About Dauphne Maloney
Renaissance Teaching Artist and Education Assistant Dauphne Maloney, well-known for her work with youth theatre in the North Central Ohio area, is a director, costume designer, educator and actor. She is the founder and director of the award-winning Mansfield Youth Theatre (MY Theatre); is youth theatre director at the Mansfield Branch of the Ohio State University; and served as the director of the Mansfield Playhouse Youth Theatre for more than 20 years. Dauphne has lived in the Mansfield area for most of her adult life, and has worked with numerous community, educational and arts organizations. She is Theatre Arts Instructor for Pioneer Career and Technology’s Performing Arts/Entertainment Marketing Program. In August of 2012, Dauphne was one of thirty teaching artists nationwide to participate in the four-day National Seminar for Teaching Artists, developed and hosted by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She and her late husband, Michael, have three children.