Faculty & Staff, Theatre at UBC:
We take great pleasure in introducing our dedicated faculty and staff:
Professors:
ROBERT GARDINER, B.A. (California State, Sacramento), M.F.A. (Washington) has designed scenery and/or lighting at numerous theatres, including the Arts Club (Vancouver), Charlotte Martin (Seattle), Organic (Chicago), Belfry (Victoria), Gateway (Richmond), and Centaur (Montreal). He has also worked as a director, technical director, stage carpenter, scenic artist, and actor. His designs have been included in a number of exhibitions, including the Canadian National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial in 1998, and have received several Jesse Richardson Awards. He's a former board member of Associated Designers of Canada, and a member of both the United States and the Canadian Institutes of Theatre Technology. His artistic practice participates in the conversation between imagistic design and the creation of new English-language theatre, particularly investigating the role of interactive technologies in live performance. He has also an ongoing involvement with arts and culture policy and development for western Canada. Professor Gardiner continues to pursue his artistic and civic engagements during his administrative leave (July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008).
website:http://www2.arts.ubc.ca/TheatreDesign/rgdes
email: rag3@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
JERRY WASSERMAN, B.A. (Adelphi), M.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Cornell) is Professor of English and Theatre and Acting Head of the Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, specializing in modern drama and theatre history with particular interests in Canadian theatre and acting for the camera. His books include Modern Canadian Plays (2 vols.), now in its 4th edition, Twenty Years at Play: A New Play Centre Anthology, Theatre and AutoBiography: Writing and Performing Lives in Theory and Practice, co-edited with Sherrill Grace, and Spectacle of Empire: Marc Lescarbot’s Theatre of Neptune in New France. He also wrote and hosted Modern Canadian Theatre, a 12-hour telecourse for BC’s Knowledge Network. Wasserman has published widely on modern drama, modern fiction, and blues literature. He reviewed theatre for CBC radio for 17 years and is currently theatre critic for The Province newspaper in Vancouver. He sits on the board of Playwrights Theatre Centre and the Canadian Theatre Critics Association, and has more than 200 professional acting credits for stage and screen (see www.imdb.com).
email: jerrywas@interchange.ubc.ca
website: www.vancouverplays.com
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Associate Professors:
CATHY
BURNETT, B.A. (Utah), M.F.A. (Boston) teaches movement and
dance. She has choreographed many productions for the Pink Ink Theatre,
Citadel Theatre, Workshop West, and the University of Alberta, and
has experience as a performer and dance instructor.
email: cburnett@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
BOB
EBERLE (Production and Stage Management) has extensive experience
in all aspects of technical theatre - production, design, and construction.
He has also worked in film and television and as Production Manager
of the Vancouver Children's Festival.
email: beberle@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
RONALD
FEDORUK, BFA (Calgary), MFA (Victoria) teaches Scenography
and has over 25 years' experience designing for theatres throughout
Western Canada, specializing in Scenography for New Scripts. He is
a member of Associated Designers of Canada, a founding member of the
Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology, and is Canada's representative
to the International Design Commission of O.I.S.T.A.T.
website: http://foundations.arts.ubc.ca/fedoruk/folio/
email: rfedoruk@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
ALISON
GREEN, B.F.A. (Brit. Col.), M.F.A. (Brit. Col.) member
of Associated Designers of Canada, Set and Costume Designer
for major
theatre companies in Vancouver, Victoria and Ontario. Has worked
previously as designer for Radio-Canada Television and film
companies in Montreal.
email: agdesign@interchange.ubc.ca
website: http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/agdesign/
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
STEPHEN
HEATLEY, B.A. (Brock), MFA (Alberta) is
the current Chair of the Theatre Program and teaches acting
and directing. He spent twelve seasons as Artistic Director
of Edmonton's Theatre
Network where he directed over thirty world premieres. Most recently
he was Associate Artistic Director of the Citadel Theatre in
Edmonton
and has directed for other companies in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon,
Toronto, Blyth, and Victoria. He has taught courses at Brock
University
and the University of Alberta.
email: sheatley@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
STEPHEN
MALLOY, B.A. (York/Ottawa), B.A.
