Alumni

 

Our alumni are practicing, vibrant, and excelling members of many theatre communities.

Since its inception in the 1940s, the Department of Drama has been committed to the training and education of the future artists and visionary leaders of Canadian theatre.

You only need to look at our many alumni filling key artistic leadership roles across the country to see why the 海角社区's Department of Drama is widely regarded as one of North America's top training grounds for theatre.

We are proud to count visionaries such as Paul Gross, winner of the 2009 Governor General National Arts Centre Award for Achievement, and longtime Stratford Festival designer and Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ceremonies design director, Douglas Paraschuk, among our distinguished 海角社区 drama alumni.

We delight in seeing the names of our graduates in playbills at regional theatres across Canada, such as artistic director of Theatre Passe Murielle director, Jennifer Tarver; artistic director of Calgary's Alberta Theatre Projects, Vanessa Porteous; co-artistic director of Outside the March Theatre Company, Mitchell Cushman; and BFA Acting graduate Samantha Hill, currently appearing on Broadway in Les Miserables.


Edmonton Alumni

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Alumni in the News

  • This year's recipient of The August Schellenberg Award of Excellence is Cree actor Lorne Cardinal. The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival presents the annual award to an actor whose work celebrates the spirit and commitment that Schellenberg showed over the course of his career.

  • Drama alumna Alyson Connolly authors latest in self-help series

    Alyson Connolly leverages her Arts degrees to help people find their voice with Public Speaking for Dummies.

  • Drama's Ken Williams receives Alumni Honour Award!

    Cree playwright and Drama professor Kenneth T. Williams receives Alumni Honour Award for his contributions to Canadian theatre and his mentorship of aspiring Indigenous artists. Congratulations Ken!

  • Congratulations to Robert Markus on landing the title role in the upcoming Canadian premiere of Dear Evan Hansen!

  • Former foreign correspondent and BFA Acting alum Sean Mallen pens touching memoir

    "Falling for London" is the hilarious and touching memoir of how Sean Mallen and his family learned how to live in and love the world's greatest city.

  • Vern Thiessen (MFA Playwrighting) is a busy man. His play about Shakespeare's dead wife Shakespeare's Will just finished its run - in a graveyard! - and now the esteemed local playwright will star in his own play Lenin's Embalmers, a Studio Theatre production Oct. 11-20 at the Timms Centre for the Arts. He plays Lenin.

  • Media Indigena brings edgy, informative voices to the current-affairs conversation. 海角社区 playwright and Drama professor Ken Williams, a regular commentator on the Media Indigena podcast, says the show's Indigenous perspectives are under-represented in mainstream media. "These are challenging topics that we take on, but we're always willing to talk about them."

  • Caf茅 Daughter, a play by 海角社区 Drama professor Kenneth Williams, won the Gold Medallion and Audience Choice Awards at the 43rd annual International Festival of Monodrama and Mime in Belgrade, Serbia. Caf茅 Daughter also features 海角社区 drama grads Tiffany Ayalik (Acting) and T. Erin Gruber (Theatre Design), plus Vern Thiessen (Playwriting) as the Artistic Director. Video link.

  • Congratulations to BFA Acting grad (2013) Brett Dahl on being a recipient of a 2018 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award! Brett was recognized for his work on exploring the LGBTQ+ voice in different theatrical forms, and on connecting that work on a national spectrum.

  • Zachary Polis (BA Drama) receives RBC Emerging Artist Award

    Congratulations Zachary! The RBC Emerging Artist Award recognizes an artist in the early stages of a career and is working towards becoming a recognized professional artist. Also nominated, Kristen Padayas (BFA Acting).

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