14.15 Helen Lawrence Insert

helen lawrence P RO D U C TI O N SPONSOR

OC T 12 - NOV 2 , 2014 B LU MA APPE L TH E ATR E

CAST

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MARY JACKSO N

CRYSTAL BALINT I N S P EC TO R LEO NAR D P E R K I N S

GREG ELLWAND

CH I E F JAM E S M U LDOO N

RYAN HOLLYMAN H E N RY WI LLIAM S

STERLING JARVIS

A co-production with Canadian Stage, Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver, The Banff Centre, Stan Douglas Inc, Festival TransAmériques and Canada’s National Arts Centre, with contributions from Arts Partners in Creative Development, Presentation House Gallery, BC Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts.

CONCEIVED BY STAN DOUGLAS STORY BY CHRIS HADDOCK AND STAN DOUGLAS WRITTEN BY CHRIS HADDOCK D I R EC TE D BY

STAN DOUGLAS A S SOCIATE D I R EC TO R

SARAH GARTON STANLEY D R AMATU RGY

RACHEL DITOR MATTHEW JOCELYN SCE N E RY D E S I G N E R

KEVIN MCALLISTER

P E RC Y WALK E R

COSTU M E D E S I G N E R

NICHOLAS LEA

NANCY BRYANT

B U D DY B L ACK

LI G HTI N G D E S I G N E R

ALLAN LOUIS

ROBERT SONDERGAARD

E VA BAN KS

CO M P OS E R AN D SO U N D D E S I G N E R

AVA JANE MARKUS

JOHN GZOWSKI

HAR RY M ITCH E LL

SO U N D O P E R ATO R

HROTHGAR MATHEWS J U LI E WI NTE RS

HALEY MCGEE ROS E G EO RG E

EMILY PIGGFORD H E LE N L AWR E N CE

LISA RYDER

E DWAR D BAN KS

ADAM KENNETH WILSON

EMILY PORTER D I R EC TO R O F P H OTOG R AP H Y

BRIAN JOHNSON VI D EO P ROG R AM M E R

PETER COURTEMANCHE 3 D P RO D U C TIO N D E S I G N E R

STAN DOUGLAS LE AD 3 D ARTI ST

JONNY OSTREM 3 D ARTI STS

This performance runs approximately 90 minutes.

There is no intermission.

All cameras are operated live by the cast Musicians (recorded music): Bass; Andrew Downing, Drums; Davide Dorenzo, Piano; Dave Restivo, Baritone sax; Perry White, Tenor sax; Peter Lutek, Tenor sax; Mike Murley, Alto sax; Andy Balantine, Tara Davidson, Trumpet; Kevin Turcotte, Lina Allemano, Jake Wilkinson, William Karn, Trombone; Tom Richards, Guitar; John Gzowski.

MARTIN GILBERT PRAJAY MEHTA TRENT NOBLE VI D EO O P E R ATO R

JOEL ADRIA A S S I STANT VI D EO P ROG R AM M E R

MATT SMITH TECH N I C AL D I R EC TO R

ACE MARTENS

Stan Douglas’ involvement in Helen Lawrence is generously sponsored by David & Yvonne Fleck, The Hal Jackman Foundation and Adrian Lang & Ash Taylor.

STAG E MANAG E R

Special thanks to Kim Collier for her participation in the development of Helen Lawrence, and to Kelly Robinson for his dedicated support.

PETER JOTKUS

Produced with the generous support of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

