Tombstone to my career

Currently:

• Retired

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Recent Activities:

• Following Covid 19 isolation recommendations and living a quiet life

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Other, Less Recent Activities:

• September 2016 - June 2017 completed a nine month contract as "Fill-in Production Manager" for the University of Alberta's Drama Department while Gerry van Hezewyk was on sabbatical.
• During winter/spring of 2017 was involved with Catalyst Theatre's new work "Fortune Falls" which played at Alberta Theatre Projects in Calgary and the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton as well as the tour of "Vigilante" to the Grand Theatre in London Ontario, Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
• Provided Site Services for the 2016 Edmonton Pride Celebrations
• Provided Site Planning Services for the 2016 Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival
• Assisted Catalyst Theatre with "All Our Unworldly Possessions" at the Citadel Theatre
• Assisted Bumbershoot Theatre with set construction for the last two shows of the 2015 season and the first four shows of the 2016 season
• Production Manager/Technical Director for Catalyst Theatre's
  
  which was presented in March 2015 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.
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• Production Manager/Technical Director for the Arts and Culture component of the
  
  
  that were held in Prince George BC in February 2015.

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• Production Manager for Catalyst Theatre's production of
  which played the Westbury Theatre in Edmonton, the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre and West Vancouver's Kay Meek Centre, during February and March of 2014. - recently, I provided production consulting services for the New York producers of the off Broadway production which ran at the New World Stages in 2015.

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• Provided Technical Production Services for the UBC-O Creative Studies Department's Theatre 26 which is a student run theatre company presenting works at both the University Theatre and the Rotary Club Performing Arts Centre's Mary Irwin Theatre (winter/spring 2014).
  

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• Set Construction Coordinator for "Just for Laughs" On Tour
  which played the Jubilee Auditorium on Nov. 15th, 2013

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• Production Manager / Technical Director for Workshop West Theatre's production of
  

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  Local Technical Director for the Brian Webb Dance Company's 2012-2017 Seasons

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  Production Manager / Technical Director for the Theatre Yes production of "The List", which played at the Westbury Theatre of the Arts Barns, November 2012.

• Site Manager for the Calgary Cultural Capital "Sweet City Lip Dub" video shoot on Calgary's Olympic Plaza
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  Production & Operations Manager, Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival, Edmonton's Sir Winston Churchill Square (Aug. 2012 and 2013)

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  Technical Director for Calgary 2012's "Sweet City Celebrations", which took place Friday May 11th at Hall D of the BMO Centre-Stampede Park in Calgary.

• Production Manager for Workshop West Theatre's production of "Beowulf the King" which played at La Cite Francophone April 12th - 29th 2012

• Production Manager for Catalyst Theatre's production of "Hunchback" which premiered at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton during March 2011 after an initial run in Fort McMurray's Keyano Theatre.
  This production then played at the Vancouver Playhouse in (Feb., 2012) and holds the dubious honour of being the last show to be presented by that company before closing its' doors for good.
  
• Production Manager for Catalyst Theatre's production of "Nevermore" which played Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon (October 2011), Vertigo Theatre's Playhouse in Calgary as part of the High Performance Rodeo (January 2011),
  the New Victory Theatre in New York, NY, (October/November 2010),
  the Barbican Theatre in London, England (July 2010) and
  the Arts Club's Granville Island Theatre, co-presented by the 2010 Cultural Olympiad, the Cultch and the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (January 2010).
  "Nevermore" played the Studio Theatre at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa as part of the Magnetic North Festival and
  The Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto as part of the Luminato Festival (both in 2009).
  It premiered in Fort McMurray and at Catalyst Theatre in 2008.
• Production Manager for
  "Motown Meets Vegas" which played at the Jubilee Auditorium in Sept., 2011.

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Professional Development:

I have completed all seven courses at MacEwan University's School of Business' Project Management - Professional Development Certificate program:

• The Basics of Project Management
• Project Communications and HR Management
• Project Risk Management Strategies
• Project Procurement Management
• Project Integration and Close-out
• Project Quality and Scope Management
• Project Time and Cost Management

as well as:

• Microsoft Project - Levels 1 and 2
• Web Design and Development II

and the

• Instructional Skills Workshop

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Other projects over the last few years:

• Production Manager for Catalyst Theatre's production of "Frankenstein" which played the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto (presented by the Canadian Stage Company) in May 2010, the Yukon Arts Centre - Whitehorse, the Max Bell Theatre - Epcor Centre - Calgary (Co-presented by One Yellow Rabbit and Theatre Calgary as part of the 23rd annual High Performance Rodeo), Persephone Theatre - Saskatoon, the Vancouver East Cultural Centre (as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival), the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre and the Eric Harvie Theatre - Banff Centre for the Arts

• Technical Director for the University of Alberta's "Festival of Ideas" production of "Orfeo" presented in the Citadel's MacLab Theatre ('08)

• Site Coordinator for The Leading Edge Running Club's - "RunWild" Marathon ('11, '12, '13, '14 & '15).
• Production Coordinator for Events Edmonton's "New Years Eve Downtown" and "A Taste of Edmonton" ('09 and '10).

