Biography
I am an actor, puppeteer, writer, director, and teacher with over 40 years experience in the performing arts. I've worked across Canada, throughout the U.S. and in Japan, Australia, Nigeria, Britain, Singapore and Poland with such companies as Mermaid Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Festival Antigonish, Kaleidoscope Theatre, the Edinburgh Puppet Company, Poland’s Teatr Arlekin, Theatre Beyond Words, and Shaw Festival. Film and television credits include Fraggle Rock, Labyrinth, Black Harbour, Emily of New Moon, the award-winning CBC pre-school series The Mighty Jungle, and TreeHouse TV's Emmy-nominated series Miss Persona.
I created and performed in As You Puppet at Young People’s Theatre in Toronto, and also played host “Papageno” in Music & Truffles, a series of classical music concerts for children produced by Anton Kuerti. I performed as Binoo in Toopy & Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom, and I'm a proud member of Theatre Direct’s Dora Award nominated ensemble performing in the tabletop puppet play Old Man and the River. I also wrote the narration for and directed the presentation of The Music of Star Wars, a live symphony performance by the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Ottawa. Most recently, I co-wrote, co-designed, co-built, and co-performed in A Short History of Niagara - a tabletop puppet play commissioned by Shaw Festival Theatre for their 2021 season.
In my developing role as a teacher of puppetry, I've worked alongside Graham Whitehead at Mermaid Theatre, Allen MacInnis at YPT, Lynda Hill at Theatre Direct, Eric Woolfe at Eldritch Theatre, Ann & David Powell at Puppetmongers Theatre, Seanna Kennedy at Lower Ossington Theatre, Christine Brubaker at Shaw Festival, and Bruce Dow, director of the Canadian premier of Thank You For Being A Friend: the ultimate Golden Girls experience.
I also teach and direct the puppet performances for a charity organization called TAP - Teaching Awareness Through Puppetry - who have a variety of instructive puppet shows addressing kindness, understanding, and inclusiveness.
I created and performed in As You Puppet at Young People’s Theatre in Toronto, and also played host “Papageno” in Music & Truffles, a series of classical music concerts for children produced by Anton Kuerti. I performed as Binoo in Toopy & Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom, and I'm a proud member of Theatre Direct’s Dora Award nominated ensemble performing in the tabletop puppet play Old Man and the River. I also wrote the narration for and directed the presentation of The Music of Star Wars, a live symphony performance by the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Ottawa. Most recently, I co-wrote, co-designed, co-built, and co-performed in A Short History of Niagara - a tabletop puppet play commissioned by Shaw Festival Theatre for their 2021 season.
In my developing role as a teacher of puppetry, I've worked alongside Graham Whitehead at Mermaid Theatre, Allen MacInnis at YPT, Lynda Hill at Theatre Direct, Eric Woolfe at Eldritch Theatre, Ann & David Powell at Puppetmongers Theatre, Seanna Kennedy at Lower Ossington Theatre, Christine Brubaker at Shaw Festival, and Bruce Dow, director of the Canadian premier of Thank You For Being A Friend: the ultimate Golden Girls experience.
I also teach and direct the puppet performances for a charity organization called TAP - Teaching Awareness Through Puppetry - who have a variety of instructive puppet shows addressing kindness, understanding, and inclusiveness.