JAN HODGSON A S S I STANT STAG E MANAG E R FI G HT D I R EC TO RS

PAUL GELINEAU JONATHAN PURVIS

CRYSTAL BALINT

GREG ELLWAND

RYAN HOLLYMAN

STERLING JARVIS

NICHOLAS LEA

ALLAN LOUIS

AVA JANE MARKUS

HROTHGAR MATHEWS

HALEY MCGEE

EMILY PIGGFORD

LISA RYDER

ADAM KENNETH WILSON

STAN DOUGLAS

CHRIS HADDOCK

SARAH GARTON STANLEY

RACHEL DITOR

MATTHEW JOCELYN

KEVIN MCALLISTER

NANCY BRYANT

ROBERT SONDERGAARD

JOHN GZOWSKI

BRIAN JOHNSON

JONNY OSTREM

JAN HODGSON

PETER JOTKUS

ARTISTIC & GENERAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE The making of Helen Lawrence, as with that of any truly innovative artistic adventure, has been a long and multi-faceted process, involving an exceptionally large number of collaborators who have been called upon to fulfill an exceptionally diverse number of roles. I would like to bring special attention to the collaborators in Stan Douglas’ studio who, over the past two and a half years, have laboured tirelessly not only to create the phenomenally detailed images you are about to see, but also to come up with the logarithms necessary for these images to be proportionally, directionally, and dramatically configured.

I would also like to bow my head to the actors who, beyond honing their craft to be simultaneously dimensioned to the stage and screen, have each dedicated endless hours to becoming camera operators of a truly professional standing.

The designers and technical crews all had similar challenges, and all proved themselves equally flexible, inventive, and resourceful. Without the commitment and dedication of all of these artists (on and off stage) to what was a highly unconventional development process, this production would never have seen the light of day.

MATTHEW JOCELYN - Artistic & General Director, Canadian Stage

CAST CRYSTAL BALINT - Mary Jackson

Crystal is thrilled to be making her Canadian Stage debut as part of such an incredible production and among such an accomplished cast. Previous selected stage credits include Into the Woods, A Chorus Line and most recently The Arts Club Theatre’s production of the musical Dreamgirls.

Crystal also continues to work extensively in film & TV, appearing in such shows as V, Psych, True Justice, Hellcats, The L-Word, Fringe, Supernatural, Continuum, Cedar Cove and Arctic Air. Crystal is grateful for this amazing opportunity and sends a special thanks to her cast mates, her supportive family and enthusiastic friends for their endless encouragement.

GREG ELLWAND - Inspector Leonard Perkins

Greg Ellwand trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal. His theatre credits include Democracy and A God in Need of Help at the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto; The Seagull for the Chekhov Collective; Greg Ellwand’s BREAD! and The Open Couple, which he also produced; Lord Peter Wimsey and The Winslow Boy at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre; The Miracle Worker and Kidnapped for the Young People’s Theatre, Toronto; and Inexpressible Island for Necessary Angel. He appeared in the musicals Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Show, Colours in the Storm and Showboat. His television credits include The Listener, Skins U.S.A., Covert Affairs and This Is Wonderland. His films include Four Brothers, Lucky Girl, One True Love and Eclipse. He is also a visual artist.

RYAN HOLLYMAN - Chief James Muldoon

Ryan’s stage credits include War Horse for Mirvish Productions; Possible Worlds for BeMe/TIFT; Andromache for Necessary Angel/Luminato ; The Mill Parts 1–4 for theatrefront; The Tempest for Theatre by the Bay ; Scratch for the Factory Theatre; A Good Idea, Sparta, Rochdale Project for Passe Muraille and Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Our Class (with Studio 180), Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and The Overcoat at Canadian Stage. Recent film and television credits include Murdoch Mysteries, Mayday, Republic of Doyle, Othello, Flashpoint, King, and The Shape of Rex. Upcoming: Moment for Actors Repertory Company.

STERLING JARVIS - Henry Williams

Sterling Jarvis’s theatre credits include Annie at YPT; The Whipping Man and Ruined for Obsidian Theatre, (Dora nomination for both); Clybourne Park for Studio 180, (plus Mirvish Production remount); Caroline, or Change for Acting Up Stage Company (Dora Award winner) ; We Will Rock You and The Lion King for Mirvish Productions; and Of Mice and Men and Crowns for Canadian Stage. Sterling’s film and television credits include Aaliyah: Princess of R & B, Rookie Blue, Suits, Nikita, Lost Girls, Life With Boys, Covert Affairs, The Border, The Bridge, The Sentinel and The West Wing. Twice nominated for a Juno Award, he has sung for The Blue Jays, The Raptors, The Toronto Maple Leafs and recorded the theme music for the television series Donkey Kong Country and Zoboomafoo.

