| Lynda Adams — Curriculum Director |
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Lynda celebrates her 20th year as part of the Artstrek team and her 12th as Artstrek’s Curriculum Director. Lynda has a Master's degree from the Laban Centre of Dance and Movement in London, England. She has taught in the theatre programs at the University of Alberta, Grant MacEwan College, Douglas College, and the University of British Columbia. Lynda was the artist-in-residence at Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts in Edmonton for 13 years and is currently a full-time faculty member in the Theatre Studies program at Red Deer College. |
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| Daniel L. Hall — Administrative Director |
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Daniel has been involved with summer programming for teens for over 30 years as a student, supervisor, instructor, and administrative director. His love of theatre and educating young people has kept him returning to this valuable program. When Daniel is not administrating Artstrek he can be found performing in Shadow Productions’ interactive murder mysteries, directing musicals, adjudicating drama festivals, and conducting workshops. Daniel is the Director of Fine Arts at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School just outside of Calgary, where he recently directed Oliver! and Our Town with his students. Daniel is thrilled to be exploring The Importance of Being Earnest with the Artstrek team. |
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| Karen Goerzen |
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Karen has been a drama/technical theatre teacher for more than 25 years. In that time she has written curricula, led workshops, and directed in a wide variety of theatre styles from Shakespeare to Stoppard to Ionesco. Recent shows include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Thirteen Hands, The Miracle Worker, Our Town, and Ready Steady GO. Currently teaching drama at Lord Beaverbrook High School in Calgary, Karen is eagerly awaiting Artstrek, ready for the fun to begin. The Importance of Being Earnest is a romp not to be missed. |
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| Karen Johnson-Diamond |
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Karen has performed with many Alberta theatre companies including Theatre Junction, Vertigo Theatre, Quest Theatre, Ghost River Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, Lunchbox Theatre, Theatre Network, and Ground Zero Theatre. She has been an instructor with Quest Theatre’s Artist in Residency program for 11 years and also co-produces the improvised soap opera DIRTY LAUNDRY. Karen received the 2005 Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role. Karen’s writing credits include Ghost River Theatre’s award-winning An Eye for an Eye (co-writer) and CBC Radio’s Absolutely Alberta (co-writer and voice of Gail Fleck). Karen lives in Calgary with her husband Kevin and son Griffin. |
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| Alice Nelson |
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Alice is an actor, clown, improvisor, producer, writer, and artistic bohemian. She graduated from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. Alice has worked with Evergreen Theatre, Green Fools, Trickster Theatre, Shakespeare in the Park, Quest Theatre, Theatre Prospero, and Young New West, and she is a company member with Loose Moose Theatre where she recently produced and directed A Night at the Grand Guignol: Theatre of Terror and Laughter. Alice attends expeditions to Africa with the international organization Clowns Without Borders, performing clown shows to children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. |
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| Eric Rose |
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Eric is a Calgary-based freelance director, creator, dramaturg, and educator who has had the pleasure of working in theatres across Canada and internationally. He recently completed a 4-year stint as Theatre Calgary’s Artistic Associate where he was the director/curator for the Petro-Canada New Play Initiative: FUSE. He is the founding Artistic Director of Invisible Elephant Performance, an ensemble-based company that creates daring and original performance. Recently, Eric led Invisible Elephant into Alberta’s Badlands to create Something to do With Death — a devised performance piece inspired by Sergio Leone’s epic spaghetti western films. This past summer he traveled to Ghana to teach and direct at the Nima Maamobi Community Learning Centre. Eric is a Playwright in Residence at Alberta Theatre Projects and directed Thornton Wilder’s Our Town for Theatre Calgary’s 2007/08 season. |
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| Roger Schultz |
