- Awarded: Outstanding Performance Actress -Lead Role– Jessie Richardson Award (Mambo Italiano)**
- Published: FUTURISTI paper presented at International Conference Futurist Drama + Dramaturgy
- Nominated:Outstanding Performance Actress - Supporting Role– Jessie Richardson (Over the River…)
- Awarded:Gordon Armstrong Theatre Artist Award(Jessie Richardson’s Award)
- Canadian Association for Theatre Research, Ottawa, ON. Co-Presented Paper: Multicultural Theatre – BellaLuna Productions(w/ Francesca Marini)
- International Conference Futurist Drama + Dramaturgy, University of Toronto.Presented Paper: Legacies of Futurisim and Contemporary Interpretations of Futurist Drama in the BellaLuna and UBC Theatre Production of FUTURISTI (published 2011)
2020
Guest Lecture in UBC Theatre Course THTR 325A: History of Canadian Theatre
Curious Through IT (director/devisor) On-going Collaboration with myself
Creative Teens at Arts Club Theatre - Vancouver
Hosting JEREMY JAMES WORKSHOP
AXIS THEATRE MASK WORKSHOP www.axistheatre.com/professional-workshops
2019
Isle dell'Arte (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Bicycle Thieves (actor) at PuSh International Performance Festival; Dir/Composer: Joelyca Pankanea
Rewire (script consultant/movement direction) Some Assembly Theatre (RHYTAG); Dir: Valerie Mathot
Inside the Mask (teacher) ArtStarts initiative; Burnaby, BC: Drama Teacher: Joan McLeod
Project Memory (teacher/devisor) ArtStarts initiative; Smithers, BC; Teacher: Liliana Pesce
Powell River Festival of the Arts (adjudicator)
Langley Fine Arts School (residency instructor)
Commedia Dell'arte Intensive - Pt. Grey Academy(Grade 9s) and St.Johns's IB School
Physical theatre consultation/direction for production of 'Antigone' - South Ridge Academy
Isle dell' Arte: Commedia Performance October 17-19 Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre (UBC)
ABCDE Conference (Oct 25-26) at SFU, School for the Contemporary Arts www.bcdramateachers.com/fall-conference.html
Physical Theatre Intensive: MEADOWRIDGE Secondary School, Maple Ridge - with Senior Acting Class
Surrey ACT IE Drama Festival - January 23rd - Adjudicator at the Bell Centre for the Arts, Surrey BC
PROJECT MEMORY: Original Performance created with Grade 5 students from Muhiem Elementary, Smithers BC with seniors form The Meadows,
PANTOLAND Theatre Replacement theatre summer classes for kids!! At the Cultch, East Vancouver July 2018, 2019
theatrereplacement.org/portfolio-item/pantoland/
2018
Forgotten Proposal (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Ice That Breaks The Night(director/adapt.) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
Oh… for the Love of Three Oranges(director/adapt. Gozzi’s Play) Van Tech Secondary School, Vancouver
Mentor: New Artists in the Classroom with ArtStarts in School
ArtStarts Residency in COMOX/COURTNEY: Mask and Isolation - October 22-26, 2018 week intensive Vanier Secondary and Highland Secondary
Physical Theatre, Commedia, Character Workshops- October/November 2018 Southridge Senior Secondary, Vancouver Tech Secondary, St.John's
North Island Drama Festival (NIRD) - November 23rd Nanaimo, BC
2017
Hotel Amore (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Tales of the Grove (director/teacher)Collaboration with Youth at Shadbolt Centre, Surrey Arts Centre, PuSh Festival
Befana’ Star (director/actor) Shadbolt Centre for the Arts; Il Centro (Vancouver) 2017-14
The Subterranean Project: (director/teacher) Britannia Sec. (Vancouver). Teacher: A. Boulet – site specific
The Metamorphoses Project: (director/teacher) Van Tech Secondary, (Vancouver). Teacher: R. Orr
2016
