Life in Stages with Joel Greenberg

Award-winning actor, singer, director, theatre creator, and educator, Bruce Dow (AACE, ACTRA, AEA, CAEA, SAG-AFTRA) ( http://www.brucedow.com ) is best known for five featured roles on Broadway, twelve seasons in leading roles at the Stratford Festival, and award-winning performances in Toronto and Washington, D.C. During the pandemic, Bruce returned to university to study Intercultural Psychother...

Jordan Pettle has been a professional theatre actor, director and teacher for over 30 years. Since graduating from the National Theatre School in 1994, he has worked on stages across the country in both contemporary and classical work,. He has appeared in over 25 productions for Soulpepper Theatre and spent 4 seasons at the Stratford Festival. In Toronto, he has worked for Canadian Stage, Coal Min...

Anthony studied at UBC and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts. His film, television and theatre credits speak to a career moving between all areas.  On film, Anthony has worked on “Astronaut”, “The Two Mr. Kissels”, “Charlie Grant’s War” and  “The Atom Spies”. Television roles include “Murdoch Mysteries”, “Tracker”, “Wind at My Back”, “Women if Windsor”, “Top Cops”, “Counterstr...

Ian considers himself extremely fortunate to have been able to play leading roles on every major stage (large and small) from coast to coast. A member of both Stratford and Shaw Festival companies, he also played the title role of The Foreigner, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, returning to appear in Studio 180s acclaimed production of Stuff Happens.  Ian took his own sketch comedy show, A Collecti...

Andre trained at George Brown College and the Birmingham Conservatory (Stratford Festival). Since entering the profession, he has worked equally onstage and on screen. Stratford credits include “Macbeth”, “The Winter’s Tale”, “King Lear”, “Coriolanus” and “The Tempest”. At the Shaw Festival, Andre performed in “The Glass Menagerie”, “Sex” and “An Octoroon". Beyond the festivals, he has worked...

Brenda is a multi-award-winning actor, experienced in theatre, film and television. Among her many stage credits, Brenda includes “The Children” (Belfry Theatre, BC), “Escaped Alone” and “Noises Off” (Soulpepper Theatre), “August Osage County” (Citadel Theatre), “Doubt” (Centaur Theatre) and “Celimare” (Shaw Festival). These are but a very few of the very many. Film and television credits include...

Gord is an actor, playwright and filmmaker. He has performed from San Francisco to Rwanda, including 9 seasons at the Shaw Festival. Among his favourite productions are “Oedipus Rex” (Stratford Festival), “Hamlet” (Necessary Angel), “The Runner” (the award-winning one man show). As the naked Ukrainian plutonium dealer, in Michael Healey’s “The Innocent Eye Test”, Gord won the Dora Award. Recent sc...

Michael Rubenfeld  is a Canadian-Polish theatre artist, actor, playwright, director, and producer whose work bridges North America and Europe, engaging deeply with history, identity, and performance. Born in Winnipeg and a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada , Rubenfeld has built a wide-ranging career on stages across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Acting credits include the...

Allegra is a trilingual, award-winning actor. Stage credits include “Julius Caesar” (Canadian Stage), “Tout Comme Elle” (Luminato Festival), “The List” (her solo show with Nightwood Theatre), “Geometry in Venice: (Crows Theatre), “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Odyssey” (Stratford Festival) and “The Crackwalker_ (Persephone Theatre). Among many films, Allegra has performed in “Strange But True”, “...

Norm Foster is a highly produced Canadian playwright known for accessible, funny and heartwarming comedies like “The Melville Boys”, “The Foursome” and “On A First Name Basis”. His plays often feature everyday people and relationships. Foster has written eighty-eight plays to date and has been Canada’s most prolific and most produced playwright for decades. In 2016, Foster was made an Officer of t...

Michael’s jam-packed resume is itself a testament to the many stages in a professional actor’s life. So, having Michael join me in conversation is precisely what I’d aimed my podcast to include. Selecting from among the many, many credits will provide a snapshot – our conversation will offer much more. Film and television credits include “Chucky” (regular guest star), “Fellow Travelers” (recurring...

Deb and I met about 25 years ago when we were both working on the Canadian premiere of “The Laramie Project”, the production that launched Studio 180 Theatre. And during its subsequent run the following year, at Buddies, Deb returned to the company.  Additional stage credits include “Steel Magnolias” (Capitol Theatre), “The Curious Incident…” (YES Theatre), “Doubt” (BNE Theatre), “The Penelopiad”...