Honours Directing (Ottawa), M.F.A. Directing (Victoria). A member of the Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing since 1989, Stephen Malloy is nationally recognized for his brilliant interpretation of dramatic text and innovative style of directing modern classics for the theatre. Malloy’s study of the dramatization of the family and its inherent blood connections have led him to explore the links between ancient Greek theatre, Irish drama (in particular Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel) and the work of contemporary American playwright Sam Shepard.
A prolific writer, musician, director, dramaturg and actor, Professor Malloy was appointed to the University of British Columbia in 1989, having been the co-founder and Artistic Director of the influential Coming Attractions Theatre Company since its inception in 1980. Partnered with producer Gerald Lunz (producer of This Hour has 22 Minutes, Made in Canada and Rick Mercer), Professor Malloy directed cutting edge theatre such as Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love at the National Arts Centre and the Canadian premiere of Bent by Martin Sherman. Professor Malloy co-wrote a touring production with Maureen Labonte (Literary Manager, Shaw Festival) for Ontario’s Penguin Theatre Company. Malloy’s award-winning play, Fallin’ in Love, has been produced by theatres in Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
Malloy’s video projects include directing a professional dance video for Cathy Kyle (Toronto’s Dancemakers), and several music videos for Jealous Monk records, which hav been distributed internationally. Malloy recently received funding from SSHRC, HSS and Theatre at UBC to direct a short film based on Prairie playwright Mia Martin’s script White Skates. His upcoming production of Samuel Beckett’s Catastrophe for the 2006 Beckett Centenary was awarded a grant from Culture Ireland.
Professor Malloy studied acting at York University, completed a BA Theatre Honours in Directing at the University of Ottawa and holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Victoria. He is a former member of the Advisory Board for Canadian Actors Equity Association, and currently serves on the Hampton Committee at the University of British Columbia. Professor Malloy is recognized for the quality of his graduate students and is in high demand as a graduate supervisor. He is the Coordinator of the MFA Directing Program at UBC and teaches in the BFA Professional Acting Program.
email: malloy@interchange.ubc.ca
website: www.theatre.ubc.ca/portfolio/malloy
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
GAYLE
MURPHY, B.F.A. (Calgary), M.F.A. (York) teaches voice
and speech in the BFA Acting Program. She has acted professionally
in
Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Edinburgh and has taught voice and
speech at the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School, Simon Fraser University's
School for the Contemporary Arts, Studio 58 and the Canadian National
Voice Intensive. She has also led voice workshops for professional
actors and dancers in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Montreal and Bangkok.
email: gmurphy@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Assistant Professors:
KIRSTY
JOHNSTON, B.A.(Queen’s),
M.A.(U. Toronto), Ph.D. (U. Toronto), specializes in dramatic literature
and theatre history with particular interest in representations of
illness on stage. Other research interests include Canadian theatre,
multicultural theatre, disability arts and early cinema. She has
published articles on theatrical strategies for representing mental
illness and contemporary Canadian dramaturgy.
email: kirstyj@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
TOM
SCHOLTE, BFA, MFA (UBC) Tom is a nationally recognized actor in
the realms of theatre, film, and television. Among his numerous screen
credits are a Genie nominated and Leo winning performance in the feature
film LAST WEDDING, a Gemini winning performance on DA VINCI'S INQUEST,
and a Leo winning performance in the short film EXPOSURES. On stage,
he is a two time Jessie nominee who has appeared for such companies
as Vancouver's Pi Theatre, Ruby Slippers and Arts Club Theatre Company,
Toronto's Modern Times Stage Company, and Whitehorse's Nakai Theatre.
As a director he was a founding member of Neworld Theatre and is the
founder and artistic director of Theatreshop. He has previously taught
acting for stage and screen at the Vancouver Film School, Lyric School
of Acting, and the University of British Columbia.
email: tscholte@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Emeritus Professors:
ERROL
DURBACH, M.A. (Rhodes), M.A. (Cantab.), Ph.D. (London). (Theatre
History, Dramatic Literature) is author of Ibsen the Romantic, A Doll's
House: Ibsen's Myth of Transformation and many articles on modern,
comparative, and Commonwealth drama.
email: edurbach@interchange.ubc.ca
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
NEIL FREEMAN, M.A. (Nottingham),
was trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His awards include
the John Geilguil Scholarship; USA National Endowment of the Arts
Major Artists's Fellowship; the Joseph G. Green Fellowship from York
University, and a minor Scholarship from SSSHRC. He worked with the
Will Geer Theatre, British American Drama Academy, The National Theatre
School, the Centre for Actors Study, the National Voice Intensive
and the Stratford Festival.
