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| Theatre Resume RANDY POULIS 206 -1972 Robson St., Vancouver, BC, V6G 1E8 Telephone: 604-222-0595 E-Mail: rpoulis@lightworkz.ca website: www.lightworkz.ca | |
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EDUCATION | |
| 2002-2004 1975-1980 |
MFA Theatre Design, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC BA Creative Writing, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC |
| Certificates |
• Live Performance Electrical Certificate • Occupational First Aid - Level 1 |
THEATRE ACTIVITIES | |
| Upcoming Productions | |
| October 2016 | Lighting Designer - Sense and Sensibility Metro Theatre, Vancouver, BC • Designing the lights for a production of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility adapted by Jon Jory. The production will be directed by Joan Bryans with scenic design by Sean Malmas. Sense and Sensibility will be performed, October 29 to November 19 at the Metro Theatre in Vancouver. |
| Past Productions | |
| January 2016 |
Lighting Designer - Company United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lightiing design for a production of Stephen Sondehim's Company. The production was directed by Brian Parkinson, musical direction Claire Wyatt, choreography Julie Tomaino, scenic design Brian Ball, sound effects by Sean Anthony, and costume design by Jordan Navratil. Company was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "A live band under killer pianist and music director Clare Wyatt played their hearts out, and with Julie Tomaino's snappy choreography contributed hugely to the energy and fizz of the performance. Apt spotlighting and more subtle effects were provided by Randy Poulis' lighting design....Director Brian Parkinson has focused on the warmer side of dark comedy, allowing the compromises we make and the failings we all have to be willingly accepted in return for as much love and company as we find tolerable. Perfect for a cold winter's night. " — Elizabeth Paterson, Review Vancouver • Review: "United Players of Vancouver's production of Company features uniformly strong singing and choreography work. The cast features a who's who of Vancouver musical theatre talent . . . ." — Daniel Chai, VanCity Buzz • Review: "The musical theatre genius of Stephen Sondheim is nowhere better displayed than in his 1970 creation, Company, and this ambitious United Players production is pretty much a knockout from beginning to end. " — Jerry Wasserman, VancouverPlays |
| January 2016 |
Lighting Designer - A Man For All Seasons United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lightiing design for a production of Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons. The production was directed by William B. Davis, original score by John Mills-Cockell, scenic design John R. Taylor, and costume design by Catherine E. Carr. A Man For All Seasons was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "John R. Taylor's set design is vast, handsome and very masculine with stairs and various playing areas all subtlety lit by Randy Poulis. Costumes by Catherine E. Carr are a mixed bag of exceptionally fine period gowns, capes and hats (by milliner Frances Herzer) and some costumes that are simply adequate: budget limitations are apparent." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier • Review: "Director Davis gets good work from his cast of ten . . . John R. Taylor has done wonders with the barnlike space, designing an attractive, functional, multilevel set that makes Jericho Arts Centre's stage seem half-again larger than usual. Catherine E. Carr's handsome period costumes convey a visual richness that belies United Players' modest budget. In the post-Playhouse era we're likely to get a revival of a play like this only from a company like United Players, most of whose participants go unpaid, and we should be grateful for the care and intelligence with which they've given it to us." — Jerry Wasserman, VancouverPlays • Review: "Watching the current production of Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons" unfold at the Jericho Arts Centre is like watching a master painter at work. You already know what the picture may look like at the end, but the amazing colours and masterful brush strokes keep you mesmerized to the end." — Entertainment Vancouver |
| June 2015 |
