My life in theatre

My first job, at the tender age of 13, was working in the coat check room at Rosebud Theatre, helping little old ladies on and off with their winter coats. For the last twenty years I’ve stayed involved. “Every time I think I’m out…” To say that I am deeply familiar with the pieces needed to sell the arts would be a gross understatement.

I spent most of the last decade working closely with the Artistic and Executive Directors. Over that time we grew a small, regional concern into what is now Alberta’s largest rural theatre, hosting over 40,000 people annually. Not bad for a town with a population of only a hundred.

These pieces have been done largely in collaboration (one may occasionally substitute: confrontation), with Artistic Director, Morris Ertman. They have been used as posters, advertisements, program covers, banners and nearly any other surface that could be made to reflect or project light or receive ink.

Here are some favourites.

Photography: Morris Ertman, Randall Wiebe, Kelsey Krogman, Dion Zdunic Design: Dion Zdunic