NICHOLAS LEA - Percy Walker

Well, it’s been a while, but Nick couldn’t be happier about being back on stage and a part of Helen Lawrence! He is excited and proud to be working alongside this outstanding cast and production team in this extraordinary project. Nick’s stage credits include Fair Game (Arts Club), Bloody Business (Western Canada Theatre Company), and For What We Reap (Station Street). Nick is a SAG Award nominee and UBCP/ACTRA, Gemini, and Leo Awards Best Actor nominee. His TV and film credits include The X-Files, NYPD Blue, CSI: Las Vegas, V, Continuum, The Killing, Vertical Limit, Shattered, and Crimes of Mike Recket. Fun fact: he appeared on Saturday Night Live! Nick is grateful for the never ending support of his friends and family and longtime agent M.A. Nick would like to dedicate this performance to his hometown, Vancouver.

ALLAN LOUIS - Buddy Black

Allan Louis’s stage credits range from the reverent to the outrageous and include Baby It’s You on Broadway; The Education of Randy Newman at the ACT Theatre, Seattle; and Antigone, directed by Kate Whoriskey for South Coast Repertory, California. His television credits include Privileged, Chuck, Boston Legal, Invasion, Numb3rs, Cane, Days of Our Lives, Charmed, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS: LA, Person of Interest, CSI: Miami and A Gifted Man. His films include Stomp the Yard.

AVA JANE MARKUS - Eva Banks

Ava Jane Markus is an actor and producer based in Toronto. She performed in and co-produced the Canadian premiere of Terminus with Outside the March and Mirvish Productions, which has gone on to tour to The Yukon Arts Centre, The Belfry Theatre and The Centaur Theatre. Other credits include The Apology for Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP), for which she was nominated for a Betty Mitchell Award; Hunchback at the Vancouver Playhouse and Citadel Theatre; Mr.Marmalade for Outside the March at the Summerworks Festival; Communion for ATP; Julius Caesar at the Citadel Theatre; Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park, Calgary and Edmonton.

HROTHGAR MATHEWS - Harry Mitchell

Hrothgar Mathews has a recurring role in the Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. His notable theatre credits include The Wild Guys, Dancing at Lughnasa and Becky’s New Car for the Arts Club Theatre Company; The Wars at Theatre Calgary and the Vancouver Playhouse; and A Rare Day In June for the Alumnae Theatre Company, Toronto. He worked for Stan Douglas 20 years ago on Pursuit, Fear and Catastrophe: Ruskin B.C, and his previous collaborations with Chris Haddock include Da Vinci’s Inquest and Da Vinci’s City Hall. He has won Leo and Gemini Awards, as well as a Peabody Award.

HALEY MCGEE - Julie Winters

Haley McGee is a Toronto based actor and writer. She has toured her award-winning solo show OH MY IRMA to Edinburgh, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, NYC, Finland, Mongolia and Kosovo. OH MY IRMA debuted in Toronto at Passe Muraille. Recent acting credits include Dead Metaphor (Off-Mirvish/Cnd Rep), Moss Park (Passe Muraille/Green Thumb), The Public Servant (Theatre Columbus/GCTC), Having Hope at Home and Early August (Blyth), The Story (Theatre Columbus). As a playwright, she has developed work with the National Theatre School of Canada, Banff Playwrights’ Colony, Stratford Festival Playwrights’ Retreat, Tarragon Playwrights’ Unit and Battersea Arts Centre, London. Theatre Columbus commissioned and produced her new play Weather the Weather. Haley was a member of The Second City Conservatory and she holds a BFA in Acting from Ryerson University. Upcoming: The Other Place (Canadian Stage), Infinity (Volcano/Tarragon), The Public Servant (Theatre Columbus/GCTC/MagNorth).

EMILY PIGGFORD - Rose George

Emily holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria. Recent theatre credits include: SNAFU Dance Theatre’s Pretty Little Instincts (SummerWorks); Daniel MacIvor’s Inside, directed by David Ferry (Phoenix Theatre/Theatre Centre); Loyal Ronin: The Working Girls’ Version, directed by Mitchell Cushman (Canadian Stage’s Spotlight Japan Festival); and Rebecca Applebaum’s Complex, directed by Christopher Stanton (SummerWorks).