The CT Project (Critical Thinking): (director/devisor)Riverside Secondary (Port Coquitlam) Teacher: N. Roberge
*Winner of METFEST went on to Perform at BC Provincial School Theatre Festival 2016 - DOUGLAS COLLEGE
The Physical Space Project: (teacher) Hastings Elem (Vancouver)Teacher: N. Davies- site specific
The Antigone Project: (teacher/movement) Burnaby Mnt. Secondary (Burnaby) Teacher: F. Rudolph – Ensemble/Mask
Workshop in Arts Integration for Teachers - Stand Out! Putting Learning on the Centre Stage through the Performing Arts
artstarts.com/october Workshop Physical Theatre in the Classroom with Susan Bertoia
2015
East of the Sun/West of the Moon (director/adapt) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
Flight to Neverland (director/adapt). Van Tech Secondary School, Vancouver
Art Fundamentals Workshop Series "Fun, Focus and No Apologies: Empowering the Theatre Artist Workshop
artstarts.com/stories/art-fundamentals-mar-2015
2014-2000
Alice in the French Underground (director/playwright) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
FRESCO (written by Lucia Frangione with the BellaLuna Ensemble) The Cultch and Shadbolt Centre 2012
FUTURISTI and THE RETURN OF FUTURISTI - Frederic Wood Theatre, BellaLuna Productions with Theatre@UBC
Plum + Other Colours - SummerWorks; UBC; UNO Festival; Additional Dir. J.F. Tait - 2004-02
Suspended - Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Culture Week) (commissioned work) 2012
Slip - Ruby Slippers (Femmes Fatales); New Shoes Festival (UBC) 2010-08
Pesciolino (w/Fiona Martinelli) - Surrey Children’s Fest; Place Des Arts; Winterruption
Best Italian Variety Show - Ever! (actor/devisor) BellaLuna Prod.; Various locations in BC- Trail, Kamloops, Burnaby
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Fo (actor) Staged Play Reading: Dir. M. Soriano
The Queen and her Rebels by Betti (actor) Staged Play Reading Dir. M. Soriano
Absolutely![Perhaps] by Pirandello (actor) Staged Play ReadingDir. J.F. Tait
Mambo Italiano (actor) Western Canada Theatre/Firehall Theatre/ Dir: D Spencer (Maria)** Award Performance
Mom’s the Word: Re-mixed (actor) Arts Club Theatre- Granville Island (Robin)
Letters from Lithuania (actor) Stanley Park / Mortal Coil/ Dir: Peter Hall) (Ensemble)
Alice: A Wonderland (Musical) (actor) Western Canada Theatre / Dir: Janet Michael (Dee, Duchess, Dormouse)
Enchanted April (actor) Arts Club Stanley Theatre / Dir: Rachel Ditor (Costanza)
A Place Called Whisper (actor/devisor) Circus/Theatre - Pi Theatre (Obstruction Project)
BOLLINI (Brief Encounters) - Theatre/Bhangra Dance - Tomorrow Collective (Cultch Lab
CIRQUE POULE - Belfry; Paris, France; Surrey Kids Fest; Cultch - Dir: J.F. Tait 1999-2003
Guest Lecture in UBC Theatre Course THTR 325A: History of Canadian Theatre
Curious Through IT (director/devisor) On-going Collaboration with myself
Creative Teens at Arts Club Theatre - Vancouver
Hosting JEREMY JAMES WORKSHOP
AXIS THEATRE MASK WORKSHOP www.axistheatre.com/professional-workshops
2019
Isle dell'Arte (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Bicycle Thieves (actor) at PuSh International Performance Festival; Dir/Composer: Joelyca Pankanea
Rewire (script consultant/movement direction) Some Assembly Theatre (RHYTAG); Dir: Valerie Mathot
Inside the Mask (teacher) ArtStarts initiative; Burnaby, BC: Drama Teacher: Joan McLeod
Project Memory (teacher/devisor) ArtStarts initiative; Smithers, BC; Teacher: Liliana Pesce
Powell River Festival of the Arts (adjudicator)
Langley Fine Arts School (residency instructor)
Commedia Dell'arte Intensive - Pt. Grey Academy(Grade 9s) and St.Johns's IB School
Physical theatre consultation/direction for production of 'Antigone' - South Ridge Academy
