Bernadette completed her university studies in English and Drama at Concordia University in Montreal. Since that time she has directed over thirty theatre productions and is a founder of Theatreworks Productions.
She has been instrumental in developing many playwrights over the years, often times producing and directing the first production of their script. Bernadette and the actors/writers she has directed have received Dora Mavor Moore award nominations on numerous occasions.
Her latest theatre project for which she was writer and director was Gizmette - produced in May 2003.
Damaged Roses - written, directed and produced by Bernadette was her first short film. This film aired on WTN-TV's 'Shameless Shorts'.
Bernadette is also Canada's leading authority on the "Shurtleff Approach" to acting and has taught in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Los Angeles.
Bernadette has been teaching professional actors for 25 year and has extensive experience coaching lead actors for T V Series, MOWs, Mini Series and Feature Films.
Her professional memberships include: Canadian Actors Equity, Toronto Association of Acting Studios, Playwrights Guild Canada, Theatre Ontario and Bernadette is also recognized in Chatelaine's "Who's Who of Canadian Women".
ADRIAN PROSZOWSKI - Co-Artistic Director
Born in London Ontario and raised in Ottawa Adrian attended Canterbury High School for the Arts before leaving Ottawa to train at George Brown Theatre School in Toronto.
Theatre :
Company member for several years of A Company of Fools, a troupe dedicated to the plays of Shakespeare, played Michael and two other characters in Kevin Kerr's Unity 1918 at Theatre Aquarius, Rad in Carousel Players 1000 Cranes , a goldfish and puppy dog in Rob Watson's comedy Desperate Housepets , and Louis in Michel Marc Bouchard's Heat Wave at Sudbury Theatre Centre.
Adrian is honoured to be a member of this well-heeled company in the capacity of Co-Artistic Director. He feels it is important that we keep theatre alive, keep people congregating for the purpose of story telling otherwise we will cease to know ourselves, and each other. Here's to the possibilities.
