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2006 Jurors
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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, Playwright's Theatre Centre (formerly the New Play Centre), Arts Club Theatre, Playhouse Theatre and both Shakespeare Kelowna and Theatre Kelowna. She still performs the 10th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition's One-Act Winner, Looking For Kitty (formerly Dried Flowers) by Maryjane Cruise. 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 coordinator of the Screenwriters Workshop from 1986 - 1990. She also taught Directing for the theatre program at UVIC during the 2003/04 term. She was on faculty with the Theatre Department of the University of Regina until July 2006. She also adjudicates and gives workshops with Theatre Saskatchewan. Theatre BC: Fran was a juror for the 10th (1998) and 12th (2000) Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competitions and also served as a Round Table dramaturge at TheatreBC's New Play Festival in Victoria in1999 and Kamloops in 2002. She has traveled to most zones as a Regional Instructor in acting/directing, as well as Workshop Play instructor at Mainstage '02 in Nanaimo. Fran served as adjudicator for both the NIZ and CIZ Festivals in 2003. |
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Lancaster Burton has worked in the professional theatre, in both North America and Europe, for over forty years, mainly as a Producer, Artistic Director and Administrator. He trained at the famed Central School of Speech and Drama and had ten years experience in the British theatre working with such companies as the Old Vic, the Royal Court and the New Shakespeare Company. He came to North America to work with Les Grands Ballet at Expo '67. In Canada, Burton was the founder of six professional theatre companies, including Magnus Theatre (Thunder Bay), Union Theatre Waterloo and the Lakeshore Summer Festival. He has also served as Artistic Director for many companies, incl. the Showboat Festival Theatre (Port Colborne,Ont.)and the Marlowe Theatre (Canterbury, UK). Producing credits include Sheherazade for Canadian Stage (Toronto) and The Witch of Edmonton for Equity Showcase, which the Toronto media voted one of the ten best productions of 1993. He now lives on Vancouver Island where he serves as Artistic Director for TheatreOne in Nanaimo. Theatre BC: Burton also served as juror for the 16th (2004) Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition. |
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Nathan Medd Nathan's professional experience ranges from work as an administrator, dramaturge, director, actor, scene designer and production technician to drama educator. After graduating from the theatre department at the University of Victoria (acting & drama in education) he spent three seasons in administration and front of house at the Belfry Theatre. In 2004 he joined Intrepid Theatre to become their first development coordinator. He currently manages the Metro Studio for Intrepid, a thriving, 200-seat venue he co-founded in downtown Victoria. Nathan is a proud member of the production team at Vancouver Island's largest theatre festival - the Victoria Fringe - and is board chair of Bumblebee Theatre Society, a performance collective comprised of UVic alumni. He has served as juror for Intrepid Theatre's Petri Dish New Play Competition, and was a judge at the 2006 Vancouver Island One Act Play Festival. |
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