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Photo: Yvon Ouellet
David Diamond, BFA D.Litt. (Hon.)
Artistic and Managing Director/Joker
E-mail: david@headlinestheatre.com
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, David is a 1975 BFA graduate of the University of Alberta. He was a founding member of Vancouver's Headlines Theatre (1981) and has been Artistic Director since 1984.
David has directed approximately 450 community-specific projects on issues such as racism, civic engagement, violence, addiction, street youth, intergenerational conflict and homelessness. He has worked throughout Canada and USA, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, various European countries, Rwanda, Namibia and Palestine, and has pioneered the development of live, interactive Forum television and web casting.
He is the originator of Theatre for Living, a merging of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, and a life-long interest in systems theory. Theatre for Living recognizes communities are complexly integrated living organisms and invites them to engage in constructive social change, moving from various forms of violence to respectful engagement.
David is the recipient of numerous awards, including the City of Vancouver's Cultural Harmony Award, the Jessie Richardson Award for Innovation in Theatre, an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Fraser Valley and the Otto René Castillo Award for Political Theatre. He is the author of Theatre for Living: the art and science of community-based dialogue (winner of the American Alliance of Theatre and Education 2008 Distinguished Book Award).
Liza Lindgren
Outreach Coordinator
E-mail: outreach@headlinestheatre.com
Liza is a documentary filmmaker using art as a tool for dialogue within grassroots groups, mainly in Sweden and Canada. Her films have been screened and used as a base for discussion in several different countries, touching on subjects such as gender, feminism, anti-racism, accessibility and Do-It-Yourself organizing.
With a background in theatre (including Theatre of the Oppressed), film and gender studies, she has organized and facilitated several workshops on "Master Suppression Techniques and its Counter Strategies". These workshops try to open up a discussion about the subtle oppression techniques that are displayed in interactions between people.
Liza is excited to be joining Headlines as they are approaching their 30th year anniversary. She is particularly interested in a systems-based perspective and theatre for social change, and in moving towards an empowering community based dialogue.
André J. Prevost
Office / Production Manager
E-mail: admin@headlinestheatre.com
After completing the Theatre Arts program at the Banff Centre in 1978, Andre Prevost began his career in stage management with the Vancouver Opera. In 1981 he accepted a teaching post in Art & Drama at the High School level until 1987 when he accepted the combined post of Stage Manager and Director of Production with the Edmonton Opera, with the Manitoba Opera in 1994, and as Director of Production for the Vancouver Opera in 2004.
Upon his return to Winnipeg in 2006, he freelanced with Rainbow Stage, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, and the Ruth Cansfield Dancers and maintained his work in the Visual Arts in iconography. In 2008, he became the Administrative Director for the Manitoba Arts Network in Winnipeg.
His career has also included stage managing with the Vancouver Playhouse, Opera Saskatchewan, and Opera Pacific (California), producing the first annual Alberta Emerald Awards in 1995, and also works in the visual arts with a focus on Iconography.
Now Andre is back on the west coast and the new Office/Production Manager for Headlines Theatre!
Susan Shank Day
Financial Administrator
E-mail: finance@headlinestheatre.com
Susan Shank Day has extensive financial and administrative experience in the arts. For a decade Susan was the administrator for Touchstone Theatre Society. She is also the contract coordinator for Gateway Theatre and has done bookkeeping for The Firehall Arts Centre - but her favorite job is being the mom of her two children! Susan has a BA from SFU with a concentration in Theatre. Over the years she has had experience as an actor, writer, teacher, programmer and producer. Susan is delighted to be working with Headlines Theatre.
Harry Hertscheg
Operations Manager
To contact Harry: info@headlinestheatre.com
Harry Hertscheg has worked in the theatre community since 1990 when he became the general manager of the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Harry's other theatre gigs include managing the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Theatre Modular Organizational Management (aka Theatre MOM), See Seven joint marketing project, and Ruby Slippers Theatre. In recognition of outstanding behind-the-scenes achievement, he was awarded the Mary Phillips Prize at the Jessie Theatre Awards in 2003. Harry sees pictures in numbers, and gets a kick out of making figures dance on the financial pages of Headlines Theatre since 1999.
Harry also leads a life in wine. Since 2001, Harry has been the festival director of the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, Canada's premier wine event and the major fundraiser for the Playhouse Theatre Company. He also writes wine reviews for Northwest Palate and Tidings magazines, has a Diploma in Wines and Spirits, and is a Certified Wine Educator. His other educational qualifications include a UBC Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Geography, an SFU Cultural Administrators Certificate, and a BCIT Management Systems Certificate.
To maintain his sanity, Harry wishes he had more time to skip a curling team again, mainly so he can yell... "SWEEP!"
Dafne Blanco
Webmaster
E-mail: dafne@dafneblancovisualart.com
Dafne was Headlines' Outreach Coordinator from 2004 to 2010. She has been involved with several grassroots organizations and art groups since she arrived in Vancouver from Mexico in 1996, working on the areas of Human Rights, First Nations struggles, Racism, Globalization and other social issues. She is currently working as an advocate for agriculture migrant rights, while freelancing as a web designer.
Dafne has (almost!) completed a degree in Graphic Design in the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and she is planning to pursue a Masters Degree in Visual Arts in the near future. Painting has been a great passion of hers and she is hoping to fully focus on her artistic creation if she is able to garner the blessings of the Visual Arts deities.
Headlines Board of Directors
- Tad Young, President
- Kirk Tougas, Vice- President
- Nicole McRae, Sec/Tres.
- William Roxborough, Past President
- Darlene Marzari, member
- Kamal Sharma, member
- Kevin Millsip, member
- Lorena Jara, member
To contact any Board Member:
E-mail: info@headlinestheatre.com
OR
write to:
Headlines Theatre
323-350 East 2nd Avenue
Vancouver, BC
Canada
V5T 4R8