Hello! I'm Amy Mahon

I have over 15 years of combined experience in professional theatre, video, and TV production. I have worked as a freelance stage and production manager, SEO writer, short filmmaker, photographer, script consultant and in nonprofit business development/fundraising.

 

I am currently doing theatre in the woods at The Winnipesaukee Playhouse and will be returning to Fort Lauderdale in August 2024, where I will be starting a new chapter in my career at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts as a Production Coordinator. I also provide regional theatre companies with photography services so they can promote their shows in print and on social media.

 

I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, went to college in North Carolina, and earned an MFA in film-television, screenwriting while living in Virginia. Currently, I reside in South Florida and am actively involved in the community. I serve as the Treasurer of the Board of the Nancy J. Cotterman Center (Certified Sexual Assault Program & Accredited Child Advocacy Center) and as the Secretary of the Board of the South Florida Theatre League. This alliance of theatre companies and professionals is dedicated to supporting and advocating for the growth of the South Florida theatre industry.

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Want to work with me? Great! Please include exact dates, rates, and if housing is provided, if applicable. Also, a lot of people don't tell me about themselves in their intro emails, but I think it's really useful. Tell me about yourself and your company.

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Some fun facts about me:

1. I am your grandma. I like strawberry bon bon candies and will give you some if you ask nicely.

2. I didn't go to my MFA graduation ceremony. I went to a punk festival in Richmond, VA instead. 

3. I studied screenwriting and have read hundreds of scripts but I will never forget the first time I attempted to read The Shawshank Redemption by Frank Darabont. I was so overwhelmed by how well he told a visual story through words that I had to stop a few times.

4. I once had a desk job that required me to be around dead bodies. I worked in a graduate health sciences admissions office and for some reason during Open House weekends I was in charge of unlocking and turning on the lights in the cadaver lab. The building had been purchased by the university from a meat packing company and in its renovation hadn't updated the electrics to have a light switch in the front of the lab, so you had to go all the way to the back to turn on the lights. One day I did and turned around to see 12 full-bodied dissection hoods laid out (which means exactly what you think it does). That was one of my last non-arts jobs I had before deciding that higher education administration wasn't the path for me, and I went back into the creative field.

5. I like to listen to stories as much as I love to tell them. Sharing stories is one of my favorite ways of getting to know a person.

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