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Nadine Carew
Tour Manager nadine.carew@greenthumb.bc.ca

Nadine joined Green Thumb Theatre in the fall of 2006. She comes to Green Thumb by way of art school and other more eclectic adventures. She was lucky to be part of EARTH: The World Urban Festival as the Artist Liaison in 2006 as well as volunteering with other small theatre companies over the years. Nadine has done a little of everything from costume and graphic design to film production, but has found she is most happy when looking over a pile of maps and trying to figure where exactly Telegraph Creek is, and how she's going to get a van with a set and 4 actors there. Nadine is pictured here with her aunt Denny, whom she had not seen in 22 years, but got to visit on Green Thumb's recent tour to Australia with CRANKED.


Alex Currie
 
Production Manager pm@greenthumb.bc.ca
Alex joined Green Thumb in 2007 after 6 seasons as Resident/Production Stage Manager with the Chemainus Theatre Festival on Vancouver Island. Alex got started in this business at the early age of ten as an actor, which eventually lead him to pursue a BFA Acting degree from the University of Windsor in Ontario.  Half way through the program Alex switched to the technical side of the business and became a Stage Manager and has not looked back since.  Alex is pictured with his niece Hannah outside of the Chemainus Theatre after having taken her to see one of her first plays.


Courtenay Dobbie
 
Artistic Associate ArtAssoc@greenthumb.bc.ca
Courtenay joined the Green Thumb team in September 2008.  She is thrilled to be back after being the Assistant Director for Steel Kiss and performing in the first tour of The Invisible Girl.  Courtenay is a director, creator, choreographer and performer who has worked with various theatre companies within B.C.  She is also the Artistic Director for Theatre Melee. In the fall of 2009 Courtenay will be attending the University of British Columbia to obtain her Masters in Directing as well as leading Green Thumb's new high school theatre project The EDGE which will be performed at The Roundhouse Community Centre in December. The two most important children in her life are her brand new baby niece Kat, and her little god son Dane who is pictured with her here after a 'kiddy' ride at the P.N.E. 


Meghan Gardiner

Playwright in Residence info@greenthumb.bc.ca
Meghan was first introduced to Green Thumb Theatre when they visited her elementary school a long, long time ago…. She didn’t know at that time that she would go on to write Blind Spot for Green Thumb, and then be granted a playwriting residency for the 2009/2010 season. Her first play Dissolve has been touring high schools and universities since 2003, and she looks forward to writing another one that tours for just as long! Meghan is also a freelance actor and is pictured here with her niece Nyla, on her first visit to Vancouver!


Ivan Habel
 
General Manager Ivan.Habel@greenthumb.bc.ca

Ivan Habel joined Green Thumb in 2004 after 3 seasons as Director of Planning and Education with the Stratford Festival of Canada.  Ivan has worked in production in many theatres across Canada including six years at the Shaw Festival and prior to that managed his own business providing services as a producer, manager and technical supervisor for many theatrical and corporate organizations.  He has served on the Board Directors of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and the International Performing Arts for Youth Association. Ivan is pictured with his daughter Colette sitting on a "chocolate milk" (arbutus) tree on Saltspring Island.

 

 


Jessie Li
Accountant

Jessie brings a great deal of Accounting experience to the team at Green Thumb.  After graduating from Northeast University in China, she taught Accounting for 6 years and is now continuing her education at Vancouver Community College and working towards her CGA.  She also has two lovely daughters and loves to read and cook.


Patrick McDonald
 
Artistic Director pmcdonald@greenthumb.bc.ca

Patrick McDonald has been the Artistic Director of Green Thumb Theatre for Young People since 1988; prior to that he was the Artistic Director of Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa.  For Green Thumb, he has directed numerous productions, and won a special Jessie Richardson Award in 1998 for "Continued excellence in vision in the field of Theatre for Young Audiences."  Productions Patrick has directed for Green Thumb include Problem Child, for which he received a Jessie in 1999 for "Outstanding Direction," in the Large Theatre category; Leaps & Bounds; Land of Trash; Tough!; and Showdown.  In recent years he has also directed 2000 (Vancouver Playhouse) for which he received a Jessie Nomination for Directing; Vigil (National Arts Centre and Grand Theatre); Fault Lines (Gateway Theatre and Green Thumb Theatre Jessie Award winning co-production); Escape from Happiness (Arts Club Theatre) and co-directed Nothing Sacred (Winter Garden Theatre). Patrick was awarded the 2008-09 GVPTA Jessie Richardson Award for Career Acheivment.

 

 
 
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