Lighting Designer - The Imaginary Invalid United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. The production was directed by Michael Fera, Music Director Pat Unruh, Choreography Jessie Au, scenic design Todd R. Parker, and costume design by Jackie Talmey-Lennon. The Imaginary Invalid was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "The set by Todd R. Parker is attractive, the costumes by Jackie Talmey-Lennon lavish, and Randy Poulis' lighting subtle. Moliere’s quicksilver, colloquial prose flows.... Pat Unruh’s music evokes the gorgeous, formal, courtly world Molière and his company inhabited." — Elizabeth Paterson, Review Vancouver • Review: "The Imaginary Invalid at the Jericho Arts Theatre is a brilliant United Players production. The costumes, the singing, the distinct voices and performances are spectacular....This is a clever and amusing performance that will keep the audience captivated and entertained. Accolades go to the actors and the production staff." — Maria Figueiredo, Review Vancouver • Review: "Presented by United Players, this is an ambitious undertaking. Set design by Todd R. Parker is handsome with its glittering chandelier. The production comes in at just over two hours, shorter than some productions I’ve seen — although it feels longer. But there are successes here, too, especially in Fera’s fresh framing of the play within the context of 17th century France and the life and death of Moliere." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier |
| November 2014 |
Lighting Designer - Facts United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of Arthur Milner's Facts. The production was directed by Adam Henderson, Composer Tim Gerwing, scenic design Andrew Pye, sound design by Scott Zechner and costume design by Catherine E. Carr. Facts was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Director Adam Henderson gets a lot of things right in this handsome United Players production, chief among them the casting of Jerry Wasserman as Yossi and Mehdi Darvish as Khalid.... Andrew Pye contributes the simple and forceful concrete slab of a set, which Randy Poulis lights dramatically. The sound, by composer Tim Gerwing and sound designer Scott Zechner effectively ups the ante." — Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight • Review: "Adam Henderson, directing for United Players, sets the play in the round, creating an intimacy that make Facts rivetting. You won’t doze off; you can't doze off. You are in that room with Yassin, HaCohen and Danny Rakoff (James Gill) and when HaCohen starts getting physical with Rakoff, it's scary." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier |
| June 2014 |
Lighting Designer - The Marriage of Figaro United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro. The production was directed by Adam Henderson, Musical Directors Chris Robson and Adam Henderson, scenic design by John R. Taylor, sound design by Scott Zechner and costume design by Chanel McCartney. The Marriage of Figaro was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Adam Henderson has adapted and directed the script in a freewheeling manner that matches the rebellious material. Characters speak, they sing snippets from the opera, and they stamp their feet like flamenco dancers when they're feeling passionate." — Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight • Review: "It may not be as revolutionary as when it first premiered in 18th century France, but Adam Henderson's adaptation of Pierre Augustin de Beaumarchais’s The Marriage of Figaro is sometimes so well-crafted that you forget how subversive it once was, and simply go on for the ridiculously funny ride." — Mark Robins, Vancouver Presents |
| January 2014 |
Lighting Designer - Rebel Women Vital Spark Theatre Company, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for the premiere of Joan Bryan's Rebel Women. The production was directed by Joan Bryans with musical direction by Pat Unruh, scenic design by Sean Malmas, projection design by Carol Mann, sound design by Darren Hales and costume design by Jenny Lang. Rebel Women was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Thanks to director/creator Joan Bryans, I will never enter a polling booth again without thinking of Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), leader of the British suffragette movement back in the early days of the 20th century. It's easy to forget how these courageous activists paved the way for the rest of us. The excruciating re-enactment in Rebel Women of the forced feeding of the jailed members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) will make it impossible for me to pass up the hard-won privilege of voting even if 'none of the above' is how I would like to mark my ballot.... Vital Spark, Bryans' theatre company – strikes sparks again." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier • Review: "In prison the women further escalate their resistance, refusing to eat. When the authorities respond to their hunger strikes by force-feeding, the play really takes off. The first act ends with a series of powerful scenarios involving Wallace Dunlop (MariaLuisa Alvarez) and Lady Constance Lytton (Jenny McLaren), an aristocrat who disguised herself as a working-class woman so as not to be given special treatment, graphically illustrating the tortures these women underwent and the courage with which they endured them for the cause. This is genuinely stirring theatre." — Jerry Wasserman, Vancouver Province • Review: "I entered the show wondering why the decision to perform a show here with such a focus on England's history, rather than Canada's, (though there are a number of small links to the Canadian movement as well). As the play ended, however, Rebel Women had convinced me that this was a story well worth telling, and well worth knowing." — Andrew Wade, GVPTA - Vancouver Live Theatre News |
