Rhoda Mary Felgate MBE (1901 – 1990) was an Australian speech and drama teacher and theatre director.

Her parents were Alice Maude (born Willson) and her husband Gordon Felgate and they emigrated to Australia while she was still a baby.

Felgate believed that, with her teaching skills, she could found a new company for improving amateurs who would perform important plays.

[1] In 1948 the company found its first location in a large building on Wickham Terrace where it occupied two floors; the upper for play rehearsal and the lower for teaching.

She continued her association as its Patron[1] while Joan Whalley took over as the artistic director of Twelfth Night Theatre.