Emily is an Artistic Associate of Impulse Theatre, with whom she is developing a solo show, Ana. She also appeared in their latest production, Wolf In The Mirror, in Victoria this summer with the support of the BC Arts Council. Recent film/TV credits include Hemlock Grove, The Listener, Lost Girl, Spun Out, and Cracked as well as two films celebrated in TIFF this year: Pat Mills’ feature film, Guidance, and Slater Jewell-Kemker’s short film, Still.

LISA RYDER - Helen Lawrence

In the late 1990s Lisa Ryder co-founded and performed with Bald Ego Theatre, Toronto, with which her notable credits include Café Naked, Panting of the Victors and Put Me Away. Her other credits from that period include Possible Worlds for Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto; Insomnia for da da kamera, Toronto; Insignificance for Theatre Junction, Calgary; and Proposals for the Manitoba Theatre Centre and Mirvish Productions. Her more recent engagements include Zadie’s Shoes at the Factory Theatre, Toronto, and her recent television and film credits include Remedy, Cracked, Heartland, Alphas, Good Dog and The Story of Luke. She appeared in the cult series Jason X and made several appearances in The Newsroom for CBC, and Forever Knight. She is perhaps best known as Beka in five seasons of Gene Rodenberry’s Andromeda.

ADAM KENNETH WILSON - Edward Banks

Adam Kenneth Wilson is a Toronto-based actor best known for his portrayal of Charles Manson in the Gemini and Rose d’Or-nominated Manson. His television credits include appearances on Played, Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, The Listener, XIII, Flashpoint, Aaron Stone and Are You Afraid of the Dark?. His films include SUCK and the award-winning short films Good Looking and Ending the Eternal. His theatre credits include Terminus for Outside the March Theatre Company and Mirvish Productions, Toronto; The Life of Jude; and Cowboy Mouth. He voiced Alien Mysteries, Beyblade and By the Rapids, and he costars in the forthcoming television series 24 Hour Rental. Adam would like to thank Canadian Stage and Stephanie, without whom he wouldn’t be here.

CREATIVE TEAM STAN DOUGLAS - Concept & Story, Director, 3D Production Designer

Stan Douglas is a visual artist who lives and works in Vancouver and Los Angeles. His films, videos and photographs have been seen in exhibitions internationally, including Documentas IX, X and XI (1992, 1997 and 2002) and three Venice Biennales (1990, 2001 and 2005). A comprehensive survey of his work, Past Imperfect: Works 1986–2007, was mounted by the Württembergischer Kunstverein and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in 2007. In 2012 he was awarded the International Center for Photography’s Infinity Award and last year he won the Scotiabank Photography Prize. Between 2004 and 2006 he was a professor at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, and since 2009 he has been a faculty member of the Graduate Art Department of the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena.

CHRIS HADDOCK - Story, Playwright

Chris Haddock is a multiple award winning screenwriter, director and producer, internationally acclaimed for his Vancouver-based television drama creations Da Vinci’s Inquest and Da Vinci’s City Hall, and the cult favourite Intelligence. Most recently he served as the writer-producer on Martin Scorcese’s HBO production Boardwalk Empire, for which he was nominated for a Writers’ Guild of America Award. Helen Lawrence is the result of his collaboration with his long-time friend Stan Douglas, and is his first exploration of theatrical drama. He is currently writing and developing films and television dramas in Canada and abroad.

SARAH GARTON STANLEY - Associate Director

A native of Montreal, Sarah Garton Stanley now lives in Ottawa and Kingston. Her credits for Canadian Stage include The Taming of the Shrew. She founded the Baby Grand Theatre, Kingston, and co-created Women Making Scenes in Montreal and Die in Debt Theatre in Toronto (a company dedicated to large-scale, site-sympathetic work). Formerly Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times, she teaches at NTS and is an Adjunct at Concordia University, Montreal. Her recent directing credits include Beatrice and Virgil, adapted

by Lindsay Cochrane’s from the novel by Yann Martel, at Factory Theatre and We Keep Coming Back, and The Book of Judith with Selfconscious Theatre. Sarah is the Artistic Director of TheSpiderWebShow and the Associate Artistic Director of English Theatre at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa.