| Sept 2013 |
Lighting Designer - The Habit Of Art United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for the Canadian premiere of Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art. The production was directed by William B. Davis with scenic design by Brian G. Ball, costume design by Emmanuelle Davis and sound design by Neil Griffith. The Habit of Art was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Director William B. Davis once again proves himself to be an actors' director, playing up nuance after nuance of the emotional entanglements, not only with respect to his principals, but also the brightly shining lesser lights, and yielding up collaborative, interactive excellence in a highly watchable play. . . . There is plenty of elegance, charm, wit and humour to go round in this compelling dramatic piece of meta-theatre, and it may go a long way to proving that for many people the habit of art, is not so much an acquired habit as it is a required habit. You will definitely want to see The Habit of Art to consider whether or not you are one of those people. Or just to have an incredibly good time. I know I did." — Roger Wayne Eberle, Review Vancouver, September, 2013 • Review: "Daring to open its season during the Fringe Festival, United Players is offering counter-programming with a vengeance. Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art, getting its Canadian premiere under the direction of X-Files Smoking Man William B. Davis, may be the ultimate anti-Fringe play: talky, very artsy, rather highbrow and deeply English. . . . That said, play and production are full of enjoyable moments. — Jerry Wasserman, Vancouver Province, September, 2013 • Review: "Ably directed by William B. Davis and produced by United Players, The Habit of Art is not casual viewing but it’s definitely stimulating and thought provoking. — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier, September, 2013 |
| January 2013 |
Lighting Designer - Hecuba United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for the world premiere of Euripides' Hecuba adapted by Nicholas Kilmer. The production was directed by Charles Siegel with scenic design by Jessica Oostergo, costume design by Brandi Rawluk, and orignial sound composition and design by Daniel Marshall. Hecuba was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Nicholas Kilmer has penned a new, astonishingly accessible adaptation of Hecuba specifically for this world premiere, and it does not disappoint. Even more importantly, as director Charles Siegel commented, the collaboration of cast and crew is what gives this production its unique vigour and vitality. In fact, this production itself is even more accessible than the script, and more compelling than any other version of this play I have seen. " — Roger Wayne Eberle, Review Vancouver, January, 2012 • Review: "With battle-weary, raggedy costumes by Brandi Rawluk, Jessica Oostergo's sand circle set and a cast of thirteen, Hecuba is a huge undertaking. United Players, once again, shows boldness in its programming and shrewdness in its reminder that the really big questions are still rattling around twenty-five hundred years after Greece's magnificent Classical period." — Jo Ledingham,On The Scene, February 11, 2013 |
| Sept 2012 |
Lighting Designer - Bluff North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Jeffrey Sweet's Bluff. The production was directed by Stephen Torrence with scenic design by Glynnis Brassil and sound design by Stephen Torrence. Bluff was performed at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. |
| April 2012 |
Lighting Designer - Bea's Niece North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of David Gow's Bea's Niece. The production was performed at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. • Review: "Bea's Niece . . . is David Gow's mental mystery about a woman in a psychiatric institution who has 'lost her place in time.' It's a challenging script and one that confuses by design at times, but director Karen Golden and an excellent cast offer sufficient clues and clarity that what is fantasy and what is reality are fairly easy to discern - truth is always more difficult since everyone has their own version." — Martin Millerchip, NorthShoreNews |
| October 2011 |
Director/Lighting Designer - The Woman In Black North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver, BC • Directed and designed the lighting for a production of Stephen Mallatratt's The Woman In Black. The production was performed at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. • Review: "The performance was well paced and enjoyable, particularly the special attention given to the nuances of each and every character used to advance the story. The cast and crew managed to bring the story to life, although the audience must indulge them a bit with imagination - something they request of the audience rather subtly in the beginning. The more that you lend to the play, the more you will get out of it." — Greg Ewan, ReviewVancouver |
