proles

Camyar Chai, Founding Artistic Producer (Obi-Wan Kenobi)
Recent Acting Credits: The Adventures of Ali and Ali (neworldtheatre), A Christmas Carol (Vancouver Playhouse), Intelligence (television, recurring role), Masters of Science Fiction (television), Everything's Gone Green (Film), Hedda Gabler (Rumble Productions), Zadie's Shoes (Arts Club Theatre),
Recent Directing Credits: Mother Courage And Her Children (UBC), Adrift On The Nile (neworldtheatre), Bringing It All Back Home, King Richard And His Women (UBC)
Recent Writing Credits: Eljijah's Kite (Opera libretto composed by James Rolfe - premiered at the Manhattan School for Music and and Rideux Hall by invitation of the Governor General), The Adventures of Ali and Ali (with Guillermo Verdecchia and Marcus Youssef), Asylum of the Universe
Selected Awards: University Graduate Fellowship (Masters Of Fine Arts - Theatre Directing), Ray Michal Award for Most Promising New Director, two Jessie Richardson Awards for writing and a Jessie Richardson Award for Acting (with the ensemble of Western Theatre Conspiracy's Mojo.)

Marcus Youssef, Artistic Producer
Marcus' plays include Ali and Ali, A Line in the Sand (Chalmer's Award), Adrift on the Nile, Come Back to the 7-11, Judy Blume, Judy Blume and numerous works for young audiences. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he contributes frequently to numerous programs on the CBC network. He is also the Founding Co-Editor of CRANK Magazine and a contributor to a wide range of mass and niche market print magazines. A nationally recognized leader of community-based arts and writing programs, Marcus has also ducked the real world as Assistant Professor of Theatre and Development at Concordia University. And he's really hot.  

Adrienne Wong, Artistic Producer
Adrienne Wong creates, performs and produces new work for theatre and radio. Recently she has collaborated with battery opera, Shakti Dance Collective, Shifting Point Theatre, Theatre Replacement, Firehall Arts Centre and Rubicon Equity Co-Op. Favourite projects include performing in the former Vancouver Morgue, devising a miniature play for Box Theatre, co-writing on the Downtown Eastside Community Play, playing Scrabble the radio (North by Northwest, CBC Radio One), and creating interactive letter-writing projects. Adrienne is a graduate of Simon Fraser University's School for the Contemporary Arts.

Kirsty Munro, Managing Producer
Kirsty Munro most recently held the position of Operations Coordinator for Rumble Productions where she has worked for the past four years. Most recently, she took on the role of Assembly Associate Producer for the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival 2008 and is the Industry Series Associate Producer for the Magnetic North Theatre Festival 2008. In addition to her work with Rumble, PuSh and Magnetic North, Kirsty has worked as a freelance grant writer, box office manager, translator and stage manager.

 

satellite states

James Fagan Tait
The visionary artist behind Crime and Punishment, Jimmy is a native of Cornwall, Ontario and trained at Ryerson Theatre School and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he worked as an actor and director for several years.  He also studied theatre at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris where he worked as an actor and director for four years.  He is one of Vancouver's busiest actor/writer/directors, creating, directing, and/or performing in shows for numerous professional and community-based companies, including boca del lupo, Western Gold, the Vancouver Playhouse, the Caravan, Vancouver Moving Theatre, the World AIDS Group, the Electric Company, Runaway Moon, Bard on the Beach and many others.

 

politburo, aka Board of Directors

Chair
Bill Hood

Directors
Heather Brown
Yvonne Gall
Alnoon Gova
Sean Hern
Kate Laktin
Fardad Moayeri
Joanne Naiman
Farhad "Fred" Soofi