Last night, I was warmly welcomed onto the board of directors for Pi Theatre’s. Pi produces bold, uncompromising plays that explore modern life. They also have a fantastic staff and a dedicated, enthusiastic board. I’m thrilled to be collaborating with such a talented group of people.
Beyond a shared interest in intellectual, emotionally charged work, I discovered that Pi and I have a few geographic connections. The company’s Artistic Director, Richard Wolfe, is from Saskatoon, while one of his predecessors, Del Surjik, is now with Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre. Pi also has a history of producing plays by Quebeçois playwrights, some I became familiar with during my years in Montreal.
If you want a taste of Pi (a groaner, I know), check out their upcoming production of Terminus, Mark O’Rowe’s nightmarish vision of one night in Dublin, where a serial killer dreams of singing Bette Midler tunes, a . . . → Read More: Rob Maguire: Life with Pi: wading into Vancouver’s independent theatre scene