| April 2011 |
Lighting Designer - Rosmersholm United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm. The production was directed by Sarah Rodgers with scenic design by Marshall McMahen, costume design by Karen Mirfield, and sound design by David Campbell. Rosmersholm was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Go see this show. . . . Marshall McMahen offers a minimalist set design, with the audience seated on both sides. A stand of young trees on one end — beautifully lit by Randy Poulis — is elegance itself. Costumer Karen Mirfield contributes handsomely cut and pleasingly textured clothing." — Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight, April 4, 2011 • Review: "(Sarah) Rodgers has inspired a light touch wherever she could. Set designer Marshall McMahen replaces the usual dark parlour and simmering woodstove of other Ibsen productions with bleached pine floors, white suspended picture and window frames beyond which stand white trees just waiting to leaf out. And costume designer Karen Mirfield puts Rebecca West in a lacy ivory gown, not the somber woolen dresses we so often see on Ibsen's heroines. Lighting designer Randy Poulis keeps the set airy and light, too. It could be spring. It could be the setting for a love story. And I suppose in a way, it is." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier, April 8, 2011 • Review: "By far, this has been the best production I've seen by United Players. The actors were flawless in their delivery of lines, and the set design was simple yet extremely beautiful. I won't be surprised if Jessie award winner Sarah Rodgers will get another award for directing this Ibsenian classic, as well as the technical production staff for this magnificent production. . . . Special kudos to the production staff, particularly to Marshall McMahen for his set design and Karen Mirfield for her costume design." — Ed Farolan, ReviewVancouver, April 2, 2011 |
| April 2011 |
Lighting Designer - If We Are Women North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Joanna McClelland Glass's If We Are Women. The production was directed by Stephen Torrence with scenic design by Stephen Torrence, and sound design by Anne Marsh. If We Are Women was performed at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. • Review: "I saw the premiere of this play at the Vancouver Playhouse in 1994. It was an excellent production featuring Diane D'Aquila and a young Ruth McIntosh. Setting aside quibbles about the North Van set and sound design, I was going to say that the local production is just as good. But to be absolutely fair, 17 years is a long time and that wouldn't be an apples-to-apples comparison. What I can say for sure is that the NVCP actors, under the able direction of Stephen Torrence, moved me just as much the second time around." — Martin Millerchip, North Shore News April 15, 2011 |
| April 2011 |
Lighting Designer - Spring Forward Vital Spark Theatre, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Joan Bryan's Spring Forward. The musical production was directed by Joan Bryans with musical direction by Pat Unruh, costume design by Catherine Carr and sound design by Darren Hales. Spring Forward was performed at Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. |
| November 2010 |
Lighting Designer - Mrs. Klein United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Nicholas Wright's Mrs. Klein. The production was directed by Charles Siegel with scenic design by Stacey Sherlock, costume design by Catherine E. Carr, and sound design by Kaden O'Reilly. Mrs. Klein was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver • Review: "Joan Bryans is superb in Klein's dialogue-heavy role. Her interpretation of this brilliant woman is impressive as the role shifts between concerned mother and detached therapist. Trina McClure as Paula provides the appropriate poignancy for the protege and Alison James Raine delivers a gut-wrenching performance as Melitta. The shabby chic set, period outfits and soft lighting provide the atmosphere." — Tova G. Kornfeld, Jewish Independent, Nov. 19, 2010 • Review: "This United Players production is strong, the performances excellent, but these three women are so screwed up, I came away shaking my head." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier, Nov. 19, 2010 |
| March 2010 |
