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.

 Shawn is a Vancouver-based actor and playwright with over 20 years of professional experience. He has worked extensively for most of Vancouver's theatre companies as an actor, appeared in many film and television projects, and whenever he can, he writes plays. Recently Shawn has been working with youth as the Instructor and Program Leader for LEAP Playwriting Intensive for Teen Writers at the Arts Club Theatre. He is thrilled to be in his second year as Artistic Associate at Green Thumb and heading this year's Edge Project.

After three years on tour around the world with Green Thumb, Rachael is excited to be joining the folks at the office to support the tours from a different perspective.  

Besides Green Thumb she has been part of stage management teams at such companies as the Shaw Festival, Drayton Entertainment, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Roseneath Theatre and the Blyth Festival.  Rachael had the pleasure of working as an Event Services Supervisor at the 2010 Winter Olympics and has spent three years living in Iowa.

Kari is thrilled to be leading Green Thumb’s capital campaign in support of The School House Project.  She has previously raised funds for Bard on the Beach and the Vancouver International Dance Festival.  She also currently serves as a Fundraising and Event Specialist on the Board of Directors for grunt gallery, an artist-run presentation centre with a mandate of advancing First Nations contemporary art, performance, sound and video installation. 

  Four foot-eleven and packed with spunk, Storie moved from Toronto to Vancouver in August of 2010 to pursue her diploma in Arts and Entertainment Management at Capilano University. Having only ever been to the west coast once before, the excitement of new opportunities drove Storie to Green Thumb Theatre, where she found a company she could relate to. Now, working in the fundraising department as well as making sure the office wheels keep turning, Storie is looking forward to the crazy few months ahead and the amazing things that are happening with the company.