Jim is a multi-talented writer-performer-director with more than 50 years of professional experience. I first saw Jim in the original Toronto production of “Godspell”, and soon after I was working with him on a series of original musical revues: “Tonight at 8:30…9 O’Clock in Newfoundland (Series 1, 2 and 3), I’ll Tell You Mine…If You Tell Me Yours”, “The Moose that Roared”. For these, he was write...

Lucy just completed her 38th season at the Stratford Festival and was the recipient of the Stratford Festival Legacy Award in 2023. She has played in over 85 productions at Stratford and has performed in approximately 45 Shakespeare plays including Lady Macbeth in last season's Macbeth directed by Robert Lepage. Throughout her 40-year career she has journeyed through the stories of Ophelia, Ro...

David has spent as much of his career onstage as he has in front of cameras. Stage credits include “The Nether” (Studio 180 theatre/Coalmine), “The Boy in the Moon” (Crows), “Noises Off” (Soulpepper), “Doubt” (Canadian Stage), “Frost/Nixon” (Vancouver Playhouse/ Canadian Stage), “Amadeus” (Citadel Theatre), “The Trials of Ezra Pound” (Stratford Festival) and “Nothing Sacred” (Winter Garden Theatre...

Linda began her professional career at Second City (Toronto) where she performed, directed and conducted workshops. She has appeared in and directed many plays, films and television shows throughout Canada, the US, Europe, Russia and New Zealand. Stage credits include her work with the Stratford Festival, Tarragon Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Aquarius, Studio 180 Theatre and Theatre Calgary, a...

Tom has been a member of the Stratford Company for 12 seasons. Additionally, he has performed in “Someone Else”, “The Seagull” and “The Wedding Party”, at Crows Theatre, Hairspray, both in Toronto and on Broadway, “Hamlet” at the National Arts Centre, Robert Lepage’s “Romeo et Juliette”, “I Am My Own Wife”, at the Vancouver Playhouse, and “Tartuffe”, at Canadian Stage. On television and in film, T...

Bringing this season to a close, Mike becomes host to Joel -- and this is their 3rd conversation, which makes sense since we are in Season 3 -- how the podcast has developed, is developing, will continue to evolve PLUS the reality of stepping down from Studio 180 Theatre after 20 years as Artistic Director and, altogether, 50 years in the professional theatre world. Regrets? Triumphs? Dreams? Tune...

Judith is the author of more than a dozen plays, all produced in Canada and many  translated and produced internationally. She has written two produced films and  two television films, plus many radio plays.  Judith lists among her many awards two Governor General Awards, a Toronto Arts  Award, a Dora Award and a Chalmers Award, The Epilepsy Ontario Award, the  Susan Smith Blackburn Award and The...

A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Susan has appeared in  leading roles in theatres across the country, including The Royal Manitoba Theatre  centre, The Citadel, The Banff Centre, The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival.  As a founding member of Soulpepper Theatre Company, she appeared in Don  Carlos during the company’s inaugural season. Among other Soulpepper  productions we...

Evan has been a leading player across various stages and screens in Canada and  the United States for 30 years.   As a longtime member of both the Stratford and Shaw festivals, he has played ‘Sky  Masterson’ in Guys & Dolls, ‘Mercutio’ in Romeo and Juliet, the title role in  Pericles , ‘Stanhope’ in Journey’s End , ‘Jack” in The Importance of Being Earnest.  Musical theatre credits include his...

I first saw Barbara in a Toronto production of The Dining Room. I was completely  taken with her performance, her warmth, her clarity. I hoped that I would have  the opportunity of working with her, and in 2006 we finally did get to work  together — The Arab-Israeli Cookbook provided the opportunity. And I’ve  followed her career since then.  Theatre audiences will know Barbara from her performanc...

Brad is among the most produced and prolific Canadian playwrights. Born in  Edmonton, he won his first playwriting competition at the age of 17. He hasn’t  stopped writing since.  Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love , which premiered at  Alberta Theatre projects PlayRites in 1989, after being developed by Workshop  West (Edmonton), launched an international career with productio...

Drew’s tally of theatre, film and television credits is daunting, and this thumbnail  sketch barely scratches the surface.  Fourteen seasons at the Shaw Festival include roles in The Devil’s Disciple, The  Playboy of the Western World, Cavalcade, The Front Page and Cyrano de Bergerac.   Elsewhere, and right across the country, Andrew has performed in Cymbeline and  Richard III (Stratford Festival)...

Many of my guests have discussed the paths they followed through careers both  linear and pin-ball like. Allan Stratton begins by stating that he was raised by a  single mom in Bruce County, Sarnia and London.  He has lived in Manhattan, Montreal, Vancouver and Switzerland — but mostly in  Toronto.  Allan began his professional life as an actor, moved on to playwriting (I ‘met’ Allan  by directing...