RACHEL DITOR - Dramaturg

Rachel Ditor is the literary manager at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver where she commissions and develops plays for production with the company. Rachel began work in new play development in 1992 at Playwrights Workshop Montreal and has since worked in the field with companies across the country including the National Arts Centre, Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre, a faculty dramaturg at the Banff PlayRites Colony, and Playwrights’ Theatre Centre. Also a freelance director, an adjunct professor at UBC teaching dramaturgy, author of articles on dramaturgy, and editor of The Arts Club Anthology: 50 Years of Canadian Theatre in Vancouver (Playwrights Canada Press). She’s a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Rachel was awarded the Bra D’Or by the Playwrights Guild of Canada in 2012 for her work in premiering and promoting the work of women playwrights.

MATTHEW JOCELYN - Dramaturg

Born in Toronto, Matthew Jocelyn studied at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick; McGill University, Montreal; the Université d’Aix-en-Provence; and the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. After three seasons directing for the opera studio of the Paris National Opera, he spent ten years as Artistic and General Director of the Atelier du Rhin, Colmar which he established as one of France’s primary centres for theatre, opera and contemporary dance. In 2008 he was appointed a Chevalier in l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Theatre crédits include L’annonce faite à Marie by Paul Claudel (Prix du Souffleur for best production in Paris), Macbeth by Shakespeare, The Architect by David Greig, Our Country’s Good and The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Opera crédits include La clemenza di Tito by Gluck, Reigen

by Philippe Boesmans, l’Étoile by Emmanuel Chabrier, (Opéra National du Rhin), Le Roi Arthus by Ernest Chausson, Die Frau Ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss,(Opéra Royal de la Monnaie), Lucia di Lammermoor (Oper Frankfurt). He has also written libretti for the opéras Le bal and Requiem for a Nun by Oscar Strasnoy, and is currently writing the libretto for Hamlet by Brett Dean for the Glyndebourne Festival, England. In 2009 he was named Artistic & General Director of Canadian Stage.

KEVIN MCALLISTER - Scenery Designer

Kevin McAllister’s recent theatre credits include Singin’ in the Rain, The Gifts of the Magi and Amadeus for the Chemainus Theatre Festival, British Columbia; Xanadu and Glengarry Glen Ross at the Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver; Sisters at the Gateway Theatre, Vancouver; The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, As You Like It and The Merchant of Venice for the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, Vancouver; and The Magic Flute for Vancouver Opera. His current projects include the exhibition Rewilding Vancouver at the Museum of Vancouver; A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Bard on the Beach; and Equivocation for the Belfry Theatre, Victoria, and Bard on the Beach. He was the associate designer of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and his theatre work has earned nine Jessie Award nominations.

NANCY BRYANT - Costume Designer

Nancy Bryant was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and studied at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver. Recipient of 12 Jessie Awards, she has designed for numerous dance companies in Canada, as well as for the Nederlands Dans Theatre, the Ballet de Monte Carlo, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Dance Theatre of Harlem and, most recently, The Tempest Replica for Kidd Pivot. Her notable theatre credits include The Overcoat, Tear the Curtain! and The Constant Wife. She has designed numerous productions for the Arts Club Theatre, Canadian Stage, the Shaw Festival, the Vancouver Playhouse and the Belfry Theatre, Victoria. Her designs for Pacific Opera include Der fliegende Holländer, Rodelinda and The Rake’s Progress. Her costume design credits for film include Snow White, The Legend of Earthsea (for which she won a Leo Award) and The Snow Queen.

ROBERT SONDERGAARD - Lighting Designer

Based in Vancouver, Robert Sondergaard has worked for companies in all areas of entertainment.

