User:Stephen Atkins

Vita: Stephen Atkins, BA Theatre/Art History, MFA Theatre/Film (SFU) has performed and directed in Vancouver, Calgary and Lethbridge. Recent directing credits include The Queens for the University of Lethbridge [1], The Woman, Forever Yours Mary Lou, Mad Boy Chronicle, Woyzeck and Les Belles Souers for Exit22 at Capilano College [2], Vancouver/North Shore. Stephen is trained in voice for the actor (Linklater/Berry) and Laban. He was a founding member of the Tooba Physical Theatre Centre [3] in Vancouver, BC. Writing credits for theatre include Just Measures (1989), Four & Twenty Blackbirds (1992), Black Angels (1997) and Venom (2006). Articles include Virtual Reality and the Actual Performer (Canadian Theatre Review 1994), and has contributed several articles (1994-2005) on science fiction, art history, food, travel and theatre for trade publications and open-source projects such as Wikipedia. He has been a member of the Capilano College Theatre Department since 1990 where he teaches Voice, Acting, Improvisation & Mask, Creative Movement, Styles and Theatre History. He is currently on leave to work as an intern with the physical theatre company Zen Zen Zo in Brisbane, Australia.