Meet Ron Reed, the Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Theatre, the resident theatre company of the intimate theatre space in the Chalmers Heritage Building at 12th and Hemlock. Ron founded PT in 1984, and the company has resided in its current digs since '94. They have received an epic 75 Jessie nominations since then. Ron… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Ron Reed
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This One Goes to Eleven: Carole Higgins
Carole is the Artistic and Managing Director for one of the city's most vital companies: Carousel Theatre for Young People, which has been turning kids onto the magic of performing arts for 35 seasons. She started her career with a BFA in acting from SFU, and performed across British Columbia before taking the Carousel reins.… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Carole Higgins
This One Goes to Eleven: Jessie van Rijn
I am convinced that to nurture a future audience for theatre - all theatre - we need to get 'em while they're young. In Vancouver, this is where Carousel Theatre comes in. General Manager Jessie came to Carousel via the Chemainus Theatre Festival on Vancouver Island with a BFA in Dramatic Arts from the U… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jessie van Rijn
This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Park
If you want to be a good actor you need to be continuously acting. This is the lesson I've learned over the past 4 years from watching Steve Park; as an actor in my ensemble, as a TV/film actor, and as an acting instructor at the Lyric Studios and the Vancouver Film School. Steve is… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Stephen Park
This One Goes to Eleven: Dave Deveau
It's always a pleasure to feature young and determined local playwrights on TOGtE. With a BFA from York and an MFA from UBC, Dave's not just sitting around waiting for someone to stage his work. He created Zee Zee Theatre together with partner Cameron Mackenzie, and they just finished a successful run of his new… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Dave Deveau
This One Goes to Eleven: Emma Luna Davis
Emma is the true picture of Arts Administrator as Rock Star. With a MA in Arts and Media Management in a European Context from the Utrecht School of the Arts and a Theatre BFA from UBC, together with years of Stage Management and Logistics Coordination under her belt, she exemplifies the passion required on the… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Emma Luna Davis
This One Goes to Eleven: Bill MacDonald
Meet a true vet of the Vancouver stage (and screen) scene. Bill's been wielding and teaching his craft for over two decades, and he's still going strong. His work in the recent Fringe production Matters Domestic with Nancy Sivak was universally praised. Bill can swing between gravitas and hilarious in a single beat, he's got… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Bill MacDonald
This One Goes to Eleven: Marci T House
Please meet the unstoppable force that is Actor Marci T House. Marci relentlessly works on her craft all over Vancouver stage, TV and film, seemingly popping up in something everywhere I turn. And she finances her habit by doing a little architecture on the side. She is onstage right now as Viney in the Playhouse… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Marci T House
This One Goes to Eleven: Jeff Hyslop
A Vancouver native, Jeff is a Canadian gem with a packed career as a musical theatre actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director already behind him, and still going strong. I remember seeing Jeff years ago in the titular role in the Canadian touring production of The Phantom of the Opera, and he was most recently… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Jeff Hyslop
This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
From his Wikipedia page: Denis is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, songwriter, writer, director, judge and humanitarian. (He is involved in charitable work with Aids organizations, and hosting local events.) The original bass vocalist for The Nylons, he left the band to appear in the Broadway musical Indigo before they became commercially successful. He… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Denis Simpson
This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
Greg Bishop is a hustler, in the best sense of the word. His company, Eye Heart Productions continues to roll with new and provocative work, and through it he is bound and determined to establish a new model for independent theatre funding, one that relies on business stratagems over the time-honoured grant-driven engine. And in… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Greg Bishop
This One Goes to Eleven: Janet Munsil
One of the true forces of nature at work over on lovely Vancouver Island. In addition to being an acclaimed playwright, Janet has been the organizer of the Victoria Fringe for the past 18 years. She sits as the Fringe's Artistic Producer, and organizes year-round theatrical events, like Uno fest and Intrepid's Presenting Series. We're… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Janet Munsil
This One Goes to Eleven: Darien Edgeler
Out in the wild, far reaches of Deep Cove (an epic 8 minute drive from downtown, an invisible accessibility discussed previously on TOGtE) there thrives a burgeoning theatre community grinding away tirelessly throughout the year. It was there that we first met Darien, preparing to be seen in his own work Seasons, directed by Wendy… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Darien Edgeler
This One Goes to Eleven: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
Tara is a theatrical force of nature, busy hammering out a viable niche for dance-theatre in Vancouver. She's been dancing since the age of 3, went to ballet school and theatre school, and earned a degree in dance from Simon Fraser University. She worked with Green Thumb Theatre as a dance/actor. She is now the… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg
This One Goes to Eleven: Max Reimer
A native Vancouverite, Max returns to the West Coast from a 12-year stint as the Artistic Director of Hamilton's Theatre Aquarius to take on the newly created role of the Playhouse's Artistic Managing Director, a hybrid of two previous administrative tent poles. He will rely on his varied history as a theatre artist - as… Continue reading This One Goes to Eleven: Max Reimer
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