David Bloom - Chairman Nikols Ostwald
Playwright, director, actor and fight choreographer David Bloom is co-artistic director (with Linda Quibell) of Felix Culpa. Recently he appeared in The Designated Mourner for Felix Culpa, apple and the Governor-General’s Award-winning play Unity 1918 for Touchstone Theatre. Acting and fight choreography have taken him across the country, including work at The Theatre Festival of the Americas, The Shaw Festival, Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel, and almost every company in British Columbia. Television appearances include Da Vinci’s Inquest, Cold Squad, Stargate SG-1 and X-files. Bloom is currently writing an adaptation of The Revenger’s Tragedy for Felix Culpa. His plays have been performed by Green Thumb, Studio 58, Felix Culpa, Carousel, Axis Theatre, Canadian Phoenix and the University of British Columbia. In the fall of 2004 he directed Colleen Wagner’s The Monument for Felix Culpa/Rumble Productions. He has directed shows in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Kamloops, Thunder Bay, Whitehorse and London. David Bloom is a graduate of Studio 58 where he currently on the faculty.
Mallory Catlett - Director/Co-Artistic Director
Mallory Catlett is a freelance director/dramaturg who splits her time working in Vancouver (founding member of Screaming Flea Theatre and Co-Artistic Director of Restless Productions Vancouver an interdisciplinary collective that develops new works of music, dance, theatre and installation art) and in NYC (Artistic Director of Restless Productions NYC and Associate Member of Juggernaut Theatre Company) . She has most recently directed PANEL . ANIMAL at the Collapsible Hole in Brooklyn which is now extending at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre in Manhattan. Her work has been funded by NY State Council for the Humanities, NYSCA, The Hamber Foundation, ArtsFact, Puffin, Ransom Research Center and the Canada Council for the Arts. She is the recipient of the 2003 Elliot Hayes Award for Dramaturgy. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the HERE Arts Center, NYC and the British Studies Fellow at the Harry Ransom Research Center in Austin. For more info and documentation go to: homepage.mac.com/mallorycatlett
Olivia Delachanal - Assistant Director
With a B.A. and a B.F.A in hand, Olivia finally stepped into the 'real' world last year. Since then she’s directed and produced Connie Gault’s SKY at the Pocket Stage Theatre and Michael Springate’s FREEPORT, TEXAS in the International Village.
DD Kugler – Dramaturg
Dramaturg and director. Co-author, with Richard Rose, of the play Newhouse, and the stage adaptations of Michael Ondaatge’s Coming through Slaughter, and Timothy Findlay’s, Not Wanted on the Voyage. Extensive work across Canada in new play development. President of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (2000-02); Production Dramaturg with Necessary Angel Theatre (1987-98); Production. Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre (1993-98). Teaches dramaturgy, directing and theatre history.
Heather Lindsay - Carla / Co-Artistic Director
Heather Lindsay is a multi-disciplinary working in Vancouver and Toronto. Most recently with Screaming Flea Theatre, which she is also a Co-Artistic Director; Heather designed Conversation at Night with a Despised Character. Other highlights include working with Radix Theatre (Half a Tank) and the Playwrights Theatre Centre's The Assimilation of Eddie Mosiac. Heather is also a Co-Artistic Director of 17th performance company, where her credits include Lil in Living Room (Toronto and Vancouver Fringe Festivals), Petunia in The Triplets of Bellville’s Barbershop for Ladies Only (Theatre Under the Gun 7), the direction of Never Swim Alone (Vancouver Fringe Festival), and Pricilla in ssshhh…(Toronto/New Zealand/Vancouver). Next, Heather will be collaborating with ‘The Fleas’ once again, as a part of their See Seven debut, next Spring.
Tyler McClendon – Ralph Peterson
Born and raised locally, Tyler McClendon graduated from the SFU Theatre program in 2000. Since that time, he has worked consistently as a theatre and film actor in Vancouver. His latest stage performance was as Ben, a sixty year old corporate president, in Michael Springate’s Freeport Texas. He has also played such stage roles as Queensberry in Moises Kaufman’s Gross Indecency, Jerry in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, Jason in Medea, and Frank in Daniel MacIvor’s Never Swim Alone. Tyler is excited to be joining the Screaming Fleas cast in this original Canadian play.
Billy Marchenski – David Lenowski/Co-Artistic Director
Billy Marchenski is an actor, writer, director and dancer working in Vancouver for the past five years. Recent highlights include playing the part of Richard in Sodium Glow’s FreePort: Texas, dancing in Battery Opera’s 2nd draft of Cyclops, appearing as The Guru in Grimm Prospects for Theatre Under The Gun 7 with Screaming Flea, and Gideon in 17th Floor’s production of Livingroom, part of last year’s Fringe Festival. Billy is working on a new play, Preserved which he hopes to present in the upcoming year. He is also in the creation phase of a new collaboration with Screaming Flea as part of their See 7 debut, next spring.
Paulo Ribeiro – Jason Casilly/Co-Artistic Director
An actor, writer, dramaturg and director, Paulo was last seen with screaming flea in Theatre Under The Gun 7 and in Conversation At Night With a Despised Character. Paulo is pumped to once again perform with the fleaz, especially since we haven’t had so many of us all in the same city since This Room is Moving. Favourite past acting roles include Victor in thir$ty (Headlines), Orson Welles in War of The Worlds (Rumble), for which he earned a Jessie Nomination, and Richard in The Soldier Dreams (Shifting Point). TV credits include Davinci’s Inquest, Tru Calling, and Touching Evil. Future projects include tinkering in the dungeon with the fleas to create our new show inspired by our Theatre Under The Gun 5 piece Tie The Knot as part of See 7. Paulo is a graduate of SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.
Derek Whidden – Lloyd MaCurdy/ Co-Artistic Director
Derek is a local actor who – to gain inspiration from the great Travel Muse, has spent the better part of the past year traveling through the Caribbean. Prior to that he was involved with Screaming Flea’s This Room is Moving, playing dual roles as well as acting as co-dramaturg. Trained at Simon Fraser University, past roles have included Lord Alfred Douglas in Moises Kaufmann’s Gross Indecency, Henry in Samuel Beckett’s Embers, and Kabe in Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare. Derek is thrilled to be involved with Fragments of a Farewell Letter Read by Geologists and equally excited to be reunited with the Screaming Flea ensemble for this topical show.
Ronin Wong – Xu Sojen
Ronin is excited to work for the first time with Screaming Flea Theatre. In the past, he has performed in more than 50 stage, film, and television projects. Highlights include three plays at the Firehall Theatre – Powder Blue Chevy, F.O.B., and Age of Iron. Ronin’s TV roles include appearances on the series Outer Limits, Millenium, Da Vinci’s Inquest, Cold Squad (recurring role), and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (guest star), as well as supporting lead parts in the TV movies Secret of Giving, Spenser for Hire: Walking Shadow, and The Spring. Ronin has also acted on the feature films Mystery Date, Romeo Must Die, and Along Came A Spider. He feels very fortunate to have acted with such luminaries as Morgan Freeman, Reba McEntire, Jet Li, Jo Mantegna, and Ethan Hawke.
