Artist Biographies

Brad Curtin (Writer/Performer):

Brad Curtin is happy to be working again with all of the crew. Greg and Brad both grew up in the Walkerton area, attending Mary Immaculate School in Chepstow and Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton together. Brad met Darlene Spencer at the University of Waterloo, who was his teacher while he was studying theatre there. Joey was his classmate at that time. After university, Brad chose to study theatre further at Studio 58, part of Langara College in Vancouver, BC. At the school he developed his one-man show "Open Season on Mathews" about a young man with cancer. Recently though, he just came back from a five year trip to South East Asia. While there he worked as an English teacher, voice recorder, writer and actor. Recent credits include Adam in the Seoul Player's "Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)" and Jungle Bob on Sky Life TV's "English World", both in South Korea. He met Sarah while working on a movie there as well. "Water" is the first production of his new theatre company- The Curtin Travellers.

Darlene Spencer (Director):

Darlene received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from York University in Theatre Performance and is a graduate of the University of Waterloo Drama Department . She has directed over 35 theatrical productions, as well as, documentary, educational and industrial film and digital video. She is a performer, both in theatre and film. Selected theatre roles include her one woman show "Life Out Loud" written for her by playwright LCCARSON (WLU, The Annex, The Registry), Helga Ten Dorp in "Deathtrap" (Waterloo Stage Theatre), Titania/Hippolyta in "A Midsummer Night's Dream (York Shakespeare Co.), and for film Sarah in "976" (Walden Productions), and as the Maid in "Silent Song" (Big Blue Eyes Productions). Last year, she filmed her first documentary "Tica Time" which chronicles the lives of a family of five generations of women in Costa Rica. Lastly, she is an educator who has taught at the University of Waterloo (1990-2000), York University (1997/8), and she currently teaches at the Randolph Academy of the Performing Arts where she is the head of the acting program (2000-present). Darlene is directing Timberlake Wertenbaker's "The Grace of Mary Traverse" which opens at the Annex Theatre, Toronto, at the end of March. Darlene is delighted to be working, once again, with Brad. She believes the story that this piece tells is an enlightening and life changing one to be shared.

Greg Schnurr (Set Designer):

Greg Schnurr holds numerous degrees in Fine Art, Studio Art, Art History and Education. A graduate of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Queen's University and Sheridan College, he has designed sets for productions of "Exit the Body", "The Mousetrap", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "West Side Story", "Leader of the Pack", "Dracula, Baby!" and "Romeo and Juliet". Along with being a practicing artist and educator, Greg is a published contributor to various college-level texts chronicling the lives and literary influences of artists, poets and filmmakers.

Joey Morin (Sound Designer)

Recent design credits include: The Laramie Project (Studio 180 in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 2004), Spring Awakening (Randolph Academy, 2002), Life Out Loud (Adrenaline Productions, 2001), Cinema Inferno (ICASTICO, 2000), The Recurring Dream (Hard Time [T.O. Fringe], 2000) and Doris Does Damage (Toronto Fringe, 1999). Other credits include Multimedia Installation Designer on The Crucible (Randolph Academy, 2003), and Sound Recordist on This Beggar's Description (Tetrault Productions, 2002) and Doris Does Damage [Live at Second City] (...and you're not that pretty productions, 2001). His next creative endeavour will be as Sound Design for the upcoming Studio 180 production The Passion of the Chris: A Scourge of Plays by Christopher Durang for the Toronto Fringe Festival. He. is also, among other things, photographer, computer consultant and technician both in theatre and other areas. Although not seen in a while, he hopes to appear on stage again soon. He is very happy to be taking part in this important, topical new work.

Sarah Brebner (Stage Manager)

Sarah Brebner is very excited to be working on WATER. Sarah was involved in theatre while attending Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B. She played a nun in Night Train to Bolina, the 'Stage Doorman' in a professionally directed production of Kiss Me Kate, and a deranged librarian in a bilingual piece entitled Le Phantome du College St. Jude. Sarah recently returned from a three-year stint teaching English in South Korea. While in Korea, she appeared on a quiz show for foreigners on KBS. In February 2003, she became heavily involved behind the scenes with an independent film being shot in Seoul. Among the many hats she wore, she was responsible for continuity and had the position of production assistant.