MacDonald works as a director, actor, educator, and dramaturge for new Canadian stage plays.
[3] His work as a director includes productions at the Stratford Festival (Julius Caesar), the Shaw Festival (The Old Ladies), the Canadian Stage Company (Fire, Much Ado About Nothing and As You Like It), the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (A Few Good Men and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily) and over 15 productions at Edmonton's Citadel Theatre (Clybourne Park, Vimy, God of Carnage and Venus in Fur).
He played the main role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Citadel Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol from 2011–2015.
He is a regular guest instructor/director for the University of Alberta's BFA Acting Program[4] and teaches workshops in Shakespearean text[5] and the audition process.
MacDonald is a former national Councilor for the Canadian Actors' Equity Association, and former Secretary of the Edmonton Performers' Branch of ACTRA.