• Site Manager for The Works Art and Design Festival's Sir Winston Churchill Square pavilion ('03, '04 and '08)

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Occasionally I have been involved with contracts which take me away from home for extended periods (in both cases these were interim contracts to fill in for positions which had been unexpectedly vacated and the companies needed time to post and interview for replacements):

• From December 2002 until April 2003 I was in Vancouver working for
  the Arts Club Theatre Company as Technical Director at the Stanley Theatre.
• During the fall of 2001, I completed a nine week contract as Production Manager for
  The Manitoba Theatre for Young People in Winnipeg.

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In 2004 I provided technical production services for
Catalyst Theatre's Australia/Eastern Canada tour of
"The Blue Orphan"

Scott Theatre Adelaide, Australia - Capitol Theatre Moncton, NB - The Playhouse Fredericton, NB - Imperial Theatre St. John, NB - Maine Centre for the Arts, Orono, Maine - Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts Markham, ON - Heritage Theatre, Brampton, ON - Gryphon Theatre, Barrie, ON - Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts,Oakville, ON - Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON - Centre for the Arts, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON - Kiwanis Theatre, Chatham, ON

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Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Calgary), University Theatre (Lethbridge), Red Deer College Arts Centre, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Edmonton), Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium (Brandon), Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium, Saskatchewan Centre for the Arts (Regina), Key City Theatre (Cranbrook B.C.), Kelowna Community Theatre, Port Theatre (Nanaimo), The Royal Theatre (Victoria), The Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Vancouver), Hummingbird Centre (Toronto), Chrysler Theatre (Windsor), Hamilton Place, National Arts Centre, Capital Theatre (North Bay), SSM Community Auditorium (Sault St. Marie), Thunder Bay Community Auditorium, Centennial Auditorium (Winnipeg)

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Back in the 1990's

I was Production Manager for the Edmonton Fringe Festival ('94 - '98).
Prior to that, Technical Director ('93) and Venue Manager ('92).

(I was a Venue Technician in 1991)

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Other past clients not mentioned anywhere else in this document:

• Phoenix Theatre ( "Angels in America Part 1", Timms Centre, Production Manager)
• Sulyma Productions ("The Nutcracker", National Arts Centre, Technical Director).
• Winter Garden Theatre (acted as temporary Technical Director while full time person was on holiday)
• Theatre Network (PM/TD for the construction of scenery under the banner of Stylecraft Inc.)
• Stage Polaris (PM/TD for a few seasons)
• Vohon Ukrainian Dance Ensemble (a short tour with a few stops between Edmonton and Winnipeg)
• Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation (opening of The Winspear Centre '97 - Site Coordinator Sir Winston Churchill Square)
• Fort Edmonton Park (produced a site map for them)
• Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club (site crew for the Heritage Classic)
• Edmonton Chante (produced a site map for them)
• Fireworks Marketing Group (coordinated a couple of advertising campaigns in the Edmonton area for them)
• Toronto Skydome (helped develop spreadsheets to speed up IATSE payroll following concert presentations)
• Edmonton Eskimo Football Club
• How Scenic Inc.
• Omni Consulting & Supply (providing sound system installations for arenas, community halls and churches in rural Alberta)
• Shaw Cable
• Platinum Moonlight
• West Edmonton Mall
• Gala Productions (Production Manager for the 2005 Canadian Mining Awards at the Winspear Centre)
• Edmonton Pride Festival Society (I produce a site map for this annual event)
• Krave Inc. (I have provided Site Coordinator services on a couple of events for this company).
• Big Green Hat Productions Inc. (Transportation Coordinator 2004 Canadian Country Music Awards)
• Art Gallery of Alberta (produced a drawing for use by special event clients)

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Starting in the 70's...

I am a graduate of Toronto's
Ryerson University, with a certificate in
Theatre - Technical and Production option.

Prior to graduating in 1980, I worked as:

Assist. Stage Manager (Tarragon Theatre)
Studio Manager (The Bedford Studios)
Head Carpenter (Blyth Summer Festival)

I also ran a small cooperative scenery and woodworking shop in the Queen and Spadina area of downtown Toronto.

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During the summer of 1980, while working as Lighting Designer / Head Electrician for the Blyth Summer Festival, I met Dwight Griffin the then Production Manager of Winnipeg's
Manitoba Theatre Centre who was visiting summer stock companies in search of new recruits.

