This blog is maintained and updated by an international group of Theatre Artists.
They include:
CANADA:
Simon Ogden
Simon is a founding member and writer-in-residence of Lyric Stage Project. He has been producing, directing, and acting in independent stage productions for a while now, and is hell-bent-for-leather to keep the ball rolling.
Twitter: @thenextstagemag
Rebecca Coleman
Rebecca is an actor, writer, and blogger. She does Theatre Publicity for a living, under her company, Rebecca Coleman, Marketing and Media Relations. She is passionate about helping artists to become better business people. Rebecca lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, with her five year old son and two cats.
Twitter: @rebeccacoleman
Lois Dawson
Lois is a Vancouver based stage manager & blogger. When she’s not sitting in a tech booth or behind a computer, you can find her with a cup of tea and a good book.
Twitter: @SMLois
USA:
Nick Keenan
Nick is a production manager, sound designer, and webmaster, who currently calls New Leaf Theatre home. His over 100 sound design credits in Chicago include work with Dog & Pony, the side project, Greasy Joan & Co., the Neo-Futurists, Metropolis, Raven, Apple Tree, Rivendell, A Red Orchid, and assistant designs at the Goodman and Chicago Shakespeare. Nick is a long-time faculty member at “Cherubs,” and is a sound operator at the Goodman Theatre. Nick’s online innovation projects for theater include the national job search page Backstagejobs.com, the Chicago Theater Database, and his blog, Theater for the Future. Nick earned a B.A. in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Twitter: @NickKeenan
Travis Bedard
Twitter: @travisbedard
Jessica Hutchinson
Jessica is the Artistic Director of New Leaf Theatre in Chicago. Jessica holds a B.A. in Theatre Performance from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. After working in the Education Department at the Goodman Theatre, she served as Learning Programs Manager at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and joined the faculty at the National High School Institute (“Cherubs”) at Northwestern University last summer.
Twitter: @JessHutchinson
UK:
Andrew Eglinton
Currently based in London, Andrew is a PhD student at Royal Holloway, researching documentary drama; he also works at Rose Bruford College.
Twitter: @londontheatre
Australia:
Kate Foy
Kate Foy’s professional career in the theatre has been spent mostly as actor and director in Australia. She holds a Bachelors and a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of New England, and a PhD from the University of Hawaii. Her doctoral dissertation researched developments in contemporary Australian theatre. Kate maintains a busy schedule as an actor, coach, and voice over artist. Since 2003 she has served as the Chairman of the Board Queensland Theatre Company and as a Director of Empire Theatres in Toowoomba.
Twitter: @dramagirl
