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For the Festival: Director, Packing Up by Alison Lawrence | 2025 Fostered Playwrights Festival Selected Theatre: Directing: WHERE I WAS WHEN, LITTLE WOMEN (University of Windsor), THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), NOBODY’S CHILDREN (Yellow Door Theatre Project), GROUNDED (theatreSix), DROWNING GIRLS & TUESDAYS AND...
Jane is thrilled to be directing Norm’s delightful new romantic comedy, and to be a part of the of the Foster Festival’s exciting adventure into a hybrid form of filmed theatre. Jane has had the pleasure of performing and directing in theatres across Canada for the...
Tara Rosling has worked in the worlds of theatre (predominantly) and film & tv for over twenty-five years. She is looking forward to donning the director hat during The Foster Festival's 2nd annual Fostered Playwrights Festival. In her many seasons at the Shaw Festival some favourite...
Emily is Founder and Artistic Director of The Foster Festival. She has held the most Senior position at The Foster Festival for the past 10 years and has been a professional actor and director for over twenty years. Select stage credits include: Upcoming: On A First Name...
Marcia first joined The Foster Festival as the Director of The Christmas Tree reading series. She looks forward to now directing two Foster world premiere reading of They're Found in Trees and directing the Festival's 2023 world premiere production of Danny & Delilah, . Marcia trained...
FOR THE FESTIVAL: Here on the Flight Path (Director) Most recently Blair directed Light Up The Sky at the Shaw Festival. He also toured Australia with the internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra Tafelmusik in the narrative concert House of Dreams; played William Gillette in The Game's Afoot at Vertigo Theatre (Calgary) and Frank...
Jamie has performed in over 80 productions in the last three decades, as well as written three plays, two of which have been produced: the third upcoming in 2025. In the last number of years Jamie has had the great fortune of donning the director’s...
FOR THE FESTIVAL: Halfway There, Come Down From Up River, The Ladies Foursome, Wildly Romantic. SELECTED THEATRE CREDITS: Dance Nation, Keep Good Theatre Co/HEIST; Bluebirds, Theatre New Brunswick; Intimate Apparel, Thousand Islands Playhouse; John Ware Reimagined, Workshop West/ Lunchbox Theatre; Wit, Vancouver Playhouse/Canstage. SELECTED TV/FILM CREDITS: From Marvel to PBS Kid’s, Milk Bone to...
Lisa was proud to be a part of the inaugural season of The Foster Festival, honoring one of Canada's treasured playwrights, Norm Foster. She is thrilled to be directing Norm's greatest hit, Jenny's House of Joy, for the Festival's 2023 Season. Past acting credits include: Come From...
Sheila McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won to Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), and two Dora Awards (theatre) along with multiple nominations. In addition to starring as Sarah Hamoudi in the Canadian television hit series Little Mosque on the Prairie, she...
