Creative, Management & Administration

PLAYWRIGHT & ARTISTIC CO-PRODUCER – From the Future, Montreal, QC

Producing original, thought provoking theatre for young audiences with a nerdy geek bent.

Brief job description of overall tasks and responsibilities:

• Development: Founding & managment of a theatre company kids today will grow up with, fostering their geeky pursuits into adulthood. From The Future provides thought-provoking Saturday morning theatre dealing with issues of history, science, and progress.

• Content & Direction: Responsible for the writing of full-length scripts for regular production at the Centaur Theatre’s Saturday Morning Children’s Series, as well as the casting & direction of actors.

• Aesthetic & Design: Created & implemented design ideas for sets, props and costumes for on-going production projects.

• Promotion: Creating posters, programs, press-releases, booking & giving interviews.

• Event Planning: Booking space, equipment acquisition & assembly. Seeking & pursuing avenues for creating new audiences



PRODUCTION MANAGER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR – Freelance 
Overseeing all technical aspects of various theatre productions in professional, independent, community & academic settings.
                 
Brief job description of overall tasks and responsibilities:

•   Human Resources Management: Responsible for the posting, interviewing and hiring of crew and cast members for production.

•   Design Coordination:  Facilitating production and design meetings and coordinating a cohesive design team for efficient and well-put together production.

•   Technical Consultation & Coordination:  Assessing technical requirements & seeking cost-efficient equipment and supplies, managing staff for the accomplishment of smooth set-ups and strikes, creating & enforcing budgets.

•   Lighting, Sound & Set Tech: Often participates in the actual set up and operation of lighting and sound equipment, as well as set construction.


ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT & ASSISTANT MANAGER – Quebec Drama Federation/cshow Box Office Service, Montreal QC
A not-for-profit organization dedicated to the support of English Language Theatre in Quebec & providing a sliding-scale central box-office service for the Montreal artistic community
Brief job description of overall tasks and responsibilities:

•   General Office Duties: Maintaining office supplies stock, writing memos, faxing, photocopying, maintaining cleanliness standards.

•   Volunteer Coordination:  Training and managing a team of volunteer box-office & front-of-house staff.

•   Small Business Management:  Researching, opening and running a small box-office. Customer service, financial reporting, basic book-keeping.


JOURNALIST/PHOTOGRAPHER – The/La Cataracte Weekly Newspaper, Grand Falls, NB
A weekly bilingual local news publication
Brief job description of overall tasks and responsibilities:

•   Reporting: Writing articles on local newsworthy events & ideas, interviews.

•   Photographer:  Capturing eye-catching and poignant images of local newsworthy people and events.

•   Typesetting:  Preparing filler-material and advertising copy for publication.

Performance

Nanette Soucy

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 185lbs

Hair: Red

Eyes: Blue

Vocal: Mezzo Soprano

(4 0ctave range)

Special Skills

Fluent in French, English.

Trained Technician

(Lights & Set Carpentry)

Knitting 

Training

Concordia University Class of 2006

Baccalaureate in Fine Arts, Major in Theatre

University of New Brunswick
2005
Minor in Fine Arts, 
Specialization in Drama

Performance Experience

From The Future

Ian Handsomemanthing

     Play! (2008-09)

     Dir. Nanette Soucy

Hysteria/Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

Nurse Nanette (2007)

     The Clinic

     Dir. Moynan King 

Concordia University Theatre Department

Mistress Quickley (2005)

     King Henry IV Pt. 1

     Dir: Sarah Stanley

Notable Acts Summer Theatre Festival

Woman One (2004)

     Paratrooper

     Dir: Cordula Quint

Doris Langley (2003)

     Outstanding Balance

     Dir: Jordan Trethewe

University of New Brunswick Department of Drama

Witch (2003)

     Macbeth

Huld (2002)

     The Trial

Flavia (2001)

     Mad Forest

     Dir: Len Falkenstein

Curriculum Vitae

NANETTE SOUCY
 

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Fresh, Fun & Erudite Emerging Artist

Baccalaureate of Fine Arts (major in Theatre) ~ 75 w/min typing

Fluently bilingual (French & English) ~ Over 10 years performance experience ~ 5 years Liberal Arts studies

Ambitious · Goal-Oriented · Creative · Excellent Communicator

Strong Leadership & Teamwork skills · Outgoing & Energetic · Friendly & Personable

Quick-witted & Entertaining· Strong Troubleshooting & Problem Solving Skills· Cool Under Pressure

 

EDUCATION 

BACCALAUREATE OF FINE ARTS, MAJOR IN THEATRE

Concordia University, Montreal, Class of 2006.

