Claude Goyette has no problem going from the world of Verdi to that of Michel Tremblay. He designed more than 150 sets for theatre, opera, dance and television, while applying his artistic trade with Cirque du Soleil and with a number of museums for which he created indoor and outdoor installations. 

Claude Goyette is a firm believer in the importance of supporting up-and-coming artists, and he dedicated part of his career to teaching. He taught at l’École supérieure de théâtre de l’Université du Québec in Montréal, at Collège Lionel-Groulx (in the theatre option) as well as at several other renowned theatre schools.

During a career of over thirty years, Alison has designed for theatre, television, and special events all over Canada. 

Alison’s work has ranged from television and film design through projects in international exhibitions and museums, to set and costume design for theatre. Alison’s designs have been seen on the stages of the Arts Club Theatre, Pacific Opera and The Belfry Theater, Victoria, and Magnus Theatre, Thunder Bay, among others. She makes her home in Vancouver, where she maintains an active career in design and teaching.

Born in Seattle, raised in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, and a graduate of the University of Victoria Theatre Program, Janet Munsil studied design and directing. 

As a playwright, she is drawn to unusual but forgotten incidents and people from the past. Dramatic work includes The Ugly Duchess (about the ugliest woman in history); Emphysema: a love story (the meeting of silent film star Louise Brooks and theatre critic Kenneth Tynan); Be Still (inspired by the work of Victorian photographer Hannah Maynard); Influence (Keats meets the Parthenon Statues); Circus Fire (a play for physical theatre inspired by tragic 1944 event); and I Have Seen Beautiful Jim Key, a play for young audiences about a horse that could read.

As a graduate of the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Montréal (1975), Martine Beaulne travelled the world with a powerful yearning to explore what was being done elsewhere. With Giovanni Poli, Eugenio Barba, Guy Freixe, Shogu Otah, and the group Dairakudakan, in places around the world, she furthered her knowledge of subjects ranging from commedia dell’arte to modern Noh, butoh to classic comedy. Armed with this impressive body of experience, the stage director built a solid reputation. 

Jean-Denis Leduc a choisi le métier de directeur artistique il y a près de 40 ans. Comédien de formation, il a aussi signé quelques mises en scène, mais a très tôt été attiré par la direction artistique, métier dans lequel il s’est investi corps et âme, seule façon, croit-il, de l’exercer correctement. En 1975, il fonde, avec des amis comédiens, le Théâtre de La Manufacture. En 1981, La Manufacture ouvre son lieu théâtral, La Licorne, à Montréal.

Brian Dooley has been involved in radio, television, film and theatre for forty years. During that time he has garnered several awards and many honours in several media. He has worked as producer, director, actor, writer and instructor. Early in his career Brian was Associate Dramaturge and Director of the Young Playwrights Program at the Playwrights Workshop in Montreal, and has been a guest instructor at various colleges and universities across Canada. He has participated in many, many workshops and in the development of new plays for a variety of organizations including: Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Factory Theatre in Toronto, The Banff Playwright’s Colony , The National Film Board of Canada and Le Centre des Auteurs Dramatiques (CEAD). 

Rachel Ditor is the literary manager at the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver, BC. She’s worked with companies across Canada as a dramaturg in new play development since 1992. Recent favourite dramaturgy credits at ACT include: Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata by Bill Richardson and Veda Hille, The Unplugging by Yvette Nolan, and How Has My Love Affected You? by Marcus Youssef. Also a freelance director, Rachel directed the Canadian premiere of Other Desert Cites by Jon Robin Bates for ACT. 

She is also an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, and a member of the board for LMDA. In 2012 Rachel was awarded the Bra D’Or by the Playwrights Guild of Canada for her work in premiering and promoting the work of women playwrights. B.A. (McGill), M.F.A. (UBC).

Brendan has been the Artistic Director at Canadian Stage since 2018. As a director, his work has been presented across the country and Europe. Notable productions include Olivier Choinière’s Public Enemy, Daniel Brooks’ Other People, Vivek Shraya’s How To Fail As A Pop Star, Tim Luscombe’s PIG, Jean Genet’s The Maids, Sarah Kane’s Blasted, and Nina Arsenault’s The Silicone Diaries. His productions have garnered multiple Dora Mavor Moore Awards and he is a recipient of the Ken McDougall and the Pauline McGibbon awards for directing. In 2021, Toronto Life named Brendan as one of Toronto’s Most Influential People for his leadership at Canadian Stage. Brendan is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, where he is a regular instructor. Brendan has taught at universities across the country. He also holds a Masters in International Arts Management from SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan, Italy. Prior to coming to Canadian Stage, Brendan was the Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.