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David Benedict Brown Artistic Director dbb@enlightenmenttheatre.com 778-892-1744 Evelyn Chew Artistic Associate evelynsbchew@gmail.com Ashley Rutherford Associate Artist amr@enlightenmenttheatre.com Ryan Kenneth Hauser Asoociate Artist rkh@enlightenmenttheatre.com David Wayne Brown President dwb@enlightenmenttheatre.com David MacMurray Smith Associate Artist |
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mandate 1 To create and develop relationships within the local theatre community by creating opportunities for emerging artists to work, create and learn together. 2 To produce work that is relevant to and explores the lives concerns and artistic expression of local emerging artists. 3 To provide audiences with an intellectually enlightened and challenging theatre experience. 4 To promote, encourage and foster the publics attention to and appreciation of local emereging artists and their work. 5 To create and develop an artistic community based on providing opportunities to emerging artists, while fostering invidual styles and approaches. 6 To connect with the existing artistic community, both amateur and professional, in order to foster a cross pollination that will strengthen and enhance both. 7 To be fiscally responsible; to firmly set all activities of the Society on a business footing, with due care and attention to business planning, balanced budgeting, expense control, and audit and verification procedures, so as to ensure that all funds entrusted to the Society, are utilized responsibly in line with the purposes of the Society as set out in clauses 1 through 6 above. company history Enlightenment Theatre Society was conceived and incorporated in July 2006 by the father-son duo David Wayne Brown and David Benedict Brown. Our funding base (to date) has relied entirely on donations from the private sector; we do not wish to remove ourselves from the private sector, but seek to expand and include public sector funding. 2006 In December, Enlightenment Theatre produced Collage: An Homage to Kurt Schwitters. Collage was a look into the 'global village as a collage', the action of the play took place vicariously through the life and times of the 20th century collage artist Kurt Schwitters. Written by Ian Kluge, professor of theology and son to a Nazi Judge and Holocaust survivor, Collage was dramaturged and directed by Enlightenment Theatre Artistic Director David Benedict Brown and associate artist Ashley Rutherford. 2007 In June, Enlightenment Theatre produced an original play written by UBC creative writing student Andrey Summers entitled Lovestruck: A Romantic Comedy Set in the Horrific World of H.P. Lovecraft. It was directed by Gord Myren (BFA, UBC theatre) at the Dorothy Somerset Theatre on UBC Campus. In July, Enlightenment Theatre produced the George F. Walker play, Zastrozzi: the Master of Discipline directed by Emilio Salituro (BFA, UBC theatre). This was Enlightenment Theatre's first large scale production of an already written/produced play as an experiment in 'show business', and the first to engage professional organizations including the GVPTA and CAEA. For this project Enlightenment Theatre received a media sponsorship package from CTV news. 2008 In July, Enlightenment Theatre submitted an original solo piece in the 10x10 theatre festival presented by ITSAZOO Productions. The piece was entitled One Point Five Days of His Life, it was a candid look at the life of a 'white collar workers' exploring the ups and downs of an anxiety disorder. The piece was the first in a series of plays written by Artistic Director David Benedict Brown exploring mental health issues, and was directed by Evelyn Chew (graduate of Studio 58) In September, Enlightenment Theatre brought One Point Five Days of His Life to San Francisco, California for the Dark Room Theatre's Working for the Weakened: Work related theatre festival. 2009 Currently Enlightenment Theatre Society's Artistic Producer David Benedict Brown is presenting a one man show at the 2009 Toronto Fringe festival. The play, entitled: Michael in Primetime is a look at the development of psychotic delusions spawned by early childhood trauma. Inspired by residents of the downtown eastside, this piece explores themes of mental decay associated and catalyzed by childhood trauma and drug abuse. The piece is written by David with assistance from Nicolle Natrass (CAEA and PGC) and is directed by Evelyn Chew (graduate of Studio 58). |
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David Benedict Brown David is excited to be hosting the world premiere of Michael in Primetime courtesy of the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival. Hailing from Vancouver David’s past writing credits include 1.5 Days of His Life with Enlightenment Theatre performed at San Francisco, California’s Dark Room Theatre and Primetime performed courtesy of ITSAZOO productions’ 10x10 theatre festival at Café Deux Soliel in Vancouver. David can also been seen on stages in Vancouver having performed in other productions with Enlightenment Theatre including Victor in George F. Walker’s Zastrozzi and several character roles in ITSAZOO productions’ Death of a Clown. |
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| Ryan Kenneth Hauser Ryan Hauser has been involved in theatre and improv for the past 10 years starting in his hometown of Prince George with a focus in musical theatre. Ryan moved to Vancouver in 2005 to pursue further bounds of the stage. Some of Ryan's roles on stage include Rolfe in Sound of Music, Scarecrow in Wizard of Oz, Fyedka in Fiddler on the Roof, Tommy in Brigadoon, and Tony in West Side Story. Off stage his roles have ranged from teaching musical theatre for children at Excalibur Theatre Arts in Prince George, co-producing Enlightenment Theatre's Zastrozzi: Master of Discipline at Granville Island's Waterfront Theatre, and performing vast science demonstrations to students across British Columbia through Science World. Ryan also took part in ITSAZOO production’s Four Course Meal. |
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Originally from Prince George, BC Ashley now makes her home in New Westminster where she attended The Douglas College Theatre Program until 2005. Since receiving her Theatre diploma Ashley has worked on such productions as Amira Productions’ “The Watermelon Girls” (The Devil’s Daughter), Shrimp Pate’s “Cannibal: The Musical” (Vocal Director), Hoarse Raven Theatre’s “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding” (Celeste Romano), United Player’s “Iphigenia in Aulis” (Chorus) and Iliana Panagotouni’sAnglo-Greco production “When Eros Wounded Me” (Medea). A baby clown graduate from Fantastic Space Enterprises, Ashley is also a self-employed bum, who scrounges up extra cash working in the world of tv commercials, dinner theatre and kids' birthday parties. Currently, she may be seen going through a trash bin in your neighborhood - she's not really a bum though, she just has a deep appreciation for great art. |
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| David Wayne Brown A commercial real estate banker with a zen for theatre, David spent several years on the Board of Directors for Bard on the Beach. He takes pleasure in continuing along the path to enlightenment after founding this company with his son. The company's aim is to assist emerging artists while providing communal "enlightenment." The company's name is derived from the European Enlightenment of the 1700's. |
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support Our success and our shows would not be possible without the support of our generous donors. Join our artistic epidemic and help facilitate an expansion of artistic cooperation through mixed medium performance art. Thank you for your consideration. Below you'll find a list of our current donors |
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current supporters This section acknowledges the support of our current donors without which our projects would not have been made possible. Les Philosophes ($0 - $1000) David Wayne Brown Rita Millar Brown Peter Redepok Girell Investments (Glenn Bell and Ralph Guiriado) Nexus Investments Bill Humphrey Rita Thibault The Enlightened ($1000 - $4000) Epta Properties (The Tsakumis Family) Barj Dahan and the Esso Community Program The Colonial Hotel (Peter Plett) Belvedere Care (Bert Evertt) Nirvana ($4000+) Country Grocer/Liquor Plus  |
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| dbb@enlightenmenttheatre.com || 778-892-1744 | 2009 || enlightenment theatre society |