Courses include: Acting, Visual Aspects of Performance, Voice & Speech, Directing, Set & Lighting Design, and Touring Theatre in Canada.

Voted Most Attitude of Graduating Class.

LIBERAL ARTS STUDIES 

University of New Brunswick, 1999-2004.

Courses include Media Studies, Cultural Anthropology, The Power of Images & Art Education, Psychology, Playwrighting, Technical Writing, English Literature, Political Science & Philosophy. Also completed a minor in Fine Arts with a specialization in Drama. (including seminars on Performance, Directing, Lighting Design & Realization, Sound Landscape Design & Realization, and Scene Carpentry.)

NEW BRUNSWICK YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM GRADUATE

                                 

New Brunswick Department of Education, 1999

Completed 3 year apprenticeship in the field of Journalism as cub-reporter and photographer at The/La Cataracte weekly newspaper, Grand-Falls, NB, in addition to workshops on business writing, interpersonal and leadership skills, basic management and workplace safety.

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WITH HONORS

John Caldwell School, Grand Falls, NB, class of 1999   

Voted Most Unique of Graduating Class

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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-- Creative, Management & Administration

-- Technical, Production & Design

-- Performance

INTERESTS

In my spare time, I enjoy watching documentary film, maintaining a strong interest in history and archaeology, keeping up on current issues and events, communications and technology. I am an avid web surfer, and spend a lot of time investigating theatre, DIY, children’s literature, design, gender and sexuality, cooking and green living.

References available upon request.

Technical, Production & Design

Current & Past Productions & Projects

Marianopolis College

       Department of Humanities

Technical Director & Stage Manager

       I Have a Story to Tell (May 2010)

              Dir: Andrew Willmer

       The Curative Process (May 2009)

              Dir: Andrew Willmer

       Walking Shadows (May 2008)

              Dir: Larry Lamont

NotaBle Acts Summer Theatre Festival

       Bard in the Barracks

Stage Manager

       As You Like It (June 2008)

From The Future

       Montreal CEGEPs

Producer, Playwright, Director

       Play! (March 2009 Tour)

       Centaur Saturday Morning Children’s Series

Producer, Playwright, and Director

       Play! (March, December 2008)

       Dice (February 2007)

C’est Cheese Productions

Production Manager

       Saving Celine (August & September 2007)

       Dir: David Pellegrini

Shop & Technical Experience

Notable Acts Summer Theatre Festival

Stage Hand & Dresser

       A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Odell Park (June 2009)

Costume Mistress

       On & Off the Shelf (July 2009)

Technical Director

       The Nicest Place in England (July 2009)

Technical Director

       Summer Street Theatre (July 2009)

Visual Aids Electronics (2007 – 2008)

Audio Visual Technician   

       Maintenance Work

(Work includes setting up, operating & striking sound & video equipment for coroporate events at the Hyatt Regency Montreal)

Concordia University, DB Clarke Theatre (2004 - 2009)

     General Technician

Light, Sound & Set installation & strike

     Fly system operator

     Lighting board operator

     Maintenance work

(Work includes Theatre, Dance & Corporate events)

Lighting Technician & Carpenter

’04 to ’06 Academic Production Season

2006 St. Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival

     Venue Technician, Mainline Theatre

Tableau D’Hôte Theatre Company (2006)

     Technical Director

            Productions: I Am Yours

                          Amigo’s Blue Guitar

2006 Loyola Theatre Festival

     Technical Director

University of New Brunswick, Memorial Hall (2004)

