Belarie Zatzman’s research focuses on issues of history, identity, and memory in Drama and Arts Education. She specializes in exploring Holocaust Education through the Fine Arts. In addition, Zatzman teaches Theatre for Young Audiences, with a special focus on the Canadian context, and has written and edited study guides for professional theatre companies. She has …
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Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson has extensive performance credits in theatres across Canada, including productions with the National Arts Centre, Canadian Stage Theatre, Workshop West (Edmonton), Theatre New Brunswick, the Globe Theatre (Regina), and the Vancouver Playhouse. He received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in The Dumb Waiter (Wordsmyth Theatre) and appeared in little …
Ross Stuart
The founding associate editor of the Canadian Theatre Review, Ross Stuart has published extensively on Canadian theatre, and has special expertise in summer theatre in general and the Stratford Festival in particular. An experienced adjudicator, workshop leader and director, his current research interests focus on the use of improvisation to explore non-dramatic material and revitalize …
Phillip Silver
Phillip Silver is a set, lighting and costume designer for theatre and opera whose work has been seen in some 300 productions on major Canadian stages from coast to coast. His designs have earned him a Sterling Award and three Dora Awards plus five nominations. Professor Silver’s credits include the North American touring production of …
Judith Rudakoff
Developmental dramaturg Judith Rudakoff has worked with emerging and established playwrights and artists throughout Canada (including Yukon Territory, Nunavut and every province except Newfoundland…yet) and in Cuba, Denmark, South Africa, England and USA. Books include TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault (Bristol, Intellect Press 2012), Between the Lines: The Process of Dramaturgy (Playwrights Canada Press, 2002, co-editor Lynn …
Donald Rubin
One of Canada’s foremost theatre scholars, Don Rubin was a founding member of the Department of Theatre and Faculty of Fine Arts at York University, and founding director of York’s Graduate Program in Theatre Studies (MA/PhD). His areas of specialization include Canadian theatre, African theatre, theatre criticism and theory, and modern drama. Professor Rubin co-founded …
Teresa Przybylski
Professor Przybylski is an architect and theatre designer with an international reputation for her work in theatre, opera, dance and film. Her credits include designs for Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Pacific Opera, Young People’s Theatre, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Blyth …
Peter McKinnon
Professor McKinnon worked for more than two decades as a lighting designer, principally for dance and opera. In dance, he has lit the ballets of John Cranko, Brian MacDonald, William Forsyth, Sir Anthony Tudor, Reid Anderson and John Butler, and contemporary works by Serge Bennathan, David Earle, James Kudelka, Paul Taylor, Judy Jarvis and many …
James McKernan
James McKernan teaches stage technology, exploring both leading-edge and traditional methodologies. His research is tied to sustainability, with a focus on seeking and implementing new, more ecologically responsible theatrical scenographic technologies. Collaborating with industry partners and professional practitioners, Professor McKernan’s contributions in the field include producing a series of symposia on stage practice and technology …
John Mayberry
Professor Mayberry has been a working theatre professional since 1976. He has worked as a carpenter, properties builder, performer, choreographer and writer. He has been teaching undergraduates about theatre production since 1981 and has been at York since 1998. Although passionately interested in everything humans can do or make, some of his current specific interests …
