Media Kit - Arts Club Theatre Company

Joel Wirkkunen ~ ReverendKane/SantaClausJoel is thrilled to be spending this Christmas season on the Granville Island Stage playing with thismagnificent cast and crew of misfit toys. Theatre credits include Richard III, Taming of the Shrew, HenryVi, Cymbeline, Bard On The Beach; School for Scandal, A Flea In Her Ear, The Odd Couple, Arts Club; TheOvercoat, Of Mice and Men, Vancouver Playhouse; Cherry Docs, Grace, Sled, Touchstone Theatre; andHow To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, TUTS. A Jessie Award nominee and graduate ofStudio 58, Joel is also the co-creator and producer of Vancouver's wildly popular True Storytelling seriesThe Flame. He'd like to offer a wink upstairs to his recently departed dad who was the best 'Santa Claus'ever. Period. Happy Holidays and all the best to you and yours!Beatrice Zeilinger ~~ BerniceSnarpley/GrindleO’DarbyBeatrice is very excited to once again, be a part of this Arts Club Christmas classic and to work with sucha gifted cast and crew. She has performed in many Arts Club shows, most recently in Henry and Alice:Into the Wild, Xanadu, and several seasons of It's a Wonderful Life. She is one of the originalperformer/creators of the award winning The Number 14 (Axis Theatre) and has toured and workedwith many local theatre companies. Beatrice is a three-time Jessie Richardson Award winner and agraduate of Studio 58. CHRISTMAS LINE GOES HERE PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER PLACEHOLDER.Lois Anderson ~ DirectorLois has been working as an actor, deviser, and director for over 20 years. A graduate of UBC with a BA(English Lit), BFA (Acting), and MFA (Directing), Lois has worked with regional and independent theatrecompanies. She was a co-founder of Cirque Poule, an original member of Leaky Heaven Circus (workingon seven productions including A Streetcar Named Desire, Bonobo, Birthday Boy), a co-creator onNeworld Theatre’s first production Devil Box Cabaret, an original creator of The Flying Blind Collective,an Artistic Associate with Runaway Moon and Leaky Heaven, as well as a leading player at Bardon The Beach for six seasons. Acting credits in new Canadian plays including Griffin and Sabine, PosterBoys, The Penelopiad (Arts Club), Trout Stanley (Ruby Slippers), The Score (Electric Company) and manymore. Directing credits include original work with: Roughhouse Theatre (A Last Resort), the Arts Club(My Granny the Goldfish, The Unplugging), and Peter Panties with Stephen Hill (Leaky Heaven). Otherdirecting credits: The Graduate (Arts Club), Pride and Prejudice as well as adaptations of Euripides’Medea and Iphigenia for UBC and SFU main stage. For Runaway Moon she has devised, acted in, and/ordirected The Winter’s Tale, Sparrows, Faerie Play, and A Small Miracle. She has received six JessieAwards for acting and two ensemble awards. Lois is Mom to Anouska and Elena.Ted Roberts ~ Set DesignerAs Resident Designer for the Arts Club, recent designs include Dreamgirls, Clybourne Park, Hairspray,August: Osage County, and Buddy at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage; the set for Its a Wonderful Lifeat the Granville Island Stage; the set for Santaland Diaries and A Craigslist Cantata at the Revue Stage;