Dramaworks 2008 Instructors
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AKIKO AIZAWA
Teaches SITI Intensive
Akiko is a member of SITI Company. Selected credits include: Who Do You Think You Are, Radio Macbeth, Hotel Cassiopeia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, bobrauschenbergamerica, Intimations for Saxophone, La Dispute, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds - The Radio Play, Culture of Desire, Nicholas and Alexandra, Marina A Captive Spirit for SITI (all directed by Anne Bogart) and systems/layers (music by Rachel’s/directed by Barney O’Hanlon); The Trojan Women, Three Sisters and Dionysus (all directed by Tadashi Suzuki). Theatres/ Festivals include: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, Los Angeles Opera, New York Theatre Workshop, The Walker Art Center, BAM Next Wave Festival, Humana Festival, Australian Bicentennial EXPO, Biennale Bonn, Colombia International Theatre Festival, Edinburgh International Theatre Festival, MC93 Bobigny, and Toga International Theatre Festival.
DANA ANDERSEN
Teaches The Secret of Improv
Dana is a versatile comedian, actor, teacher, writer, director, and producer whose unique improv workshops have inspired students at Second City (Toronto, Los Angeles), Rapid Fire Theatre (Edmonton), Ken Campbell’s 36 & 50 Hour Improvathon, and LAMDA (UK). Dana began his career with Second City in Toronto, winning a Dora Award for Not Based on Anything by Stephen King, directed by Del Close. A part of the inaugural cast of Second City in Santa Monica, he has shared the stage with some of Hollywood’s premier actors. He is a founding co-creator and collaborator for Die-Nasty The Live Improvised Soap-Opera. Most recently, Dana was a writer/ actor for the upcoming television series Caution: May Contain Nuts (APTN).
MARIAN BRANT
Teaches Quiet Control: The Art of Stage Management
Marian is an instructor in the Grant MacEwan Theatre Production Program and Production Manager of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. She has been a Stage Manager with Canadian Actors’ Equity Association since 1974 and was General Manager of Concrete Theatre for the past six years. Featured credits include: The House of Pootsie Plunket, U.K. tour and All My Relations, Western Canada tour (Catalyst Theatre); Our Footprints, coast-to-coast tour (Headlines Theatre); the Second City Expo ’86, Western Canada tour; and Olympiad (The Citadel), presented at the Habitat Festival in Vancouver and the 1976 Cultural Olympics in Montreal.
TARA BRODIN
Teaches Game On!
Tara is a theatre artist and international workshop leader. She received her theatre training from the University of Alberta (B.Ed. Drama) and Grant MacEwan College (Theatre Arts). Tara is passionate about the art of improvisation and clowning and has studied extensively in Edmonton and New York City. She is currently writing her solo clown show, a resource guide for theatre educators, and a theatre book on the devising process with Debbie Kidd. This summer Tara is directing Don’t Make Fun of Jesus at the Edmonton Fringe Festival. www.tarabrodin.com
DAVE CLARKE
Teaches The Practicalities of Sound
Dave is a sound designer/composer, performer, writer, and co-founder of Edmonton’s generic theatre. Recent designs include Vimy (The Citadel), A Beautiful View (Theatre Network), and Planes, Trans and Automobiles (Guys In Disguise). Dave has been nominated for and received several Sterling Awards including Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp (Outstanding Musical Direction) and Mesa (Outstanding Sound with Peter Moller) for Workshop West Theatre, and Shakespeare’s Will (Outstanding Sound) for The Citadel. Dave has also received an Alberta Motion Picture Industry Award for the short film Staring at a Fearful Ocean. His live score for the silent film Sunrise played at the Metro Cinema in November 2007.
BRIAN DOOLEY
Teaches Character Mask
Brian has been involved in Canadian radio, television, film, and theatre for 25 years. As former Vice President Creative and Producer for Great North Productions, Alliance Atlantis, Brian oversaw the development and production of many original documentary and drama projects for LIFE Network, National Geographic, HISTORY Television, and Global. As an actor, Brian was nominated for a Gemini Award (The Boys of St. Vincent) and a Betty Mitchell Award (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Alberta Theatre Projects), and won two AMPIA Awards (The Beat). Brian has a long history in new play development and dramaturgy with organizations such as Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Factory Theatre, The Banff playRites Colony, and the National Film Board. He currently teaches neutral and character mask at the National Theatre School of Canada.
GREG DOWLER-COLTMAN
Teaches The Bigger the Better: Directing Large Ensembles
Greg is a member of the Arts Leadership Team and head of the School of Theatre at Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts where he teaches acting and directing. A graduate of the BFA Acting program at the University of Alberta, he has worked professionally at Catalyst Theatre, Northern Light Theatre, Theatre Network, and The Citadel, where he directed The Laramie Project in 2004 and was Assistant Director on Oliver! last spring. Directing credits at Vic include Seussical the Musical, A Midsummer Nights’ Dream, the Western Canadian premiere of Thoroughly Modern Millie and most recently, Annie. Greg has taught at Artstrek and Dramaworks in previous years.
TAMI DOWLER-COLTMAN
Teaches The Bigger the Better: Directing Large Ensembles
Tami holds a Master's degree in Educational Leadership and School Improvement and is currently the Principal of Virginia Park Fine Arts School in Edmonton. In 1998 Tami was a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, having played a major role in the position of Artistic Program Director during the revitalization of Victoria School to a K-12 School of Performing and Visual Arts. Tami has taught at the University of Alberta, Artstrek, Dramaworks, Theatre Network, and The Citadel. Throughout her career she has developed curriculum, taught numerous workshops, directed, adjudicated festivals, and served as a drama advisor and consultant.
