Marcia Johnson began her career in 1983 as an actor on an episode of CBC-TV�s Hangin� In. Her main focus was theatre, working with companies such as the Grand Theatre in London, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Manitoba Theatre Centre and The Theatre Centre in Toronto.Her first play, in which she also acted, was You Look Great Too as part of the Rhubarb! Festival at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto in 1995. This was followed by Perfect on Paper at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001 and was adapted for radio on CBC�s Sunday Showcase. Other radio dramas include Wifely Duties for Sounds Like Canada and Say Ginger Ale for the Round-Up.Later productions include Binti�s Journey,… an adaptation of the teen fiction novel, The Heaven Shop by Deborah Ellis (Theatre Direct/MTYP) and Late, an original piece produced by Obsidian Theatre Company.Marcia also wrote the libretto for the short opera My Mother�s Ring with composer Stephen A. Taylor for Tapestry New Opera�s Opera to Go.