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enlightenment theatre society

David Benedict Brown
Artistic Director
dbb@enlightenmenttheatre.com
778-892-1744

Ashley Rutherford
Artistic Director
amr@enlightenmenttheatre.com

Ryan Kenneth Hauser
Asoociate Producer
rkh@enlightenmenttheatre.com

David Wayne Brown
President
dwb@enlightenmenttheatre.com


David MacMurray Smith
Associate Artist

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

Enlightenmenth Theatre is a Vancouver based theatre company with a diverse history. Beginning their journey the Enlightenment group slammed together in a few weeks by David Benedict Brown and Ashley Rutherford began working almost on a whim on their first production Collage: An Homage to Kurt Schwitters. A play exploring themes of global culture vicariously throuh the art and life of Kurt Schwitters, written by Ian Kluge. Next for Enlightenment was George F. Walker's Zastrozzi, following close upon the heels of Collage, this time with more support from the community Enlightenment chose Granville Island as a venue. In the following months Enlightenment Theatre laid low in the wake of the larger production. As for its original players Ashley and David, Ashley has since re-located to New York City to attend the Stella Addler Conservatory while David has been hard at work writing. Having recently returned from an American debut in San Francisco California David and Enlightenment have great plans for the future.
bios

David Benedict Brown

Through Enlightenment Theatre Society David hopes to continue his education in the realm of theatre through intriguing and enlightening experiences similar to his past projects. After completeing three successful stage productions. David plans to write and tour his own shows under the unmbrella of Enlightenment Theatre. Having just returned from San Francisco California presenting a brief produciton of his one man show "1.5 Days of His Life" David is excited to continue touring the same piece in Vancouver. Look for David and Enlightenment Theatre this coming year across the Canadian fringe circuit.

Ashley Rutherford

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.

Ryan Kenneth Hauser

 A people watcher, juice box fanatic & musical theatre veteran, Ryan loves to do “ridiculous physical stunts” for money (such as “running into trees and eating a box of crayons, you know…normal stuff”), & will eventually be writing and directing original musicals – so watch out!

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.

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
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

dbb@enlightenmenttheatre.com || 778-892-1744 2007 || enlightenment theatre society