Faculty | Acting

Evelyn Chew

Evelyn has been an actress based in Vancouver for almost 15 years. She is a graduate of both Douglas College and Studio 58 Acting Programs. She’s worked with many of the city’s best theatre companies and continues her work on screen with recent appearances on The Mysterious Benedict Society, Narcoleap, and Motherland. As a performer, […]

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Oliver Rice

A graduate from Kings College London Law School with an upper second class degree in Law, Oliver spent a great deal of his student life performing and directing plays with The Kings Players. Upon graduation, he won a place at The Oxford School of Drama and completed a national diploma in professional acting. His education

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Michael Karl Richards

Michael Karl Richards lives with his wife and two cats near the rocky beaches of the Pacific Northwest. A working actor since 2001 with a foundation built in large part on his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Michael prides himself on being active not just on the small (​Chesapeake Shores, Supernatural, etc.)

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Harrison Houde

Harrison has acted in over 100 episodes of television. He hosted 3 seasons of an educational children’s science show called Finding Stuff Out (2011-2014) in which he won a Canadian Screen Award in 2016 the highest accolade in Canadian film. You may also have seen Harrison as Scaredy in Spooksville (2013-2014). Harrison is also known

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Jessica McLeod

Jessica McLeod has been acting for an embarrassing amount of time (more than two-thirds of her life… ew) in the Vancouver film and television world. Vancouver was like, fine, we’ll give her some Leo nominations (four as of 2019), and eventually a win for Best Lead Actress in a Feature Length Film (The Hollow Child).

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Ben Bass

Among his 30+ years of TV and film credits, Ben is best known as the edgy, rule-breaking detective Sam Swarek on ABC’s hit series Rookie Blue for which he received 2 Canadian Screen Award nominations for best actor. Other nominated credits include the critically acclaimed series The Eleventh Hour (best actor, Gemini nomination) created by

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Tricia Collins

Tricia Collins is an actress and filmmaker. She most recently wrote, directed and played the lead in Clinch: A Violent Love Story about professional female boxers, a film made with the support of an NFB grant. Tricia attended the Bell Media and WGC Diverse Screenwriter’s program, holds a Master from Ryerson University’s RTA School of

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Olivier Lunardi

Using his background as an accomplished Martial Artist, Olivier transitioned into stunts and fight choreography after obtaining his certifications in Seattle and Atlanta. Early in his career he worked for Ex Machina and Robert Lepage on projects such as Eonnagata and Die Walküre as fight director and performer, he later left « La belle Province

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Jonathan Mason

Jonathan Mason is a Masters with Distinction Graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and local Vancouver actor. He has worked professionally in Canada and abroad in the UK. While specializing in classical theatre, Jonathan’s work in television, video game voice acting, directing and dance gives him a unique and varied perspective on Vancouver’s performing

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Eugene Lipinski

Eugene began his career as an actor at the age of 12 in Regina, Saskatchewan, appearing in local amateur theatre. It was on the stage, where Eugene is sighted as developing his love for the art. After high school Eugene would attend the University of Regina, but would soon find himself returning to his native

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