Stephen DroverStephen was trained as an actor at Memorial University’s Sir Wilfred Grenfell College where he received a BFA in Acting. For two years he was an Associate Director for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador and later taught at the Neptune Theatre School in Halifax.
He attended UBC’s Theatre Program and received an MFA in Directing (The Creation – thesis production). Since then he regularly returns to Memorial as a visiting assistant professor/director (The Taming of the Shrew, Sam’s Shorts, Richard III), has assistant directed at the Stratford Festival (King John) and conducted several new play development workshops at Playwright’s Theatre Centre.
He is co-founder and Artistic Director of Pound of Flesh Theatre in Vancouver whose mandate is to produce alternative productions of classical plays. Projects include The Bond (an adaptation of The Merchant of Venice) and Macbeth.Other favourite directing credits include Skydive (Realwheels) for which he received a Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Direction; Romeo & Juliet (Theatre Newfoundland Labrador), Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Guild Theatre, Whitehorse), and PolitiKo (Ghost River Theatre, Calgary).
Upcoming projects include Unity (1918) at UBC and a remount of the award-winning Skydive at Theatre Calgary.
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He is the recipient of the 2007 Ray Michael Award for Outstanding Body of Work by an Emerging Director.
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