Arts·Q with Tom Power

Jessica B. Hill made her Stratford Festival dreams come true

The award-winning Canadian actor and playwright sits down with Q's Tom Power to discuss her meaty new roles in three plays at Stratford this season.

The award-winning Canadian actor and playwright is appearing in three plays at Stratford this season

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Jessica B. Hill in the Q studio in Toronto. (March Mercanti/CBC)

When Jessica B. Hill was a kid, she saw a play at the Stratford Festival that she found so inspirational she wrote the word "Stratford" on a piece of paper and put it on her ceiling. Now, she's an award-winning actor and playwright who's appearing in three plays at Stratford this season: As You Like It, Sense and Sensibility and Dangerous Liaisons. Hill sits down with Tom Power to talk about her life in theatre, her meaty new roles, and her own play about Shakespeare's alleged muse and collaborator, Emilia Bassano.

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Interview with Jessica B. Hill produced by Ben Edwards.