Tag: Theatre

Janet Wright was born in 1945 in England and moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at a very young age. Raised in a family of theatre performers, Janet and her three siblings, Anne, John and Susan, all became successful actors.  She has performed for virtually every major theatre company in Canada. Together with her two sisters, Susan…
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Founder (and leader, until 1929) of the University of British Columbia Players’ Club, the longest running dramatic society in the nation. He was born in Victoria in 1887, and died in 1976. He graduated from McGill University in 1910, taught high school in Victoria for four years, and earned an M.A. from Harvard University in…
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Donna Spencer is a founding director of the Firehall Theatre Society in Vancouver and currently the Artistic Producer. An advocate of cultural understanding and awareness of diversity, she established BC’s first culturally diverse theatre company and established an apprenticeship training program for artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. She enthusiastically supports non-traditional casting. She received a Jessie for…
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Dorothy Somerset was a Radcliffe College graduate, Somerset had performed with the Harvard Dramatic Society, studied theatre in England, directed the annual productions of the UBC University Players’ Club — the first all-student drama society in Canada — and made guest appearances with the professional British Guild Players. Dorothy was the leading lady of the…
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Denis’ extensive musical career has spanned 30 years as an actor, singer, songwriter and dancer. He appeared in the original productions of “Hair”, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (Dora Award), “Little Shop of Horrors”, “Indigo”, “A Chorus Line”, “Five Guys Named Moe”, “The Coloured Museum”, and his 1996 Jessie-winning performance in the acclaimed one-man show “Denis Anyone?”. Recent…
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