Alumni News

March, 2007

Alumni Jason Donaldson, a teacher at Gulf Islands Secondary School, led his students to victory in the Canadian Improv Games Vancouver Island Regional Tournament this past month.  The team will compete against the best across the country at the national tournament in Ottawa this April…

Expedition Theatre presented Charles Tidler’s new play Cross This Bridge At A Walk as part of the Belfry Theatre’s Incubator Project this February.  Charles is a sessional instructor in the Department of Writing at UVic.  The production featured an all UVic cast of Lee Cookson, Trevor Hinton, Carey Wass and Chris Wilson and they were directed by alumnus Christie Little.  Kathleen Greenfield designed the production and Katie Hood stage-managed.  Charles and Christie were both supported by our Chair on leave, Brian Richmond who was dramaturge for the new play…

The nominees for the 2007 M Awards were announced and the Department and its alumni were delighted to receive recognition for their work.  Our fall production of Richard III received several nominations including favourite overall production, along with Trevor Hinton’s nomination for favourite actor.  Alumni Meg Braem and Celine Stubel were also nominated for favourite actor.  Nominees for favourite new play had Phoenix connections, with Legoland, The Qualities of Zero and The Third Taboo all being recognized.  Phoenix alumni also made up the majority of nominees for favourite director:  Ian Case, Clayton Jevne and Britt Small all received nods…

Sarah Pelzer and Scott Hendrickson both appeared in BumbleBee Theatre Collective’s play Yellow Ribbon this February.  The new play was written and directed by alumni Jen Braem, who was recently seen at the Phoenix as guest stage manager for Tartuffe…