Isle dell' Arte: Commedia Performance October 17-19 Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre (UBC)
ABCDE Conference (Oct 25-26) at SFU, School for the Contemporary Arts www.bcdramateachers.com/fall-conference.html
Physical Theatre Intensive: MEADOWRIDGE Secondary School, Maple Ridge - with Senior Acting Class
Surrey ACT IE Drama Festival - January 23rd - Adjudicator at the Bell Centre for the Arts, Surrey BC
PROJECT MEMORY: Original Performance created with Grade 5 students from Muhiem Elementary, Smithers BC with seniors form The Meadows,
PANTOLAND Theatre Replacement theatre summer classes for kids!! At the Cultch, East Vancouver July 2018, 2019
theatrereplacement.org/portfolio-item/pantoland/
2018
Forgotten Proposal (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Ice That Breaks The Night(director/adapt.) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
Oh… for the Love of Three Oranges(director/adapt. Gozzi’s Play) Van Tech Secondary School, Vancouver
Mentor: New Artists in the Classroom with ArtStarts in School
ArtStarts Residency in COMOX/COURTNEY: Mask and Isolation - October 22-26, 2018 week intensive Vanier Secondary and Highland Secondary
Physical Theatre, Commedia, Character Workshops- October/November 2018 Southridge Senior Secondary, Vancouver Tech Secondary, St.John's
North Island Drama Festival (NIRD) - November 23rd Nanaimo, BC
2017
Hotel Amore (director/teacher) Collaboration with Theatre students at UBC
Tales of the Grove (director/teacher)Collaboration with Youth at Shadbolt Centre, Surrey Arts Centre, PuSh Festival
Befana’ Star (director/actor) Shadbolt Centre for the Arts; Il Centro (Vancouver) 2017-14
The Subterranean Project: (director/teacher) Britannia Sec. (Vancouver). Teacher: A. Boulet – site specific
The Metamorphoses Project: (director/teacher) Van Tech Secondary, (Vancouver). Teacher: R. Orr
2016
The CT Project (Critical Thinking): (director/devisor)Riverside Secondary (Port Coquitlam) Teacher: N. Roberge
*Winner of METFEST went on to Perform at BC Provincial School Theatre Festival 2016 - DOUGLAS COLLEGE
The Physical Space Project: (teacher) Hastings Elem (Vancouver)Teacher: N. Davies- site specific
The Antigone Project: (teacher/movement) Burnaby Mnt. Secondary (Burnaby) Teacher: F. Rudolph – Ensemble/Mask
Workshop in Arts Integration for Teachers - Stand Out! Putting Learning on the Centre Stage through the Performing Arts
artstarts.com/october Workshop Physical Theatre in the Classroom with Susan Bertoia
2015
East of the Sun/West of the Moon (director/adapt) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
Flight to Neverland (director/adapt). Van Tech Secondary School, Vancouver
Art Fundamentals Workshop Series "Fun, Focus and No Apologies: Empowering the Theatre Artist Workshop
artstarts.com/stories/art-fundamentals-mar-2015
2014-2000
Alice in the French Underground (director/playwright) Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver
FRESCO (written by Lucia Frangione with the BellaLuna Ensemble) The Cultch and Shadbolt Centre 2012
FUTURISTI and THE RETURN OF FUTURISTI - Frederic Wood Theatre, BellaLuna Productions with Theatre@UBC
Plum + Other Colours - SummerWorks; UBC; UNO Festival; Additional Dir. J.F. Tait - 2004-02
Suspended - Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Culture Week) (commissioned work) 2012
Slip - Ruby Slippers (Femmes Fatales); New Shoes Festival (UBC) 2010-08
Pesciolino (w/Fiona Martinelli) - Surrey Children’s Fest; Place Des Arts; Winterruption
Best Italian Variety Show - Ever! (actor/devisor) BellaLuna Prod.; Various locations in BC- Trail, Kamloops, Burnaby
Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Fo (actor) Staged Play Reading: Dir. M. Soriano