LEON INGULSRUD
Teaches SITI Intensive
Leon helped to found SITI Company and has appeared in Orestes, Seven Deadly Sins (New York City Opera), Nicholas & Alexandra (LA Opera), bobrauschenbergamerica, Hotel Cassiopeia, and Who Do You Think You Are. Previous to SITI, Mr. Ingulsrud was a member of the Suzuki Company of Toga for seven years during which time he appeared in Homage to Homo Ludins, King Lear, Dionysus, Macbeth, Ivanov, and Greetings from the Edge of the Earth. Mr. Ingulsrud has taught in workshops and universities around the world, and holds an MFA Directing from Columbia University. In addition to directing, acting, and teaching, Mr. Ingulsrud has translated nine Japanese contemporary plays for English publication or production.
RON JENKINS
Teaches A Playwright Prepares: Workshopping Your Script
Ron is the former Artistic Director of Workshop West Theatre in Edmonton, where he directed the world premieres of Ron Chambers’ 17 Dogs, Mieko Ouchi’s The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye), and Vern Thiessen’s Apple. Ron has been honoured with five Sterling Awards for Outstanding Director: twice for The Black Rider (November Theatre, Theatre Network); Respectable (Workshop West); Steel Kiss, and The Horror, The Horror (Skid Theatre). Additional directing credits include My One and Only, Mesa, The Blue Light, and Ilsa, Queen of the Nazi Love Camp (Workshop West); Emperor of Atlantis (co-director, Edmonton Opera/Workshop West); Toronto at Dreamer’s Rock (Fringe Theatre Adventures); Burt (Shadow Theatre); and Eureka! (Skid Theatre). Ron has just completed a successful run of Bash’d by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow (Kill Your Television).
CAROLINE LIVINGSTONE
Tteaches Get Your Scene On
Caroline is thrilled to be a part of this year’s Dramaworks. Some of her favourite credits include A Dybbuk For Two (Northern Light Theatre); Stop Kiss (Kill Your Television); Marion Bridge (Sterling Award for Supporting Actress), Girl In The Goldfish Bowl (Sterling Award for Lead Actress), and Excavations (Theatre Network); Cruel Tears, Cosi, Wizard Of Oz (Globe Theatre); Elektra, The Abundance Trilogy, Songs For Sinners (Catalyst Theatre); Rough Crossing (Theatre Calgary); and Ten Times Two (Shadow Theatre). Caroline is the voice-over director and producer for BioWare, an Edmonton-based video game company. Mass Effect was her latest project.
NARDA McCARROLL
Teaches Creating the World of the Play
Narda is an Edmonton-based set, costume, and lighting designer. She has an MFA in theatre design from the University of Alberta. Her designs have been seen at numerous theatres including The Citadel, Alberta Theatre Projects, The Globe Theatre, Theatre Network, Workshop West Theatre (where she was the resident designer for five seasons), and the River City Shakespeare Festival (where she has designed costumes for the past nine seasons). Favorite designs include: Vimy (co-design, The Citadel), Vincent in Brixton (set/costume design, Alberta Theatre Projects), and Mary’s Wedding (production design, Workshop West, Keyano College, and Western Canada Theatre).
DAVID McNALLY
Teaches Hitting Your Mark
David is an Edmonton teacher, actor, director, and poet with a love for learning. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Ed), the National Theatre School of Canada, and has worked as a professional actor in theatre, radio, television, and film for twenty-five years. His love for the art of acting is insatiatable. Selected television and movie credits include: The Englishman’s Boy, The Secret of the Nutcracker, For the Love of a Child, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits, and Lonesome Dove. Selected theatre credits include: The Goat, The Weir, A Man for All Seasons, ROAD, Enigma Variations, and True West. David has taught at Victoria School for the Performing Arts, Red Deer College, and the University of Alberta.
BRADLEY MOSS
Teaches Get Your Scene On
Bradley is the Artistic Director of Theatre Network and the founder and producer of Nextfest — a multidisciplinary emerging artist festival. Bradley has worked as an actor and director across Canada. A graduate from the MFA Directing program at the University of Alberta, his most recent credits include: A Beautiful View, Closer and Closer Apart, the Sterling Award-winning new play Summer of My Amazing Luck (tour), Never Swim Alone (tour), True West, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, The Leisure Society, Hosanna, Marion Bridge, A Skull in Connemara, and the Sterling Award-winning glam rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, all with Theatre Network.
MARALYN RYAN
Teaches Acting: Making Connections
Maralyn has extensive experience as an actor, writer, director, teacher, designer, dramaturge, and mentor. As a stage actor for over three decades, she has performed in hundreds of plays both classical and modern. She has the distinction of bringing Maria Callas (Master Class), Georgia O’Keefe (A Faraway Nearby), Simone de Beauvoir (Tête-à-Tête), Vivian Bearing (Wit), Big Mama (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and Medea to the stage. With three Sterling Awards and fourteen nominations for excellence in acting, she has savoured every role. Maralyn has taught and directed at colleges and universities across the province. She founded the St. Albert Children’s Theatre and was Artistic Director there for ten years. She also directed the Foote Theatre School, the International Children’s Festival, and the Teen Festival of the Arts (The Citadel).