Region Category: Winnipeg
Hope McIntyre 
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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.
Jul
23
Emma Porter and Jenny O’Kell
Writing is all about world building, but you don't have to do it alone! When Emma started working with her mentor Jenny, they worked together on development of early works and explored different avenues of promotion for published works.
Jun
23
Iris Lauzon and Yvonne Ducharme
What's stopping you from following your dreams? For mentee Yvonne, even being well into pregnancy didn't derail her ambition! Read on for more about Yvonne Ducharme's experiences with her mentor Iris Lauzon in Creative Manitoba's Professional Mentorship Program!
Jun
22
Intro to Ukulele for Adults
Are you an adult who has always wanted to learn an instrument? Ukulele is an incredibly accessible and fun way to explore musicianship at any age. This four week introduction […]
Jun
03
Blues and Jazz Singing for Adults-3 pm (fall)
If you love to sing Jazz or Blues and/or have participated in our past Blues Singing for Adults classes, this is the class for you! This student-led class will focus […]
Jun
03
Intro to Vocal Technique for Blues and Jazz Singers – 2 pm (fall)
Upon request from the recent Blues Singing for Adults class, we are pleased to introduce a class that focuses strictly on vocal technique for Jazz, Blues and similar styles of […]