His credits include dance productions by Kidd Pivot, the Royal Swedish Ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theatre, Ballet BC, Movent and the 605 Collective; ceremonies for the Arctic Winter Games, the United Nations World Urban Forum and the 2007 Canada Winter Games; music events including the Rankin Family’s Canadian tour and Barrage’s Vagabond Tails world tour; attractions at Legoland in Florida and California; the television specials Anne Murray: Friends and Legends

and the 21st Annual Gemini Awards; and the films Catwoman and Deck the Halls. He is also a production designer, his notable credits including the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games and the Halftime Show of the 100th Grey Cup of the Canadian Football League.

JOHN GZOWSKI - Composer & Sound Designer

The composer, sound designer, musician and instrument maker John Gzowski has played the banjo for opera in Banff, studied Carnatic classical music in India and played the oud and the guitar in jazz and folk festivals throughout Canada and Europe. His theatre work, which uses live music, acoustic instrumentation, foley and electronic sources, has won him five Dora Awards and another seven nominations, and includes nearly 200 productions for such companies as the Shaw Festival, Luminato, Mirvish Productions, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Dancemakers, Red Sky, Tarragon, the Factory Theatre, and the Young People’s Theatre, Toronto. He has played on numerous recordings, including recent releases by Patricia O’Callaghan, Tasa, Autorickshaw and Maza Meze. He has run Canada’s first microtonal group, touring the country playing the works of Harry Partch; he has composed and performed with several new music groups and was the coArtistic Director of the Music Gallery, Toronto.

BRIAN JOHNSON - Director of Photography

Brian Johnson has received numerous awards and accolades for his work as a director and cinematographer. He has exhibited at such festivals as the Toronto International Film Festival and the Clairmont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. He has won two Golden Sheaf Awards and two Leo Awards, and has been nominated for a Gemini Award for his work as a cinematographer on feature films such as On the Corner, The Delicate Art of Parking and Camera Shy. His current projects include writing and directing a feature film about troubled youth in the Pacific Northwest for Screen Siren Pictures.

PETER COURTEMANCHE - Video Programmer

Peter Courtemanche creates custom technologies that enable artists to explore aspects of sound, video, film and gadgetry that are not readily accessible. As an artist and programmer, he uses new technologies and ideas in a way that is not tied to any particular form or medium. He was Media Director at the Western Front contemporary art centre, Vancouver, from 1997 to 2007. He has worked with numerous artists to create film and video installations, wearables (embedding electronics in clothing and accessories), network art, sound sculpture and large-scale museum pieces. He has worked with Stan Douglas for many years, developing technologies for film and video installations.

JONNY OSTREM - Lead 3D Artist

Jonny Ostrem graduated from the Emily Carr University, Vancouver, in 2010 and now works as a visual and technical artist in the Canadian film and interactive industries. He won a Leo Award in 2012 for his work as a 3D artist and set designer for the short film The Tron Lebowski. Last year he served as the lead artist for the iOS app Circa 1948, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Stan Douglas.

JAN HODGSON - Stage Manager

Canadian Stage credits: Tear the Curtain! (Electric Company and Arts Club), Studies in Motion, The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge (Electric Company), and The Overcoat. Past season’s credits: Tour of Helen Lawrence to Germany and Scotland; The Tragical Comedy of Punch and Judy (Caravan Farm Theatre); Jack and the Beanstalk: An East Van Panto (Theatre Replacement and The Cultch); The Great Gatsby (Theatre Calgary).

PETER JOTKUS - Assistant Stage Manager

Peter’s career has taken him to many of the country’s regional theatres including: the Vancouver Playhouse (14 consecutive seasons), Pacific Opera, The Belfry, Theatre Calgary, The Citadel, MTC, Factory Theatre, Opera Atelier, NAC, Centaur, and the Stratford and Shaw Festivals. Canadian Stage credits include: The Overcoat (National and International tours), Wit, and The Threepenny Opera. Recently at the Arts Club, he stage managed David Sedaris’s The Santaland Diaries, and was the Assistant Stage Manager on Next to Normal. Peter has had a long-time association with The Banff Centre and was the Assistant Director for the Canadian Music Theatre Ensemble and the Program Coordinator for the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Training Program. Peter is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada.

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