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Courses: Intro to Theatre: Part II, Women Dramatists, Intro to Film, Contemporary Theatre Practice, Contemporary American Drama, Classical European Drama, Medieval Drama
Rebecca Harries completed her B.A. at Bishop's University Drama Department and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto. Her thesis was an exploration of the apocalyptic in expressionist German drama and film. She has presented papers on a range of topics from both Nosferatu films to the Teletubbies.
Her experience as a director includes workshops with Richard Rose and Theatre Smith-Gilmour and she some of her favorite plays directed at Bishop's include The Visit and Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom. She is also an enthusiastic practitioner of yoga and has taken workshops with Paul Grilley and Mahar Raz. This fall Dr. Harries is pleased to be offering Women and Performance for the first time in several years.
Office: DIV 37
Phone: 819-822-9600 ext. 2386
rharries@ubishops.ca
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Courses: Acting 2, Directing, Text & Language, Production 1&2
Gregory Tuck has been working in Canadian Theatre since 1972. He trained as an actor in the professional acting program of the University of Alberta. Mr. Tuck began directing while at the Manitoba Theatre Centre where he was Assistant Director and Artistic Director of the Warehouse Theatre.
As a free lancer, Mr. Tuck has directed for the Wildhorse Theatre, Toronto Arts Productions, the Theatre Hour Company, Theatre Calgary, Theatre Beyond Words, the Edmonton Fringe Festival, the Western Canada Theatre Company, the Richmond Gateway, the New Bastion Theatre, 1000 Islands Playhouse, Playwrites Workshop (Montreal) and the Drayton Festival.
Mr. Tuck has taught and directed at the Banff Centre in the Drama, Music Theatre and Musical Theatre Programs, John Abbot College, the National Theatre School and Bishop's University. Mr. Tuck has written for the stage, television and radio, acts, periodically, and has adjudicated the New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Quebec Drama Festivals.
Mr. Tuck sat on the Board of the Quebec Drama Federation and the Theatre Advisory Committee of the Canada Council. Mr. Tuck has been the Artistic Director of Sunshine Theatre in British Columbia and on two occasions of the Piggery Theatre. He is currently on the faculty of the Drama Department at Bishop's University.
This fall he will direct The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney.
Office: CEN 79
Phone: 819-822-9600 ext. 2313
gtuck@ubishops.ca
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Courses: Acting I, II & III, Theatre Lab
Jo Jo Rideout is one of the premiere voice teachers in Canada, having taught at most major theatre centres including The Stratford Festival Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre and The National Theatre School. She trained as an actress at the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School under the direction of Powys Thomas and continued her studies in vocal technique with Lloy Coutts at the Stratford Festival Theatre. Besides her love of teaching, Jo Jo thrives in the costume shop and has designed costumes at Bishop's for The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Ballad of Romeo & Juliet, and the Chimes of Freedom.
In the summer of 2007 Jo Jo was a chosen participant in the One Yellow Rabbit Summer Intensive in Calgary.
In June 2008 Jo Jo reunited with Michael Kennard of Mump and Smoot fame for an upgrade in her clowning skills.
For Bishop’s Jo Jo organized a mini-festival in September 2008, featuring Denise Clarke and Raoul Bhaneja.
In January 2009, Jo Jo was responsible for having actor Paul Gross come to Bishop’s to screen his film Passchendaele and meet with the students.
Jo Jo recently received her preferred trainer status in accent reduction.
Besides her work at Bishop’s Jo Jo has been guest instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada since 1995.
Office: MOR 19
Work Phone: 822-9600 ext. 2461
jrideout@ubishops.ca
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Courses: Playwriting I & II, Cont. Canadian Drama, Production I & II, Modern Drama, Intro to Shakespeare, Scene Study.
Winner of several regional and national playwriting awards, George Rideout's plays have been produced across Canada. Professor Rideout's playwriting class is the source of work for the annual New Plays Festival which presents one-act plays written by Bishop's students.
This past August Professor Rideout worked with digital imaging instructor Tim Doherty and five Bishop's alumni on a short, no budget film about a psychedelic religious cult in the late 1960s. The film-689 Spadina Avenue-will be edited during the fall with an expected screening date early in the new year.
In the spring of 2009 Professor Rideout will direct a musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest entitled The Chimes of Freedom.
Office: MOR 21
Work Phone: 822-9600 ext. 2389
grideout@ubishops.ca
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Courses: Intro to Technical Theatre, Intermediate Technical Theatre Lighting Design
Michael Medland has been an invaluable part of Bishop's University for over twenty years, acting as both technical director for Bishop's Drama since 1988 and Centennial Theatre since 1994. He studied under his predecessor and later colleague, Dr. Ian Gaskell. Mr. Medland was also Technical Director for the Piggery Theatre from 1989-1997. He has been lighting shows since 1986, including countless designs for Bishop's Drama and several for the Piggery and the Townships theatre company. Directors with whom he has worked include Ann Hodges, Perry Schneiderman, Greg Tuck, George Rideout, Doug Beatty, Andreas Aspergis and Corey Castle. His recent designs include Julius Caesar, The Madwoman of Chaillot, Indian Blood, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream (for the third time!) Michael Medland created the lighting design for the 2007 spring musical, The Ballad of Romeo & Juliet.
Office: CEN 12
Phone: 819-822-9600 ext. 2308
mmedland@ubishops.ca
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Dr. Rittenhouse is Full Professor in the Department of Drama, where he has taught since 1980, and was appointed Vice-Principal of Bishop's University in 2000. He received his Bachelor's degree (Honours English) from Loyola of Montreal and his Master's degree and PhD from the University of Toronto's Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama. He has taught a wide variety of courses in dramatic literature and theatre history and directed a number of student plays. He also served as Chair of the Eastern Townships Research Centre from 1989 to 1994 and was Editor of the Journal of Eastern Townships Studies from 1992 to 2001. Dr. Rittenhouse's graduate training was in the field of Renaissance and Shakespearian theatre. Besides conducting research in that field, however, he has also done extensive research on English-language theatre in Quebec, specifically the Eastern Townships and Montreal.
Office: MCG 218
Phone: 819-822-9600 ext. 2610
jrittenh@ubishops.ca
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