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
IAN PRATT was the Technical Director of the Frederic Wood Theatre from 1974 to 2003, contributing to more than 150 stage productions.
In addition, he was the Technical Director of the Vancouver International Children’s Festival for its first 24 seasons; co-founder and first TD of Cirkids (the Vancouver Children’s Circus); TD/SM at the WildHorse Theatre, Fort Steele, for 13 seasons and at the Palace Grand in Dawson City for three.
A long-time member of the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology (CITT), Ian was active in workplace health & safety regulation for the performing arts including WCB regulation revue and BC electrical certification as well as Federal gun control and pyrotechnics regulations. He was a founder of SHAPE (Safety & Health in Arts Production and Entertainment) and sat on the Performing Arts Steering Committee and the Board of Directors of that organization.
Ian is a recipient of the “Frannie” Award from the Canadian Institute of Arts for Young Audiences and the Dieter Penzhorn Memorial Award from the CITT. He is a member of the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame.
email: ianpratt@interchange.ubc.ca
KLAUS STRAUSSMAN
STANLEY WEESE
JOHN WRIGHT
John Wright holds a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre from UBC and an MFA in directing from Stanford. His film work includes TV dramas, and docu-dramas, a feature film (The Visitor, starring Eric Peterson) and documentaries, most recently Children of Bach (CBC/Bravo). In 1988 he joined the faculty at UBC, chairing the graduate program in Film Production, and from 1996 to 1999 he was Head of the Department. Notable stage productions John directed at UBC included Sophocles’ Antigone, his own version of The Beggar’s Opera, and Errol Durbach’s adaptation of Peer Gynt.
Motivated as always by the resonance of classic works in the modern world, John founded Blackbird Theatre in 2004, a professional company dedicated to performing the classics, and directed the inaugural production of Schiller’s Mary Stuart, followed by Pinter’s The Birthday Party (with co-director Henry Woolf) and the professional premier of the Ibsen/Durbach Peer Gynt. Next season he will direct his fourth production of a Greek tragedy, Euripides’ Hecuba.
NORMAN YOUNG
Adjunct Professors:
Norman Armour
Susan Bertoia
John Cooper
Rachel Ditor
Skai Fowler
Pam Johnson
Colleen Lanki
Glynis Leyshon
David Mackay
Jayson McLean
Bill Millerd, CM
Adrian Muir
Malcolm Page
Patrick Pennefather
Melissa Poll
Sarah Rodgers
Gerri Sinclair
John Webber
Sessional Lecturers:
Jean
Driscoll-Bell
Sandra Ferens
Neil Freeman
Elia Kirby
Michelle La Flamme
Hallie Marshall
Jill Wyness
Administration & Staff:
Janet Bickford, Properties
email: fwprops@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-2918
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Lynn Burton, Properties
email: fwprops@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-2918
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Jean Driscoll-Bell,
Costumes
email: jeandb@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-2677
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Jim Fergusson, Stage Carpenter
604-822-0757
email: scenic@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-0757
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Don Griffiths, Stage Carpenter
email: scenic@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-0757
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Jay Henrickson,
Manager, Technical Theatre Production
email: henrick@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-0050
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Tony Koelwyn, Box Office Assistant
email: theatre@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-2678
Carol Lai, Financial Clerk
email: carollai@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-3723
Faculty of Arts directory: www.arts.ubc.ca
Linda Fenton Malloy, Theatre at UBC Website
email: lmalloy@interchange.ubc.ca
website: www.lindafentonmalloy.com
Ian Patton, Manager, Communication, Audience Services and Technology
email: ian.patton@ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-0923
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Deb Pickman, Manager, Marketing and Communications
email: deb.pickman@ubc.ca
telephone: 604-319-7656
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Karen Tong,
Program and Graduate Secretary
email: fwtheatr@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-3880 (Ext. 0)
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Gerald Vanderwoude,
Business Manager
email: program@interchange.ubc.ca
telephone: 604-822-2571
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