Claire Armstrong graduated from the Devised Theatre program eight years ago, and has been working successfully as an actor and producer. Her recent project, After Miss Julie played to rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. She has much to say about her experience at York, and the artists’ life beyond York.
Category Archives: Spotlight
Spotlight on Alumni: Bryan Demore
Actor, Director, Producer Bryan Demore (BFA 2009) is back in Toronto working on Enda Walsh’s Disco Pigs this month. He talks with us out his experiences since leaving York, and about how to hustle in order to make your own opportunities.
Spotlight on Alumni: Owais Lightwala
Owais Lightwala (BFA Theatre 2012) is Artistic Producer at Why Not Theatre, and has also worked as a technician, lighting designer, graphic designer, and sometimes as a Dora-nominated actor. He’s done a lot and achieved a lot in his first year out of the program! He shares his point of view on opportunities for recent grads, and for new students to York, too.
Spotlight on Alumni: Jillian Niedoba
Actor Jillian Niedoba (BFA Acting 2006) looks back to her time at York, and how the culture here set her up for the working world of the professional actor’s life.
Spotlight on Alumni: Matt Marshall
Creative Director Matt Marshall (BA Theatre 2010) works in Digital Media and game design. He fills us in on what he’s been up to since graduating, and shares with us his insights on the York Theatre student experience.
Spotlight on Faculty: Interview with Ian Garrett
Designer, producer, administrator and York Theatre professor Ian Garrett discusses sustainability and his work this summer in Cardiff, Wales and Edinburgh, Scotland, and the impact his research is having on the practice of sustainable theatre, and the thought that “Going to the theatre IS good for the environment!”
Spotlight on Alumni: Jack Grinhaus
Jack Grinhaus (BA Hons Theatre – 1994-96,2005-06 / MFA Acting – 2007-09) took a long time to complete his first degree at York, and then returned and completed his MFA 15 years later. He’s now Artistic Director of Bound to Create Theatre, as well as working successfully as an actor. He tells us about his York journey, and the sights he saw along the way.
Spotlight on Alumni: Nina Arsenault
Performer, playwright and 2012 Bryden Award Winner (“Redefine the Possible”) Nina Arsenault speaks candidly about her experience at York, pre- and post- her gender transition, and some of the people from York who’ve had the strongest impact on her life as an artist.
Spotlight on Alumni: Mel Hague
Dramaturge Mel Hague (BA Theatre 2009, MFA Playwriting and New Play Dramaturgy 2011) works with established and emerging playwrights for companies such as Obsidian, fu-Gen, and The Shaw Festival. She shares how making connections in the theatre community while a student had a profound effect on her ability to get work, and how her elective classes outside theatre have had a big impact.
Spotlight on Alumni: Albert Tam
Albert Tam (BFA Production 2011) has worked behind the scenes at the Banff Centre, and as part of the York staff, coordinating the Fine Arts Summer Intensive. Now studying for an MBA, Albert hopes to work in the not-for-profit sector in Arts Management. He shares his stories about his time at York, and life beyond York.