The Queen and her Rebels by Betti (actor) Staged Play Reading Dir. M. Soriano
Absolutely![Perhaps] by Pirandello (actor) Staged Play ReadingDir. J.F. Tait
Mambo Italiano (actor) Western Canada Theatre/Firehall Theatre/ Dir: D Spencer (Maria)** Award Performance
Mom’s the Word: Re-mixed (actor) Arts Club Theatre- Granville Island (Robin)
Letters from Lithuania (actor) Stanley Park / Mortal Coil/ Dir: Peter Hall) (Ensemble)
Alice: A Wonderland (Musical) (actor) Western Canada Theatre / Dir: Janet Michael (Dee, Duchess, Dormouse)
Enchanted April (actor) Arts Club Stanley Theatre / Dir: Rachel Ditor (Costanza)
A Place Called Whisper (actor/devisor) Circus/Theatre - Pi Theatre (Obstruction Project)
BOLLINI (Brief Encounters) - Theatre/Bhangra Dance - Tomorrow Collective (Cultch Lab
CIRQUE POULE - Belfry; Paris, France; Surrey Kids Fest; Cultch - Dir: J.F. Tait 1999-2003
CANCELLED/POSTPONED WORK DUE TO COVID-19- WORK FROM MARCH ONWARDS 2020
RESIDENCIES/PROJECTS 2020
JAN-MAY - RHYTAG - Some Assembly Theatre, Youth show. Physical theatre/movement direction. someassembly.ca
FEB-MAY - PROJECT BLUE - devised theatre with Riverside Secondary inspired by devastating effect climate change has on our waters
MAR-JUNE - PROJECT ELEMENTS - site specific show SFU elementary school, Burnaby
ADJUDICATION
24-26 FEB - Coquitilam Music Festival; Speech Arts Adjudication
20-21 APR- Cariboo Festival of the Arts (Williams Lake) Speech Arts Adjudication
1 - MAY - Sunshine Coast Festival of the Arts (Speech Arts Adjudication) edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=8c8de441-106b-44cc-b11c-422a56f25b63
RESIDENCIES/PROJECTS 2020
JAN-MAY - RHYTAG - Some Assembly Theatre, Youth show. Physical theatre/movement direction. someassembly.ca
FEB-MAY - PROJECT BLUE - devised theatre with Riverside Secondary inspired by devastating effect climate change has on our waters
MAR-JUNE - PROJECT ELEMENTS - site specific show SFU elementary school, Burnaby
ADJUDICATION
24-26 FEB - Coquitilam Music Festival; Speech Arts Adjudication
20-21 APR- Cariboo Festival of the Arts (Williams Lake) Speech Arts Adjudication
1 - MAY - Sunshine Coast Festival of the Arts (Speech Arts Adjudication) edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=8c8de441-106b-44cc-b11c-422a56f25b63
ARTSTARTS RESIDENCY ARCHIVE 2015-2013
THE PHYSICAL SPACE PROJECT (2015)
Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver, Teacher: Nathalie Davies, Grade 5 French Immersion Class
Residency Dates: January 2016- May 2016
A sensorial and physical theatre exploration of Space, the bigger concept of the Solar System and the physical space we as living creatures occupy, students will be lead in a series of immersive exploratory exercises that will culminate in a site specific informative, informal performance.
THE GREAT COMMEDIA PROJECT (2014)
Burnaby Mountain Secondary; Teacher: Felicity Rudolph ; Grades: 8-12
Residency Dates: March 31, 2014 – April 10, 2014
Much of the comedy we experience today stems from the original European street performers of Commedia. We introduced and reintroduce these stock characters to the students to help them see why these characters can still be humorous in the modern world. Once students played the traditional way of the masked stock characters, we shifted our focus in developing modern versions of lazzo’s – staged comic business- or “schtick.” Students will explore and build new material that is relevant to today’s audience. This exploration built their improvisational skills and supplemented their work that they have done in the past. Students ended this project by having the opportunity to perform to the rest of the school.