Lighting Designer - Breath of Life United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for the Canadian Premiere of David Hare's The Breath of Life. The production was directed by Adam Henderson with scenic design by Susan Dalton and Ana Luisa Espinoza, costume design by Catherine E.Carr, and sound design by Jeff Gladstone. The Breath of Life was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver • Review: "I loved the set and props - all those books made me feel quite at home - design by Ana Luisa Espinoza Vaca, and Susan Dalton with lighting by Randy Poulis; and Dave Campbell evoked seaside and beaches with his sound design." — [Re]View From The House, April 2010 |
| January 2010 |
Lighting Designer - Ivanov United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for Anton Chekov's Ivanov. The production was directed by Victor Vasuta with scenic design by John Taylor, costume design by Oleksandra Lykova and sound design by Jeff Gladstone. Ivanov was performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver • Review: "United Players has done it again - tackling a classic play with a big cast, something that our larger professional theatres wouldn't dare (and couldn't afford) to do, and presenting it with sufficient skill and flourish that we leave the theatre delighted at having had the chance to see it." — Jerry Wasserman, VancouverPlays, Sept. 2009 • Review: "John R. Taylor's dove grey set was ringed above with a semi-circle of bare white, stylized tree branches (evocative of The Cherry Orchard)and Oleksandra Lykova's period costumes - especially the gowns in grey, beige and ivory--were elegant. . . . Randy Poulis's lighting played prettily on the set and furniture which was grey and, unexpectedly, more IKEA than late nineteenth century Russian." — Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier, February 2010 |
| October 2009 |
Lighting Designer - Light Sensitive North Vancouver Community Players, North Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of Jim Geoghan's play Light Sensitive. The production was directed by Stephen Torrence with scenic design by David Read and performed at Hendry Hall in North Vancouver. |
| September 2009 |
Lighting Designer - The Way of the World United Players, Vancouver, BC • Lighting design for a production of William Congreve's The Way of the World. The production was directed by Adam Henderson with scenic design by John Taylor, costume design by Jenny Lang, sound design by Ronin Wong and performed at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver. • Review: "Don't miss the opportunity to see this wonderful play in this surprisingly fine production." — Jerry Wasserman, VancouverPlays, Sept. 2009 • Review: "Adam Henderson and his company are giving the United Players a wonderful fiftieth season's opening present. All theatre lovers should join the party and bring their friends to this splendid celebration." — Jane Penistan, Review Vancouver, Sept. 2009. • Review: "The Way of the World minced into the Jericho Arts Centre last night and gob-smacked the crowd with wit, repartee, epigrams, raillery, cant and delightful double-dealing. Adam Henderson has directed this double-edged soufflé of a production with care and class - and a cast that was more than up to the task of making a Restoration comedy from 1700 funny for the 21st Century." — Sean Allan , Review from the House Sept. 2009. |
| August 2008 |
Lighting Designer - 150 Years In Golden Mountain — A Celebration Pageant Victoria, BC • Lighting design for 150 Years In Golden Mountain — A Celebration Pageant. A production written and produced by Anne Wootten and Scott Walker celebrating celebrating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Chinese immigrants in British Columbia. Directed by Anne Wootten, it will be performed at the Royal Theatre in Victoria. |
| May 2008 |
Lighting Designer - Animal Farm Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Ian Ferguson's adaption of George Orwell's Animal Farm. The production was directed by Ian Ferguson with scenic design by Sabrina Miller and performed at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria. • Review: "There is music and clever sound and cool lighting effects, all of which draw the audience in quite effectively. . . . There's a lot to like in this show and director/playwright Ian Ferguson has done a very good job in bringing Orwell's warning about the corruption of power to a new audience." — Monica Prendergast, CBC Radio, May 26, 2008. • Review: "Adapted for the stage by Vancouver humourist and award-winning playwright Ian Ferguson, the new Animal Farm is clever, fast paced, and retains the same strong message as the original version. . . . The set, designed by Sabrina Miller, is fantastic, functional and ornate at the same time. There's hand drawn detail on everything, from the sheep to the shirts the actors are wearing, and the set design shows ingenuity." — Steve Carey, Victoria Times Colonist, May 25, 2008. • Review: "Fast-paced and funny, it switches from overly silly to moving to downright disturbing as fast as you can drop-kick a plush goat across the stage. Watching Animal Farm is a rare opportunity to see three inspiring performances in a unique adaptation of Orwells classic." — Sarah Gignac , Monday Magazine, May 28, 2008. |
