites and Queen
Margaret in Stark
Raving Theatre's Richard III (for which she was awarded a Drammy for Best
Supporting Actress). Other local credits include Wings for Profile Theatre Project,
Calphurnia in Julius Caesar at Tygres Heart, and Feste in Twelfth Night
for Epicurean Productions. Outside Portland, she has performed in A Pirate's
Lullaby, You Can't Take It With You, Merry Wives of Windsor,
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, and Night of the Iguana.
Also a director, her local directing credits include The Anger in Ernest
and Ernestine, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Driving Miss Daisy,
Trifles, Fifth of July and The Actor's Nightmare, as well as
Inherit the Wind for Mt. Hood Rep's summer 2002 festival.
She studied with Uta Hagen at the
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. where she was a
national finalist in the Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and holds a Master of
Fine Arts degree in Directing from the University of Portland.
Director Trish Egan
