Katharine is in the last year of her Bacheloriat and will graduate from Concordia with a double major in theatre and political science in the spring of 2006. Her recent stage management credits include stage manager for In Jim's Image, assistant stage manager Harvey (Geordie Productions), stage manager and assistant director for Relieve Me at the Montreal Fringe 2005, stage manager for PrAgression (Tableau d'Hôte), stage manager for Am I Blue? (Concordia Theatre Department Short Works Festival), assistant stage manager for Henry IV (Concordia University), assistant stage manager for Motel Chronicles (Concordia Theatre), and assistant stage manager for Jonny Canuck and the Last Burlesque (Mainline Productions).

A Montreal native, Rena has been interested in the performing arts from a very young age. In elementary and high-school, Rena participated in numerous acting classes, while simultaniously developing a strong musical background by singing in semi-professional choirs and taking piano lessons. Once high-school was over, Rena decided to attend Dawson College's Professional Theatre program. Over the course of being a student at Dawson Rena performed in five main stage productions at the Dome theatre, and spent her spare time writing songs and performing with a folk-rock band. Once graduated from Dawson, Rena decided to further her education in theatre studies at Concordia University. At Concordia, Rena has had the opportunity to participate in one main stage production at the D.B. Clarke Theatre, as well as many other semi-professional productions around the city of Montreal. Rena is currently entering her final year in Theatre Performance at Concordia, and is terribly excited about the wonderful selection of courses she will be taking this year. Some of her favourite productions in her recent past include: The Laramie Project (Dome Theatre, Dir. Jude Beny), Pride and Prejudice (Dome Theatre, Dir. Barbara Kelly), Am I Blue (Concordia University, Dir. Meighan Fogharty), Motel Chronicles (D.B.Clarke, Dir. Paula DeVasconcelos), and, I Am Yours (Tableau d'Hôte, Dir. Mike Payette).

Artist in Residence - Inaugural Season

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Jo Joffre was introduced to the theatre world at the ripe age of 12. In the very first play that she auditioned for, she was cast as the lead role, so Jo's career on stage began bang and huge boost of confidence. She portrayed Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at her summer camp, and it was a wonderful first experience! The following school year, while attending Royal West, she was introduced to the amazing world of Shakespeare, and fell in love. Jo adored the language; it came naturally to her, and was cast in various roles over her high school years, such as Ursula in Much Ado about Nothing, and one of the infamous witches in Macbeth. All these diverse experiences in theatre really got a fire burning in her belly.

Jo was never the loud, outspoken type, and she really owes her abandonment of introverted life style to theatre and all the casts and crews that made all of her plays possible. There were the plays at camp, the plays in high school, but Jo will be forever indebted to Michael Payette for casting her in three life altering shows which really opened her eyes to a more professional level of theatre. Jo is now 21 but the acting bug in her still runs wild, and always will. She lives for the thrill of performing, the ups and downs of rehearsals, and the strength of the bonds formed with cast mates. Jo is a girl addicted to theatre, but she refuses to go to rehab, because it's the best addiction in the world.

Director of New Play Development

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Born July 13th, 1983 in Québec city, he currently resides in Montréal. He possesses a Cegep degree (DEC) in Pure and Applied Science and is finishing a double major in Film Studies and Theatre at Concordia University in 2006. Bilingual, he performs both in English and in French. A passionate of the visual arts, performance arts and martial arts, his past works include: Motel Chronicles (Concordia Theatre), PrAgression (Tableau d'Hôte), La sébile est pleine (Fêtes de la Nouvelle France), as well as a few short films: l'Amour impossible, Perdu and Under the Influence.

Born in Saint-Eustache, Krystelle Metras has been interested in the arts since a very young age. Her love for art drove her to study visual arts at CEGEP St-Laurent and there, she discovered her passion for theatre. She designed the set I am yours and after a year in Design for the Theatre, she has been accepted and is switching into Theatre Performance program at Concordia University .

Yolande a toujours eu une passion pour les arts. Toute petite, elle incarnait des personnages à l'aide de jouet d'enfant. En une seconde elle devenait une espionne, de l'autre elle se transformait en femme d'affaire âgée de 7ans. Tout l'intéresse. Sa soif de connaissance jamais ne s'achève. Écrivaine à ses heures, chanteuse le matin, actrice le lendemain, régisseure pour arrondir ses fins de mois, elle va même travailler avec les enfants : sa deuxième passion. Yolande s'intéresse à l'être humain, sa faillibilité, sa contestante bataille avec lui-même. Chaque pièce où elle a participé démontrait cette perpétuelle réalité. De L'instant d'une nuit qu'elle a écrit, de Conduct of life où elle y jouait le rôle d'une petite fille torturer, qui avait toujours foi en l'amour, elle retrace la complexité de l'être. Sa collaboration avec Tableau d'Hôte l'a appris énormément. Elle fit ses débuts de régisseur(Lawrence and Holloman, Tough!) et en appris énormément sur elle-même. Elle remercie ses cofondateurs et leur souhaite le meilleur.

Born in Montreal, Dom spent his joyful youth in the peaceful hamlet of Philipsburg, Quebec, He briefly attended John Abbott's professional theatre program, then at Concordia he almost got a B.A. in religion. Dom played bass for legendary  Asexuals,   which saw him tour Canada, the U.S. and Europe, enduring conditions sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes unsanitary in the relentless pursuit of rock 'n roll.

Upon the birth of his daughter Selahna, Dom wound down his career as a touring musician and returned to his dramatic roots. He first appeared in Clowns Gone Bad's Umlout  as an actor and musician. Next he lent his talents as an actor, set designer, and builder in Tricycle Productions' Katy and the Mona Lisa. Dom has acted in and built sets for Seven Stories, The Seagull, Escape from Happiness and Tableau d'Hôte's I Am Yours.

Dom currently performs with The Occupants, an improvisational  group of the highest calling and is busy writing songs for his band, Like The Sun.

Natasha has been acting since the age of fourteen and takes great pleasure in supporting the local theaters, whether through participation or patronage. She has acted, stage managed and directed all around Montreal with one of her most exciting roles having acted Ordinary Times during the 2003 Wildside Festival at the Centaur.

Magdalena Szymanska was born in Poland but grew up in Montreal . She received her DEC at Champlain College - having started off in the International Baccalaureate Theatre Arts and Psychology program but finishing it all off in Social Sciences. Selected theatre credits include Carmen in Michel Tremblays Saint Carmen of the Main directed by Andrea Boyd (IB Theatre Arts Collective), and Sammy in PrAgression written and directed by Mat Perron (Tableau d'Hôte). Magdalena loves to walk while listening to music, drawing, watching movies, travelling and attending theatre.