Technical Director, Carpenter & Lighting Technician

       Production: Loot

Design Experience

Marianopolis College

Set, Lighting, Sound & Props Design

       I Have a Story to Tell     (May 2010)

Set, Lighting, Sound & Props Design

       The Curative Process (May 2009)

Set, Lighting, Props & Costume Design

       Walking Shadows      (May 2008) 

 Notable Acts Summer Theatre Festival

Set, Props & Costume Design & Realization

       The Nicest Place in England       (June 2009)

Moonchild Productions

Lighting Designer

       When I Was Jesus     (June 2006)

       Dir: Patrick de Moss

Tableau D’Hôte Theatre Company

Assistant Lighting Designer

       I Am Yours    (May 2006)

       Amigo’s Blue Guitar (August 2006)

       Dir: Mike Payette   

Concordia University Theatre Department

Lighting Designer (2005-2006) 
       At The Crossroads

       Dir: Micheline Chevrier

Out of the Woods.

When Tableau D'Hote Theatre's Mat Perron found himself in rural Kansas earlier this year, he wondered what it must be like for people from rural communities upon the realization that opportunities for creating, collaborating and inspiring change in one's community are limited. What must it be like, he mused, to know that one pretty much has to abandon hope of contributing to one's home community if one wants to pursue one's passions, and is it even possible to leave, create, and return with something to give back. It's taken me a long time to respond, because I have a lot to say. This'll be the first in a series of posts on geography.

I grew up in rural New Brunswick. Growing into being an artist was, I imagine, simultaneously like getting a calling to the priesthood, and the realization one might have that one is gay. There was no choice in the matter, only the obligation to my "true self" and sense of sanctity to pursue life as it presented my self to me. Whether or not I could do what my heart desired, or be who I was in my hometown was besides the point. Whether one wants to pursue the glamourous life of bohemian artistry or simply become an accountant, one has to leave rural areas to get an education or any real training.

Being an artist in a rural area is alienating. Much like being isolated in a place built around a hole in the ground, in the middle of a potato field, in the middle of the woods. I was besought both by the alienation of being a weird kid, and of my weird aspirations, not to mention the fact that those very aspirations were the stuff that the most unlikely of dreams are made of. There were 3 possible reactions I would get as a teenager when I'd tell the adults in my life that I planned on a career in the arts. They were:

• "You know, you're going to have to leave town for that."
  
• "Go. You've got real potential. Get out of here, never come back, we'll see you on the TV."
• "Pfffffft. Yeah, right."

Not a lot of encouragement, and a very clear sense that I simply didn't belong where I was. Could I contribute to my community? How? It never seemed as though my community had much to contribute to me, beyond encouragement both explicit and implied, that I ought to GTFO.

I was in a place where companies would stop for their school tours occasionally, but there were no theatres. No live music venues. No gallery. No audiences. Not even a bookstore. One ambitious pipe-dreaming teenager cannot alone ignite these fundamental cultural aspects in a vacuum. In a rural, farming & forestry town, the general education level tends to be low, and exposure to culture comes via Wal-Mart and American television. The definition of reality is conservative and the view can be narrow.

My guidance counsellor didn't have half a clue about what direction to point me in, "Well, you'll have to try NTS, that's all there is. Have you considered Saint Thomas or UNB?" Read: We don't pay a lot of mind to fancy-pants artsy stuff 'round these parts. We've got fields to till and lumber to mill, thank you very much. Please consider doing something useful.

The only thing for me to do in Grand Falls was leave.

And there I was.

Gone.

Intro (III of...)

Hello!
And welcome.

This is blog two of two, in the Great Exercise in Prolificity(tm). Here, I plan to talk about theatre, theatre, theatre, audience building, risk taking, design, power tools, set building, props collecting, lighting fixtures, beams, teams, production, process, progress, reading, writing, 'rithmetic, creativity, politics, policy, poverty, dayjobs, dumbjobs, nutjobs, DIY, and self-sufficiency. This is my place to wax poetic on the arts, the world, the news, my work and the things that inform it; the work of others, and what makes it important. This is a place to spur debate, spew pitches, bemoan hitches, and try as best we can to contribute to our culture, rather than to the problems we face in trying to build it.