BIOS & STAFF

	Aaron Bushkowsky Co-Founder and Artistic Director Aaron has been produced and published in several genres. His book of poetry ed and mabel go to the moon was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award for Best Book of Poetry in BC. His short stories have been published across Canada. His short film, The Alley, won the National Screen Institute drama prize and was nominated for six Leo Awards. Aaron's plays have been produced throughout Canada and have won two Jessie Theatre Awards for Outstanding Original Script (with seven nominations). He has served as playwright-in-residence at Touchstone Theatre, The Playhouse, and Rumble Productions, and as a resident film-writer at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. He also spent a year on Tarragon's Playwrights Unit (2009). His first book of prose, The Vanishing Man, was published by Cormorant Books in 2005. His next book, a novel Curtains for Roy, will come out in 2011. Aaron's play One Last Kiss was premiered in 2003/04 by The Belfry and The Playhouse, and Soulless was mounted in 2003/04 and again in 2005/06 by Rumble Productions. Landscapes of the Dead was premiered in 2006 by Solo Collective. My Chernobyl was produced in 2008 by Richmond Gateway Theatre and the Belfry. It was nominated for NINE Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards -- more than any other production. In 2010, The Project was nominated for four Jessies. Aaron's plays have been translated into French and Russian. Aaron holds a MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and teaches writing at Kwanten University, Langara College's Studio 58, Langara College English Dept., and the Vancouver Film School. (aaron{at}solocollective[dot]ca) http://www.aaronbushkowsky.com
	Rachel Peake Artistic and Managing Director Rachel is a freelance director and is the Co-Artistic Director of Solo Collective Theatre. She is working at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival as assistant director on Camelot, and is taking part in the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction. Her recent directorial credits include The Trolley Car, The Project (Solo Collective), La Cenerentola (Vancouver Opera in School), Comment devenir parfait en trois jours and Ecran de fumee (Theatre la Seizieme), Head Over Heels (Crazy for Life Productions), Heptademic (Studio 58), the touring remount of The Glass Menagerie (Arts Club), and Geryon (workshop) and Mud Island (exit.left productions). She assistant directed with Daniel Brooks on Daniel MacIvor's This is What Happens Next (Necessary Angel/ Canadian Stage), with James Fagan Tait on King Lear and Timon of Athens at Bard on the Beach, with Sherry Yoon on The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces and Quasimodo (Boca del Lupo), and with Craig Holszchuh on La Vue d'en Haut for Theatre la Seizieme and the BC Scene Festival at the National Arts Centre. Rachel was Associate Producer at Boca del Lupo Theatre in 2010, was Artist-in-Residence of Ruby Slippers Theatre for 2009, and is co-founder of exit.left productions. Rachel is a graduate of the University of Alberta and Studio 58. (rachel@solocollective.ca)
	Andrea Yu Dramaturge Intern Andrea was born and raised, and now performs and writes, in Vancouver. Although formally trained as an actor, Andrea's interest in theatre also encompasses writing, directing, and producing. She recently co-produced, co-wrote, and acted in Heptademic Redux at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival and was the associate producer for An Electrifying Evening of Sam Shepard, both for Hardline Productions. She also served as the interim stage manager for The Chop's Kismet: 1 to 100. Recent acting credits include The China Tea Deal (Seven Tyrants Theatre), The Winter's Tale (Studio 58), and Bye Bye Birdie (Studio 58). Andrea is passionate about self-created work, and is enthralled and still slightly mystified by the writing process. She holds an Honours degree in English Literature and Sociology from UBC and is a recent graduate from Studio 58.
	Johnna Wright Co-founder and co-Artistic Director Emerita Johnna was a co-founder of Solo Collective Theatre in 1999, and for nine years acted as co-Artistic and Managing Director of the company. A Vancouver-based actor, director and dramaturg, she graduated from UBC Theatre and also holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta. Johnna has appeared onstage with the Arts Club, Western Canada Theatre and Sudbury Theatre Centre, among many, and has been seen in the feature film The Final Cut starring Robin Williams and on TV in The Dead Zone and The Other Woman. For Solo Collective Johnna directed a number of premieres, including Landscapes of the Dead, Two and Back to Berlin. Other directing projects include The Triumph of Love for Blackbird Theatre (Jessie Award nominations, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Production), The Rez Sisters for Theatre @ UBC, and Leading Ladies for the Gateway Theatre (upcoming). Johnna served for five years on the Theatre Cares Vancouver Committee and two years as the co-Chair of the National Directors' and Choreographers' Committee of Canadian Actors' Equity Association (elected), as well as on various other boards and volunteer committees. In 2008, she left Solo Collective to relocate to Saskatchewan with her family and pursue her career as a director, actor and dramaturg. Johnna was a co-founder of the Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival and Blackbird Theatre as well as Solo Collective. (www.johnnawright.com)

Solo Collective's
projects have
been created by

Noa Anatot
Lois Anderson
Shaun August
Mercedes Baines
David Beazely
Scott Bellis
Alan Brodie
Aaron Bushkowsky
Camyar Chai
Jessica Chambers
Jennifer Clement
John Cooper
Jan Derbyshire
Rachel Ditor
Dorothy Dittrich
Bill Dow
Josh Drebit
Noah Drew
Katrina Dunn
Davidv Epp
Kendra Fanconi
Jillian Fargey
Chris Fassbender
Caryn Fehr
Alexander Brendan Ferguson
Alexander Ferguson
Dennis Foon
Lucia Frangione
Lorena Gale
Lara Gilchrist
Amiel Gladstone
Craig Hall
Jane Heyman
Chris Hind
Lesley Humphries
Pam Johnston
Jaan Kolk
Megan Leitch
Lisa L'Heureux
Jennifer Lord
Meah Martin
Tim Matheson
Erin Mathews
Victoria Maxwell
Shawn Macdonald
David Mackay
Tom McBeath
Patrick McDonald
Sheelah Megill
Natalie Meisner
Derek Metz
Paul Moniz de Sa
Yvan Morissette
Adrian Muir
Kris Nelson
Jamie Nesbitt
Wendy Noel
Jamie Norris
Marilyn Norrs
Michael P. Northey
Moya O'Connell
James O'Shea
Bridget O'Sullivan
Rob Parker
Rachel Peake
Dawn Petten
Sarah Rodgers
Laara Sadiq
Kim Seary
Del Surjik
Sarah Susut
Carol Sykes
Anne Taylor
Jaimie Tait
Vern Thiessen
Todd Thomson
Adam Underwood
Ian Weir
John Webber
Sheila White
Johnna Wright


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