The best defence? The one that earns you your degree! I'm pleased to announce that I have been awarded my Master of Fine Arts in Drama- specializing in Playwriting, from the University of Calgary. It was a very busy two years, during which I was able to immerse myself in my studies while also getting [...]
Today is the first Wednesday in three months I'm not hitting the stage in Rosebud with the cast of Little Women. What a gorgeous crowd! Thanks Rosebud! From Left, Standing: Shauna Murphy (Piano), Devon Hunter (Dresser), Steven Morton (Mr. Brooke/Braxton/Flute), Jocelyn Hoover Leiver (Meg/Clarissa), Grant Tilly (Professor Baehr), Cassia Schmidt (Jo), Joel Stephanson (Mr. Laurence/Knight), Grace [...]
IT's BACK!!! And my play, "A DIRE WARNING FROM THE FUTURE THAT MUST NOT BE IGNORED!" was selected as one of five plays to be read as part of Alberta Playwright's Network at the Calgary Fringe. The reading happened on Monday Aug 5th at 1pm. Below is more information on the event: Come check out [...]
I am someone who loves my summer theatre. When I was in Ontario I was amazed by how many summer theatres were running, not just at the big festivals like Stratford and Shaw, but also all of the "Ports and 'Burgs" some of which I performed at (Port Dover) and some where I had works [...]
As the culmination of my Master's Degree in Playwrighting, I had the opportunity to write a new musical, THE BOOK OF JOAN. In this musical within a play (though as I wrote it, it became more a play and a musical running together) a Christian University’s drama department hires a group of local theatre professionals to work [...]
Tickets are going fast for Jekyll and Hyde, and soon there will be only two weeks left of the run, so get those tickets if you'd like to come!
Well, this is going to be fun! I've been cast in this the above production, a North American premiere of an adaptation by Nick Lane (a script that I love). I'm looking forward to treading the boards once again in my hometown of Calgary, it's been awhile. Hope you can make it, tickets are available [...]
Jillian Rees-Brown, Michelle Nash, Allison Crowe, and Brandon Lee Carabin. Photo by Mandy Keeping The summer has wrapped up for Bingo Ladies at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival in Cow Head NL! I was lucky enough to make it out for opening night, and the talent there was incredible. Thanks to the actors, artists, and all [...]
Meet Thor, the Bingo Troll! He's very excited (and so am I) that he’s heading out for his fifth production of Bingo Ladies, this summer at the Gros Morne Theatre Festival in Cow Head NL! Will Thor hike the Tablelands? Take the boat tour of Western Brook Pond? Perhaps a dip in the ocean at [...]
As part of my MFA in playwrighting at the University of Calgary, I needed to write a pre-thesis play. In consultation with my supervisor we thought, "why not a musical?" On April 4th and 5th I was given the opportunity to workshop a truncated version of this new musical with a 45 minute staged reading [...]