WONDERFUL WORLD PROJECT (2014)
Francois Lake Elementary, Francois Lake BC; School Contact: Caroline Deane; Grades: K-7 No. of Students: 100
January 20, 2014 - January 24, 2014
Each of four classes (students grouped in 2 primary and 2 intermediate classes) worked individually to create a school wide collaborative performance that gave each student the opportunity to improve on and demonstrate their public speaking performance skills. Through movement based physical theatre the goal was to provide opportunities for students to further develop their social and emotional learning skills such as gratitude, self-regulation, friendship and social problem solving.
THE PRISM PROJECT (2013)
Windermere Secondary, Vancouver; Teacher: Anjuli Enthoven; Grades: 8-12; No. of Students: 120
November 04, 2013 – November 15, 2013
he P.R.I.S.M. Project (Posture, Rhythm, Internal Spirit, and Mask) set out to introduce physical theatre and mask work to drama students, aiming to help students become aware of how they carry themselves, and how to change it in confidence and secure manner. The goals of this project were to create physical awareness of self and environment, develop skills using our bodies, time, space and weight, utilizing Jacques Lecoq’s physical theatre methods, and applying these skills to masks enabling exploration of a variety of characters. The final product was presented in a prepared scene for an invited audience. We used the masks that were available at the school made by mask maker Gina Bastone
THE PHYSICAL SPACE PROJECT (2015)
Hastings Elementary School, Vancouver, Teacher: Nathalie Davies, Grade 5 French Immersion Class
Residency Dates: January 2016- May 2016
A sensorial and physical theatre exploration of Space, the bigger concept of the Solar System and the physical space we as living creatures occupy, students will be lead in a series of immersive exploratory exercises that will culminate in a site specific informative, informal performance.
THE GREAT COMMEDIA PROJECT (2014)
Burnaby Mountain Secondary; Teacher: Felicity Rudolph ; Grades: 8-12
Residency Dates: March 31, 2014 – April 10, 2014
Much of the comedy we experience today stems from the original European street performers of Commedia. We introduced and reintroduce these stock characters to the students to help them see why these characters can still be humorous in the modern world. Once students played the traditional way of the masked stock characters, we shifted our focus in developing modern versions of lazzo’s – staged comic business- or “schtick.” Students will explore and build new material that is relevant to today’s audience. This exploration built their improvisational skills and supplemented their work that they have done in the past. Students ended this project by having the opportunity to perform to the rest of the school.
WONDERFUL WORLD PROJECT (2014)
Francois Lake Elementary, Francois Lake BC; School Contact: Caroline Deane; Grades: K-7 No. of Students: 100
January 20, 2014 - January 24, 2014
Each of four classes (students grouped in 2 primary and 2 intermediate classes) worked individually to create a school wide collaborative performance that gave each student the opportunity to improve on and demonstrate their public speaking performance skills. Through movement based physical theatre the goal was to provide opportunities for students to further develop their social and emotional learning skills such as gratitude, self-regulation, friendship and social problem solving.
THE PRISM PROJECT (2013)
Windermere Secondary, Vancouver; Teacher: Anjuli Enthoven; Grades: 8-12; No. of Students: 120
November 04, 2013 – November 15, 2013
he P.R.I.S.M. Project (Posture, Rhythm, Internal Spirit, and Mask) set out to introduce physical theatre and mask work to drama students, aiming to help students become aware of how they carry themselves, and how to change it in confidence and secure manner. The goals of this project were to create physical awareness of self and environment, develop skills using our bodies, time, space and weight, utilizing Jacques Lecoq’s physical theatre methods, and applying these skills to masks enabling exploration of a variety of characters. The final product was presented in a prepared scene for an invited audience. We used the masks that were available at the school made by mask maker Gina Bastone