As a result of taking the time to give the stranger who had "wandered" into the lighting booth a tour around the theatre, I found myself working in the fall as the Assistant Technical Director (working under Ron Kresge) of MTC's 950 seat house in downtown Winnipeg.

Shows I worked on while at MTC

Billy Bishop Goes to War, Jitters, Balconville, Grease (a coproduction with the Citadel Theatre), The Elephant Man, As You Like It, Betrayal, Macbeth, Bent, 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt

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Learning the ins and outs of cross country moving...

Later that season Mr. Griffin moved to the in Ontario and offered me an opportunity to follow him.

I then spent the next three seasons ('81, '82, '83) Assisting Kent McKay who was the Technical Director of Scene and Staging for the multi million dollar festival.

During this time I worked on many spectacular productions (see list below) including a production of "The Mikado" which toured across North America as well as being presented at the Old Vic Theatre in London by Mirvish Productions.

I also enjoyed the opportunity to work with many directors and designers both national and international, as well as taking shows from the Stratford stages to The Royal Alex Theatre, Toronto Free Theatre and the studios of CBC.

Shows I worked on while at The Stratford Festival:

1981 - The Misanthrope, HMS Pinafore, Coriolanus, The Taming of the Shrew, The Rivals, The Comedy of Errors, The Visit and Wild Oats

1982 - Julius Caesar, The Mikado, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well, Translations, Damien, Arms and the Man, Mary Stuart, A Variable Passion and Blithe Spirit

1983 - Macbeth, The Gondoliers, As You Like It, Richard II, Blake, Damien, The Mikado, When That I Was . . ., Irene Worth: Virtuoso Performances, The Country Wife, Tartuffe, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing and Death of a Salesman

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I left Stratford in the fall of 1983 to join the Vancouver Playhouse as Assistant Production Manager.

One notable Second Stage production that I worked on while at the Vancouver Playhouse was the premiere of
Tom Wood, Nicola Cavendish and Bob Baker's "North Shore Live", which won the 1984 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Original Play.

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The campus in the clouds...

Towards the end of the Vancouver theatre (read that as "rainy") season, an opening became available at the Banff Centre in sunny Alberta.

The Theatre Complex was looking for a Technical Director who had experience mounting productions across a wide range of disciplines as their Summer Festival included an Opera, a Ballet, a Musical and a Drama (conferences and special events were also a part of the day to day activities of that very busy campus).

I was the Technical Director at the Banff Centre from '84 - '87. Throughout that time, in charge of a 950 seat theatre as well as two studio theatres. The 1985 season included a pre-dawn production of "Princess Of The Stars"(shown here).

Set against the backdrop of MT. Rundle, the story was told through the use of large, mechanical puppets mounted on canoes and played out on the glacier fed waters of Two Jack Lake (musicians were hidden in the trees along the shore).

Amazingly, huge crowds from the surrounding campsites would gather on each of the mornings that this one of a kind production played. My favorite memory from that time was the advice offered me by the local folks of the Bow Corridor who wanted to make sure that I knew that "you are not supposed to stand up in a canoe".

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Returning to the man made mountains...

In January 1988 I left Banff to take up the position of Technical Director for The Canadian Stage Company in Toronto which had been formed by the merger of Centre Stage and Toronto Free Theatre

The new company continued to produce shows at The St. Lawrence Centre, The Berkley Street Theatres and the annual "Dream in High Park".

Shows I worked on while at the Canadian Stage Company:

1989 - 1990 - Our God's Country by Wertenbaker, The Trial of Judith K. by Sally Clark, The Show off by George Kelly,The Legend of Avro Arrow by Clinton Bomphrey, Fire by Paul Ledoux and David Young, Breaking The Code by Whitemore, The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Good Night Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald

1988 - 1989 - Woyzeck by Buckner, A Map of The World by David Hare, Donut City by Douglas Rodger, Odd Jobs by Frank Moher, Hunting Cockroaches by Glowaki, Three Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, 1949 by David French, Yesteryear by Joanna Glass, Bougeois Gentlemen by Moliere, What The Butler Saw by Orton, Incognito by Desrosiers Dance Theatre, Blood Brothers by Willy Russell, The Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, Valentine Brown by Susan Cox

1987 - 1988 - B-Movie, The Play by Tom Wood, Nothing Sacred by George F. Walker, Jitters by David French

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I worked with Canadian Stage until April of 1990.

At that time I began freelancing as a Production Manager / Technical Director.

My most notable contract before leaving Toronto in January 1991 was for
The Toronto International Film Festival, (at that time called the Festival of Festivals) during September 1990 as Venue Manager.

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