Photo by Joy von Tiedemann
Ken MacDonald went from teaching drawing and painting at high school in the 1970's to one of the most sought after theatre artists in Canada today. His artistic and personal partnership with Morris Panych has resulted in some of the most iconic Canadian theatre productions, including the international sensation The Overcoat. Ken and I spoke in May of 2017 at his home in Toronto.
In the opening rant I reference this interview that appeared on CBC Metro Morning, regarding the civil suit brought against now former artistic director of Soulpepper Theatre Albert Schultz.
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Links
University of British Columbia, Art Education
MUSSOC UBC Musical Theatre Society
Patty Armstrong and the The Belfry Theatre
Danny Costein
Puttin' On The Ritz, at The Belfry Theatre
Puttin' On the Ritz, at the Shaw Festival
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols
Piaf by Pam Gems at The Belfry
Dames at Sea Directed by Glyis Leyshon at The Belfry
Da by Hugh Leonard with Denis Arndt at The Belfry
Private Lives by Noel Coward at The Belfry
Canadian Gothic, American Modern by Joanna Glass at the Belfry Theatre
A Thousand Splendid Suns at ACT in San Francisco, by Khaled Hosseini
The New Play Centre in Vancouver, Artistic Director Pamela Hawthorn
Haunted House Hamlet, by Peter Eliot Weisse
Festival TransAmeriques in Montreal
Last Call, a Post-Apocalyptic Musical
Vancouver East Cultural Centre, The Cultch
The Last Call at The Globe Theatre, with Patrick McManus and Alan Moon, designed by Deeter Shurig
Don Williams, producer for CBC
Ukrainian Labour Temple, Thunder Bay - this is most likely the Finnish Labour Temple, but could have been the Ukrainian Labour Temple in Winnipeg, where Don Williams was based.
Adelaide Court Theater, Toronto
Cheap Sentiment, Tamahnous Theatre
Simple Folk, Songs of a Generation (1987)
Babz Chula, a la Mary Travers
The Berlin Wall, and East Berlin
Wolfgang Kolneder, director (translate from the German)
Key (Floor) Ladies in Russian Hotels
Langara, Studio 58, Pam Johnson, resident designer, Bruce Kennedy, Technical Director, Katherine Shaw, artistic director
Eugene Lee, designer of Oklahoma
Michael Eagan (not interviewed yet :) )
Michael Levine, designer
Christina Podubiak, and Scott McEwean
Picture This, by Morris Panych and Brenda Robbins at Soulpepper
Barber of Seville, Quebec City
Gaudi and Frank Gehry
You Never Can Tell, at the Shaw Festival
The Cost of Living, by Morris Panych
Vigil, by Morris Panych with Alan Williams
The Overcoat, by Morris Panych
The Waiting Room, by Morris Panych, about Spirit of The West's John Mann
Vigil at the National Theatre of Japan in Tokyo
Vigil at Wyndham's Theatre in London, UK (debuted under title Auntie and Me)
Vigil with Olympia DuKakis at ACT in Los Angeles
Vigil with Brent Carver and Martha Henry
Vigil with Morris Panych and Jenny Phipps
The Barber of Seville, Pacific Opera
This Fabulous Century Series of books
Madness of King George III, at the Shaw Festival
Our Town, directed by Molly Smith at The Shaw Festival
The Overcoat, a musical tailoring
Moby Dick with Debussy at The Stratford Festival
The Overcoat, on CBC television
Alan Brodie, lighting designer
John Mann and Spirit of the West music videos
Earshot, by Morris Panych, starring Randy Hughson
The Imaginary Invalid, by Moliere
The fall of the Vancouver Playhouse
Wayne Reierson, propmaster at Shaw
Donna Hrabluk, former propmaster at Shaw
Trapdoor, by Anika and Brita Johnson
Sovereignty, at The Arena Theatre in Washington
Sweet Charity at the Shaw Festival
OCAD Designer: Shannon Lea Doyle