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The Jurors for the 12th Annual Canadian
National Playwriting Competition were:
Ross Desprez, Fran Gebhard and Janet Hinton
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ROSS DESPREZ Since the age of six, Ross has worked as an actor, stage manager, props builder, scenic carpenter, technician, playwright, university acting instructor, composer, and director. Ross is most proud of his one-man show, The Ballad of Phil Ochs. Ross composed the music for the Belfry's Collected Works of Billy the Kid, and learned to play the bass in four weeks for Pump Boys and Dinettes, and the banjo for Lies & Legends-The Musical Stories of Harry Chapin. He wrote and directed Sex:The Musical. Ross' most recent credits include directing Of Mice and Men for Langham Court Theatre and Feathering Loretta for the Belfry Theatre in Victoria. Ross' parents, Roger and Barbara Desprez, co-founded the Nanaimo Theatre Group 36 years ago. Ross received his MFA from the University of Victoria and is currently an instructor in the theatre dept. at Malaspina University-College in Nanaimo. Ross previously served as a Scene Development Instructor at Theatre BC's MAINSTAGE '99. |
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FRAN GEBHARD Fran is an actor, director and dramaturge. Her acting credits include stops with the Blyth Festival, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Theatre Calgary, Northern Lights Theatre, New Play Centre, Arts Club Theatre, Playhouse Theatre and both Shakespeare Kelowna and Theatre Kelowna. She recently performed the 10th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition’s One Act Winner, Dried Flowers by Maryjane Cruise at the new Creekside Theatre in the Okanagan and at the Bluewater Playhouse in Ontario. Currently completing her Masters in Theatre at UBC, Fran is again acting in BC's Lower Mainland. Her work in film and television includes a nomination for a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, Fran was awarded The Arts Person of the Year award in Kelowna, BC. Fran was involved with the Banff Playwrights Colony for many years, including terms as Program Head from 1976 – 1985 and Co-ordinator of the Screenwriters Workshop from 1986 – 1990. |
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JANET HINTON Janet has been a freelance playwright and dramaturge since 1983. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Drama at Queen's University, Kingston, ON, she spent some time in West Africa as English Teacher and Dramatical Mistress for a secondary school. Returning to Canada, Janet then went on to earn her Masters of Fine Arts in Drama (Playwriting) at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Since then she has been an active contributor to the theatre community there, writing numerous plays and receiving two awards for her work entered in the Alberta Culture Playwriting Contest. She taught drama at the University of Alberta for 10 years. Her play Delicate State Disturbed was nominated for the Alberta Writers' Guild Awards 'Best Premiere Play' in 1992. Her play People Don't Climb on Roofs in Oakville was nominated for a Sterling Award in 1993. Janet has served as Dramaturge for Workshop West Theatre, TheatreBlitz North and Kam Theatre Play Workshops. She is now living in Nanaimo, BC where her husband, David Mann, is Artistic Director of TheatreOne. |
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