Randy Leslie
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Randy's passion for the performing and visual arts is showcased by his work in the Ottawa, Toronto and Kelowna communities as an accomplished professional actor, respected director, dedicated producer and valued teacher. Randy brings with him a wealth of knowledge in arts management and marketing having worked in various capacities with non-profit and commercial venues within Canada. An annual award has been named in his honour to recognize outstanding arts achievement to a member of Scarborough Music Theatre located in Scarborough, Ontario. He is recipient of Civic Honour in the Arts Award and the Okanagan Angel Award for Leadership in the Arts as well as several other honours.Read More...
James Long
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James Long is the Artistic Associate at KAS. He has been involved with Kelowna Actors Studio since they first started productions here at the studio. James has attended the theatre program at UBC Okanagan and at the University of Alberta. With well over 40 productions under his belt he has served as a director (Lend Me A Tenor, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Same Time Next Year), actor, stage manager, light designer, props designer and construction. He has assisted and taught under the mentorship of Randy Leslie for the past 3 years. Read More...Margaret Gobie
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Margaret has a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. She has worked as an actor and director in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto. She also co-founded the theatre company, Glass Hammer Productions in Toronto. With Glass Hammer she directed "Romeo and Rosaline" - which enjoyed a few remounts - and site specific productions of "Canterbury Tales" and "The Revenger's Tragedy". Other directing credits include plays for the The Alumnae Theatre, Tarragon Theatre's Spring Arts Fair, the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival and Toronto's Summerworks Theatre Festival. She also directed the New York Fringe Production of "Que Sera" with Thorbolt Productions. Read More...
Mark Reinelt
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Mark started doing Improvisational Theatre nearly a decade ago. Specializing in short form game based and open scene Improv he has performed all over the province, from Lumby to Victoria. He has worked with improvisors from the Vancouver Theatre Sports League, The Groundlings and Second City. He has performed in over 150 shows for audiences numbering 10 to 250 and has also performed on television and radio. Read More...Vivian Hughes
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Vivian has been involved in over 100 productions; plays, musicals, operas and operettas as a performer, director or choreographer. She hails from Vancouver where she worked as an Equity and Actra performer. When KAS first opened its doors, Vivian was cast in the inaugural show “Barefoot in the Park”. Since then, she has performed in 18 KAS productions. Read More...