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robitschek
rrobitsc@beothuk.swgc.mun.ca
Set, Costume and Lighting Designer, Scenic Painter,
Artist, Illustrator, Theatre Professor, Adjudicator, Playwright ,Web
Designer
here are links to some of my written
work: the
dog dies in the end
and a fun short story called
dead
time which involves
Barry Manilow and an insect........... and
in itself is an example of what Web pages should NEVER look like...
Hapless
Conversation (which Nicole Rousseau wrote,
when I was teaching her about bad HTML)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Prague Quadriennale Design Exposition,
Prague Czechoslovakia 1983 Honorable Mention
for Endgame (Set/Costume/Lighting Designs) Neptune
Theatre, Halifax. Dora Mavor Moore Awards,
Toronto Ontario 1984 Nominee, Set and
Costume Design, Trafford Tanzi National Arts
Centre/Toronto Free Theatre
PRÉCIS OF PROFESSIONAL CAREER SINCE
1979 Set Designs over 360 productions
Costume Designs over 270 productions Lighting
Designs over 310 productions Scenic Painting
over 380 productions
Productions have been designed for the following
Companies(East to West):
Consulting Designer-Shakespeare by the Sea
(1997), St. John's
SWGC, Bare Boards Theatre, Summer Theatre
by the Bay and Projekt NF, Corner Brook;
Neptune Theatre, Halifax;
TNB, Fredericton;
The Boston Conservatory, USA
Theatre 2000, University of Ottawa Drama
Guild, La Comédie des Deux Rives,
The Conference Board of Canada, Théâtre
Distinct/Distinct Theatre,
Théâtre de la Vielle 17, Ottawa
Dance, Theatre Ballet of Canada,
The Local Theatre Company, ACME Theatre Company,
Projekt Theatre,
York Street Theatre, Odyssey Theatre, Sock
and Buskin,
The Great Canadian Theatre Co., Théâtre
de L'Ile,
The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama, The
Ottawa Board of Education,
The Atelier, NAC Workshop project,
The National Arts Centre English Theatre,
Théâtre Française du Centre Nationale des Arts,
The Canadian Museum of Civilization, The
Rideau Centre,
all in Ottawa/Hull;
Thousand Islands Playhouse, Ganonoque;
Upper Canada Playhouse Morrisburg;
Arbor Theatre, Peterborough;
Tarragon, Théâtre de P'tit Bonheur,
Toronto Free Theatre, The Toronto Symphony,
Harbourfront and ICSC, in Toronto;
Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton;
Press Theatre, St. Catherines;
Niagara College, Welland;
Children's Theatre North, London;
Sudbury Theatre Centre, Sudbury;
25th Street Theatre, Saskatoon;
Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary;
Western Canada Theatre Company, Kamloops.
PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE
over 100 completed works in various collections,
Corporate and Private
Musical Instrument Builder: Koras, Xylophones,
Dulcimers, Guitars and Drums
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
companion book for Audio Production entitled
Video City for Sable Island Productions
PAST BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIPS
Council for the Arts in Ottawa, Great Canadian
Theatre Company,
Arts Funding Juries for The Ontario Arts
Council, The Regional Municipality of Ottawa/Carleton
MISCELLANEOUS
Some of the Directors and Choreographers
I have worked with include:
Paul Bettis, Bernard Hopkins,
Martin Kinch, Arif Hasnain,
Ken Livingstone,
Maurice Good,
CJ Lundy, Paul Thompson, Lynn Cox,
Linda Balduzzi
Layne Coleman, David Hemblen, Stuart
Arnott,
AJ Peter Froehlich, Tibor Egervari,
Terry Tweed, Gilles Provost,
Louison Danis,
Neil Munro, Ray
Jewers, Jim Schaefer, Ken Walsh, Pierre Lefèvre,
Patrick McDonald, Greg Wanless,
Bernard Assiniwi, Barb Lysnes,
Jean Szèles,
Jean-Marc Dalpé, Kate van Donink,
Roy Robitschek (yes, me),
Claire Faubert, Lib Spry, Gyllian
Raby, Cindy Mae Joshi,
Tessa Mendel,
Marshall Button, Sara Stanley, Stephen
Malloy,
Laurie Stephen
Cheryl Cashman, Gil Osborne, Stephen
Drover,
Elizabeth Langley
Steven Bush, Brigitte Haentjiens,
John van Burek,
Gordon McCall, Sylvie Dufour, Lawrence
Gradus,
James Dugan,
Tom Diamond, Mark Diamond, Nathalie
Stern,
Jean Herbiet, Hedwige Herbiet,
and Domi Reiter-Sofer
My Professors of note have been:
CJ Lundy, AJ Peter Froehlich,
James Flannery, Henry Tarvainen,
Tibor Egervari, Rick Minnechiello,
Elizabeth Langley,
François Barbeau, Elsa
Bolam, Erica Hoffer,
Pierre Lefèvre,
Keith Muscutt,James Dugan
and Christopher Brown
TIMELINES: A CHRONOLOGY FROM 1970 TO 1981
1970
Discovered the Theatre and joined the Stage
crew.
Film: Translocation in the Squash Plant Director/
Editor
1971
Wrote and Directed my first play, Six O'Clock
With Sonja Smits, Nick Bailey and Peter Lackey
1972
My second play Laugh-Cry featured Sonja Smits
again and was directed by CJ Lundy. It was awarded the Thérèse
May memorial Scholarship for Playwrighting at the EODL One Act Play Competition
in Lindsay ON by Norma Springford
1973
The University of Ottawa produces my play:
Without a Doubt
1974
Awarded the Woodroffe High School Drama Award
Enrolled in the Theatre Department at the University
of Ottawa
1974-78
Continued Theatrical studies at the University
of Ottawa Writing, Directing, Design and Technical
Theatre
Video: Purgatory by W.B. Yeats: Designer
Artistic Director Projekt Theatre Company
1978
BA (Conc.) Theatre, University of Ottawa
Directed a lot, wrote a lot and worked with Barbara
Harris
1978/79
Production Assistant, National Arts Centre
Theatre Department.
Worked directly for Rae Ackerman and A.A.Cushing
1979/80
First professional Designs for Arbor Theatre,
Theatre 2000 and Théâtre de L'Ile
1980/81
Attended National Theatre School Design Section
until called back in April by the
National Arts Centre to redesign the touring
set for John Gray's Rock and Roll
for the NAC's Theatre Department
1981
Designed other shows for newly opened Atelier
at the National Arts Centre
First promotional trip to get Design work
nationally.
Over 20 Productions were completed in my
first season as a
Set Costume and Lighting Designer and Scenic
Painter.
Want to read some plays??????? here
are links to some of my written work
the
dog dies in the end
and a fun short story called dead
time which involves
Barry Manilow and an insect
Thanks for dropping by......
rrobitsc@beothuk.swgc.mun.ca
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