 Her innovative campaign strategy, including the use of a guerrilla theatre play called "Revolution Mall Style", drew praise and attention.Her mother, Elaine MacDonald, was an NDP candidate in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections in the redistributed riding of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

MacDonald's second play, "A Clockwork Gorbachev", won the Hart House Playwrighting Award in 2000 and the Robertson Davies Award For Playwrighting in 2001.She began to pursue her musical interests, and joined The Hidden Cameras, with whom she has performed since 2001.