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Assistant Director, Lizard Boy

Taylor McQuesten is thrilled to join Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2024 season alongside her fellow Lizards! Production Stage Manager for Lizard Boy since 2021, (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s New Works Festival and Mainstage productions; Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, England; The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland), she returns this summer as Assistant Director. Taylor works internationally as a stage and tour manager, electrician, and stuntwoman. Select credits include eleven seasons at Tony Award-winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (Resident Production Stage Manager), Tour Manager for Evan Rachel Wood and Zane Carney’s band EVAN+ZANE, SF Sketchfest (Assistant Technical Director and Associate Production Manager), California Shakespeare Theater (Production Electrician), Presidio Theatre (Company Manager), Legion A/V (Head of Lighting), Playfaire Productions (Swordswoman), The Independent SF (Lighting Designer), Highlander Films (Production Assistant), American Conservatory Theater, Center REP, Cabrillo Stage, Hillbarn Theatre, and Magic Theatre. She also trains historic mêlée weapons at Davenriche European Martial Arts School under master swordsman, Sir Steáphen Fick.