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Roger is a busy set, costume, and lighting designer and educator. Based in Edmonton, he has had close association designing for Theatre Network, The Citadel Theatre, Teatro La Quindicina, Mayfield Dinner Theatre, Shadow Theatre, Workshop West Theatre, St. Albert Children’s Theatre, Keyano Theatre, and L’Unithéâtre, as well as Prairie Theatre Exchange and Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg. Though he only has a single, lonely Dora Award nomination, he does have multiple Sterling Award nominations and wins to compensate. Roger holds a BFA in Theatre Design from the University of Lethbridge and an MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Alberta. |
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| Ryan Sigurdson |
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Ryan is an Edmonton-based musician, actor, and vocal coach. A Grant MacEwan College graduate, Ryan has appeared in musicals at The Citadel Theatre (Cabaret), Mayfield Dinner Theatre (Evita), Leave it to Jane Theatre (Saturday Night, Floyd Collins), and Concrete Theatre (Mary Jane Mosquito). Ryan was Musical Director for the St. Albert Children’s Theatre on shows such as Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Just So. Ryan has received three Sterling Award nominations for musical compositions: Eros and the Itchy Ant (Teatro la Quindicina), A Dybbuk for Two People, and Water’s Daughter (Northern Light Theatre). This past spring Ryan attended Canada’s National Voice Intensive. |
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| Glenda Stirling |
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Glenda is a Calgary-based freelance director, playwright, choreographer, and movement instructor at Mount Royal College. She has happily worked her way across the country many times and has the suitcases to prove it. Directing credits include Rabbit Hole, Vincent in Brixton, Get Away (Alberta Theatre Projects), Music for Contortionist (Sage Theatre), Wait Until Dark (Vertigo Theatre), Blood Relations (Mount Royal College), Lillibet (Ship’s Company Theatre), Cheek to Cheek (Lunchbox Theatre), The Mercy Seat (Ground Zero Theatre) and New Canadian Kid (Quest Theatre). In 2003 Glenda participated in the Shaw Festival's Emerging Directors Program where she directed Ways and Means, and returned to Shaw the following year to assistant direct and choreograph Floyd Collins. She has also choreographed for Springboard Dance and received a Betty Mitchell Award for Best Choreography for Dolphin Talk (Quest Theatre). |
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| Kevin Sutley |
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Kevin is an Edmonton-based actor and director whose company (Kill Your Television) has produced several award-winning productions (Monster, subUrbia, Stop Kiss, The Glass Menagerie, Shakespeare’s R & J) and a number of award-nominated plays (Fool For Love, This Is Our Youth, STANDupHOMO). Other credits include 3...2...1 (Magnetic North Festival), Mules (Bent Out of Shape Productions), The Grapes of Wrath (Studio Theatre) and Picking Up the Pieces, a play written and performed by inmates of the Edmonton Institution. Kevin received two Sterling Award nominations for Outstanding Director for his productions of Monster and Shakespeare’s R & J. He has taught acting and directing for The Citadel Theatre, Theatre Alberta, and the University of Alberta, where he is associate professor at Augustana Campus. |
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| Karen Towsley |
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Karen has taught drama in Calgary and Fort McMurray for more than twenty-five years! As Artistic Director of the Wayawitmayihk Theatre Company she looks forward to many productions in her new theatre-in-a-basement. Karen has an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta, a Provincial Excellence in Teaching Award, and is the proud recipient of an Alberta Centennial Medal. She is the Alberta Regional Director for the Canadian Improv Games and teaches improv workshops across the country. Karen is looking forward to her 8th summer at Artstrek — she loves working with committed students using a team-teaching and script-based approach to drama exploration. |
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| David Wilson |
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David (B.Mus, M.Mus) is a singer, conductor, voice teacher, yoga instructor, and breath therapist. He has served as Artistic Director for the Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players, Spiritus Chamber Choir, Debut Opera Society, Edmonton Recorder Orchestra, and Vocal Alchemy. David founded the professional chamber choir SPIRITUS, with whom he won the 1999 International Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award for their first CD Crossing Bridges. He was also honoured with the Alberta Choral Federation's 1999 Con Spirito Award for outstanding choral activity in Alberta. In October 2004, David was invited to the Évora Cathedral Music School in Portugal to present his Master’s thesis, Manuel Cardoso of Portugal. In addition to his busy vocal studio and singing with the Edmonton Opera, David’s 2007/08 season included conducting The Mikado with Sherard Musical Theatre. |
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