ABOUT
inner & outer life//
Award-winning theatre director, master teacher, and writer. Working throughout Canada, Europe, and the United States for over thirty years.
Artistic Director: Yat-Bentley Centre for Performance (California/Canada)
DIRECTOR
untying the knots//
Accomplished theatre director of over one hundred professional productions. Founder and producer of several festivals. Developed and championed some of the finest actors, playwrights across North America.
(left: burning vision at the grec festival, spain)
MASTER TEACHER
action & release//
Instructs actors, directors, dancers, writers, via conservatory training, group classes, one-on-ones. Taught university courses; now heads curriculum at Yat-Bentley Centre for Performance and leads workshops internationally.
Training: Yat Malmgren (Drama Centre, London)
Sanford Meisner (Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC)
Approach: Movement Psychology & Character Transformation, from work of Malmgren and Laban.
WRITER
discovering the unknown//
Published author, playwright, and lyricist. Short stories printed in over a dozen magazines. Plays produced throughout North America.
"The best moments here are as good as writing gets."
- from Globe and Mail review of Blind Man's Drum