About Rumble

Mission

Rumble Productions is Vancouver’s All Terrain Theatre Vehicle. A multidisciplinary, mid-size performing arts organization, the company collaborates with visionary artists from Vancouver and beyond to develop, produce and present for the theatre and other media. With our community of audience members and artists, the organization fosters opportunities to explore perspectives on our collective history and responses to the events and institutions that shape our lives. The company’s goals are to:

  • Catalyze, foster, produce and present the very best in contemporary performance
  • Create work through a spirit of community and interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Support the creative development and risk taking of mid-career and emerging theatre artists
  • Develop national networks for the presentation of award-winning theatre
  • Initiate and produce events that encourage communication, co-operation and exchange between audiences and artists of various disciplines locally, nationally and internationally

 

WHAT We Do

Founded in 1990, Rumble has evolved into a company with year-round programming, a multi-faceted vision for producing and presenting and a wide array of organizational partners and supporters. Our annual programming includes the development, support, and production of plays and other events on stages around Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. Rumble also presents the very best of the next generation of theatre makers at our biennial TREMORS Festival. Collectively, these elements reflect a focus on new Canadian works and challenging works from the world stage, with a balance between mid-career and emerging artists and companies. Behind the scenes, artistic residencies and administrative internships are central to the company’s raison d’être. They embody our commitment to creative and professional development, where the goal is to enliven both the organization and the environment in which we produce our work. Touring and special projects are taken on as opportunities arise. From time to time, we take our work to a wider public at prestigious festivals and venues across Canada. Since its inception, the company has presented and produced the work of over 250 Canadian performing artists.

Highlights

  • 15 original plays
  • 36 presentations of work from across Canada and beyond
  • 6 Canadian tours
  • 5 live-to-air theatre/radio events
  • 6 short films for Bravo!
  • 36 installments of a monthly radio arts program
  • 8 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards
  • 41 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations

 
Board & Staff List

2009/10 Staff & Associates

Craig Hall
Artistic Producer

 

Laura Efron
General Manager


Kellee Ngan
Operations Coordinator

Anita Rochon
Associate Artistic Producer

Linda Gorrie
Business Manager

Mindy Abramowitz
Bookeeper

Ellie O'Day
Media Relations Associate

Adam Jones
Website designer

Rick Dobran
Playwright in Residence

The Chop (Anita Rochon & Emelia Symington Fedy)
Company in Residence

 

Theatre Melee (Courtenay Dobbie, Erin Mathews, Andrew McNee, Michael Rinaldi, Juno Ruddell)
Company in Residence


Board of Directors

Janine Fuller
President
Manager, Little Sisters Books and Art Emporium

Ted Roberts
Vice-President
Resident Set Designer, Arts Club Theatre

Markian Beley
Treasurer
Controller, Anglican Diocese of New Westminster

Julie Norton
Secretary
Consultant

Stephanie Hargreaves
Artist Liaison, Arts Club Theatre

Jarrid Jenkins
Educator, Science World

Hannah Johnson
Director/Student, Studio 58, Langara

Elizabeth A. Reid
Barrister & Solicitor

 

Residencies & Internships

Marketing & Production Coordinator
Studio 58 Summer Career Placement, Naomi Sider

Administrative Internships
Jen Morris

Guest Artists
Theatre Replacement, Broken Spoke Theatre & SaBooge Theatre

Artists in Residence
The Chop

Producers in Residence
The Here Be Monsters Collective

Playwrights in Residence
Hiro Kanagawa & James Long

Pilots
Tom Pinkerton by Hiro Kanagawa & Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut by James Long

Marketing & Production Coordinator
Studio 58 Summer Career Placement, James Nesbitt

Administrative Internship
Capilano College Student Placement, Maria Jelavich

Guest Artist
Section 8 Productions

Artist in Residence
Kris Nelson

Playwright In Residence
Hiro Kanagawa

Pilots
Jillian Fargey, Hiro Kanagawa, Greg MacArthur

Marketing & Production Coordinator
Studio 58 Summer Career Placement, Kris Nelson

Administrative Internships
Capilano College Student Placements, Vic Ustare and Kirsty Munro

Guest Artist
Theatre Replacement

Artist in Residence
Richard Wolfe (Western Theatre Conspiracy, Artistic Director)

Pilots
Alex Ferguson, Manami Hara, Adrienne Wong

Marketing & Production Coordinator
SFU Summer Career Placement, Holly Sandulo

Administrative Internship
Capilano College Student Placement, Steve Duncan

Guest Artist
Theatre SKAM (Amiel Gladstone, Artistic Director)

Playwright in Residence
Aaron Bushkowsky

Pilots
Aaron Bushkowsky, Lynn Coady, Patti Fraser, Marcus Youssef

Marketing & Production Coordinator
SFU Summer Career Placement, Holly Sandulo

Guest Artists
Screaming Weenie (Ilena Lee Cramer, Artistic Director) and Section 8 (Craig Hall & Kevin MacDonald, Artistic Directors)

Playwright in Residence
Aaron Bushkowsky

Pilots
Frank Borg, Tim Carlson, Amiel Gladstone, Joy Russell and Maiko Bae Yamamoto

Administrative Internship
Michelle Olson

Production Internship
Brandy Corlet

Administrative Internship
Capilano College Student Placement, Tara Goerzen

Production Coordinator
Summer Career Placement, Tanya Marquardt

Guest Artists
Tandem Productions (Shane Droucker and Erin Wells, Artistic Directors)

Playwright in Residence
Marie Clements

Production Coordinator
Summer Career Placement, Andrea Donaldson

Administrative Internship
Capilano College Student Placement, Ilena Lee Cramer

Guest Artist
Maiko Bae Yamamoto

Production Coordinator
Summer Career Placement, Jannelle Bakker

Guest Artist
Adrienne Wong