- Professor Emeritus of Creative & Performing Arts
I research the practice of contemporary theatre performance through acting, directing, coaching and devising performance. I am especially interested in the creativity of the actor, and I have particular expertise in the use of masks in actor training and performance.
In directing, I have focused on the reinterpretation of plays from the modern theatre for contemporary audiences. The modern Russian theatre has been an area of particular interest.
Recent work includes:
Actor-- Bitter Medicine by Clem and Olivier Martini, Toronto Summerworks Festival, August, 2014
Mask Coach—Masks, Madness and Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Stratford Festival of Canada, August, 2014
Upcoming:
Director—Bloody Poetry by Howard Brenton, Reeve Theatre, University of Calgary, November, 2014
I teach acting to advanced-level undergraduates. In this work, process takes precedence over immediate result; we investigate how technique and the creative imagination support one another in the creation and interpretation of works for the theatre.
At the graduate level, I teach a course that investigates the creative and communicative practices of collaborating artists as they conceptualize theatre works together.