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Rebecca Driedger is a theatre creator, freelance photographer/videographer and graphic designer based in Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
She holds a Bachelor of Creative Arts from Brandon University, a Creative Communications diploma from RRC Polytech, and a Micro-diploma in Mythology and Folktales from the University of Manitoba.
Rebecca is the Venue Technician and Media Coordinator for The Gargoyle Theatre, the Founder of Metanoia Theatre Co., and the Podcast Producer for Live at the Gargoyle and Made From What's Left.
She has worked on promotional content for organizations such as Film Training Manitoba, NUOVOCE Chamber Choir, Rainbow Resource Centre, and the University of Winnipeg, and was the Executive Producer for the docu-series All The World's a Virtual Stage on BellFibe Tv1 as part of her Creative Communications Diploma.
Hope McIntyre is an award winning playwright and director. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film and also teaches through the Walls to Bridges program in correctional centres. Her training includes a BFA in performance from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in directing from the University of Victoria. She was the founding Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions, a company dedicated to social change that she helmed for 22 years. During this tenure she developed multiple new theatrical works, produced FemFest (an annual festival), worked as a dramaturg for emerging playwrights, and developed community-based play creation methods.
Hope is former Chair of The Women’s Caucus and former President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. She has received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the Bra D’Or, the Women Helping Women Award, the Mahatma Gandhi Social Change Award, and the University of Winnipeg Arts Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2023 she published the e-book The Business of Theatre: Pathways to a Career in Theatre.
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