Abbey Thiessen is a Saskatchewan born and raised theatre artist that is ecstatic to be making her debut at Dancing Sky Theatre in Jonas and Barry in the Home! Recently you may have seen her as she stretched her wings at the ShortCuts festival in Saskatoon in November. While Abbey spends whatever free time she can creating art and theatre! She will be appearing as Rosie. You’ll get to know her more very soon. So enjoy the horizon, enjoy your company, and enjoy the show!

Blaine Hart has performed on stage, screen and radio since the mid 80’s. He is very happy to return to Dancing Sky Theatre.

*Appearing courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity

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Back on the boards! Kent is excited to be part of DST's production of 'Jonas and Barry in the Home'. Kent has worked on stage with the playwright in another of his creations, 'The Love List' at Stage Wesr, Calgary. Kent is well known to DST's audience, having appeared in many productions, including "The Shipbuilder', 'Horse High, Bull Strong, Pig Tight', a number of Christmas Pantos, and last spring’s production of 'Fireside Stories ll'. Kent has performed across Canada, and can be seen as Prospero in Swift Current's Shakespeare Festival production of 'The Tempest' in August.

*Appearing courtesy of Canadian Actors’ Equity

Katie Blackburn-Dust is an emerging theatre artist living and working on

Treaty 6 Territory. She has just finished up her BFA at the University of

Saskatchewan and is thrilled to be working with the wonderful folks at Dancing Sky for the first time this spring. Katie grew up riding horses with her family west of Saskatoon and is very grateful for the chance to create and tell stories in beautiful rural Saskatchewan. Ecstatic to be back in the theatre, Katie can’t wait to connect with the DST community and hopes you enjoy the show!

Angus was born a long time ago in the magical hills in the South West of England. He grew up and went to school there and was a fairly normal English boy. When he was 15 years old, his Mum fell in love and remarried, and it was decided that the whole new family was going to move to Canada. Angus had never been to Canada, and he knew very little about it, but it all sounded like an exciting adventure. A house was bought in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan which sounded very exotic and different. So, the first time he set foot in his new land was when he moved here. It was January 3rd 1978, at 1:30 in the morning. It was 35 below with a pretty serious wind. Angus had never felt anything like it before in his life.

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Once he was properly equipped, Angus started to explore the Canadian Prairies and slowly fell in love with them. Apart from one 4-year stint in Montreal where he met his wonderful wife Louisa, he has lived and worked in his new home, Saskatchewan ever since.

Angus is very proud that he has been able to make a living through the Arts – sharing stories with other people and making things.

Norm Foster has been the most produced playwright in Canada every year for the past twenty years. His plays receive an average of one hundred and fifty productions annually making him, by far, the most produced playwright in the history of his country.

Born in Newmarket, Ontario on St. Valentine's Day and raised in Toronto, Norm attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and then went on to study Radio & Television Arts at Centennial College in Toronto and then Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Upon completion of his studies, he began a radio career that would span 25 years and which would take him from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg to Kingston and finally to Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was in Fredericton in 1980 that Norm was introduced to the world of theatre.

Foster fell in love with the theatre right then and there, and two years later he penned his first professionally produced play, Sinners. It was produced by Theatre New Brunswick and directed by Malcolm Black, who would also direct Foster's next effort, the highly successful, The Melville Boys. The Melville Boys would go on to be produced across Canada and in the United States, including a well-received run off-Broadway in New York. It would become Foster's signature play, and the one which would bring his name to the forefront of Canadian theatre. Since then, Norm Foster has produced an astonishing output of work. Over fifty-five plays in all, including The Affections of May, the most produced play in Canada in 1991.

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For full Bio and List of Plays please visit:

https://www.normfoster.com/bio.html

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