Bios

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MARIA DENHOLME – STAGE MANAGER

Once Maria naively told an artistic director “if you ever need a hand call me”. Several jobs later, she is Pacific Theatre’s resident kitchen wench, and occasional props mistress/stage manager/stage mother. From there she met many great people and launched into things like: The Rocky Horror Show (DSRP/Blue House), Brilliant Traces (Moonlight Monkey), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Hoarse Raven), Mental! The Musical (Midas and Lilybee), American Pilot (Mentors Project);and Storytelling Our Lives (Puente Theatre). Theatre being more a life than a living…Maria supports her theater habit with a job as a social worker in an addictions treatment program.

Daniel Martin (Artistic Director/Producer)

Daniel was born in Vancouver in 1974, but was raised in Auckland, New Zealand. After completing his Masters Degree in Sociology at the University of Auckland, Daniel returned to Canada, where he graduated from the studio acting program at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study and studied Clown with David McMurray Smith at Fantastic Space Enterprises. Driven by a desire to create exciting, relevant, and energetic new theatre, Daniel co- founded Upintheair with Dave Mott in 1999. As an actor Daniel has appeared in the Leo award winning short film Bob Appleby is a Loser , as well as a (very) brief appearance on Xena: Warrior Princess , and many short films. On stage he has been seen most notably as the manic director Strizh in Black Snow (United Players), Guy in Men of the World (Upintheair) , Frank in Daniel McIvors’ Never Swim Alone (Street Repertory Theatre) and Sophie’s Dad in Carnage (Pi Theatre).

David Mott (Artistic Director/Producer)

David is committed to fostering emerging artists, challenging established creation concepts and developing new ways of seeing theatre. Getting his start as an actor with Vancouver Youth Theatre he toured the Governor General’s Award winning play Will the Real Canadian through BC schools and eventually to Japan. A core member of the Chaos Collective in the 90’s his creative efforts gave rise to the Metanoia Projects while completing his BFA at the University of Victoria. Founding Upintheair in 1999 with Daniel Martin led to the company’s first developmental piece Pyropornomania for the Vancouver Fringe. Always focusing on developing, creating and challenging his own concepts of theatre making, David has now begun to widen his skills as a producer, playwright and director.

Xanthe Faulkner (Producer/Dramaturge)

Xanthe Faulkner is a theatre artist of many hats. Principally a playwright, this Ottawa native has seen her play Quicken produced by both the Gateway Theatre and Studio 58, while …and the sea and Ark have been read through Studio 58 and One Time Thing was developed this season through a mentorship at Carousel Theatre. As a stage manager, she returned last year from a season in the Tom Patterson Theatre at the Stratford Festival, and locally has worked with Pi Theatre. A graduate of Studio 58, she has assisted inspiring directors such as Jane Heyman, Colin Heath, and Craig Hall, and has brought to the fringe circuit critically acclaimed shows such as Liminal (co-creator & performer) and Penguins (director).

ERIN VANDENBERG- Dramaturge for Spunk’d, Poor Donna, Losing Ground, and Letter from a Soldier

Erin holds a BFA in Acting from Ryerson University. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Playwriting at the University of British Columbia. Selected theatre credits include: Nadya in Enemies, directed by Liza Balkan, Feargus in The Hostage, directed by Eda Holmes and Jean in Walking on Water, directed by Michael Waller.