| May 2008 |
Lighting Designer - Pitch Blond Laura Harris, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Laura Harris' touring production of her one-woman show Pitch Blond, winner of the 2007 Victoria Critic's Choice Award for Best Fringe Production. Based on the life of actor Judy Holliday. Directed by Judith McDowell. • Uno Festival Review: "FIVE STARS - Harris sparkles as Holliday." — Steve Carey, Victoria Times-Colonist, May 25, 2008. |
| May 2008 |
Lighting Designer - Love! Valour! Compassion! Lady Smith's Little Theatre, Ladysmith, BC • Lighting design for Vancouver Island Players' production of Terrence McNally's Love! Valour! Compassion! Directed by John Fox with scenic design by John Fox. Presented at Lady Smith's Little Theatre in Ladysmith. • Review: "For a true taste of what theatre can really ascribe to be, see Love! Valour! Compassion!" — Ladysmith Chronicle, June 13, 2008. |
| January 2008 |
Lighting Designer - Moon Over Buffalo Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Victoria Theatre Guild's production of Ken Ludwig's Moon Over Buffalo. Directed by Dick Stille with scenic design by Dick Newson, presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. • Review: "Successful farce requires many things . . . the superior production also needs an almost indefinable something else; a certain effervescence, a champagne-like zing . . . . Whatever it is, the Victoria Theatre Guild's new production of Moon over Buffalo has got it." — Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist, Jan. 11, 2008. |
| July 2007 |
Lighting Designer - The Long and The Short and The Tall Lady Smith's Little Theatre, Ladysmith, BC • Lighting design for Lady Smith's Little Theatre festival production of Willis Hall's The Long and The Short and The Tall. Directed by Terry Whittaker with scenic design by Terry Whittaker, it was the South Island Zone's production in TheatreBC's 2007 Mainstage festival at Sagebrush Theatre in Kamloops. The provincial drama festival's adjudicator, Dean Paul Gibson, named the lighting design winner of the 2007 Thespian award for Best Technical — Lighting. |
| Jan. 2007 |
Lighting Designer - Here on the Flight Path Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Victoria Theatre Guild's production of Norman Foster's Here on the Flight Path. Directed by Dick Stille with scenic design by Julius Maslovat, it was presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. |
| Dec. 2006 |
Lighting Designer - Charlotte's Web Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. The production was directed by Leslie Bland with scenic design by Karyn McCallum and performed at the McPherson Theatre in Victoria. |
| Nov. 2006 |
Lighting Designer - Artichoke Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Victoria Theatre Guild's production of Joanna Glass' Artichoke. Directed by Judith McDowell with scenic design by Mowry Baden, it was presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. |
| July 2006 |
Workshop Instructor Mainstage 2005, Maple Ridge, BC • Designed and taught a workshop entitled Lighting for Dummies during TheatreBC's Mainstage Festival. |
| April 2006 |
Lighting Designer - All My Sons Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Victoria Theatre Guild's production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Directed by Judith McDowell with scenic design by Mowry Baden, presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. • Review: "Beautifully crafted and extremely engaging. . . . Victoria sculptor Mowry Baden created the naturalistic set, depicting an ordinary Anytown, U.S.A, house in a manner that balances nostalgia with realism. Randy Poulis' soft, autumnal lighting helps as well." — Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist, April 14, 2005. • Review: "Mowry Baden's graceful set design (with literally thousands of hand-painted leaves) and Randy Poulis' scenic ambient lighting add some nice touches of outward beauty to the internally troubled lives of the characters. Langham Court brings clarity and compassion to Miller's unflinching script. . . ." — Megan Stewart, Monday Magazine, April 20, 2006. |
| Dec. 2005 |
Lighting Designer - Anne of Green Gables Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables. The production was directed by Leslie Bland with scenic design by Patrick Du Wors and performed at the McPherson Theatre in Victoria. • Review: "Kaleidoscope Theatre has entered the Anne arena with a lively, smart interpretation that's definitely worth seeing." — Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist, Dec. 6, 2005. • Review: "Kudos to Erin Maklem for elaborate costumes that perfectly set the tone for this period piece, and to Randy Poulis for lighting that painted Patrick Du Wors' simple set with cheer and gloom, as required." — Alisa Gordaneer, Monday Magazine, Dec. 8, 2005. |
| July 2005 |
Workshop Instructor Mainstage 2005, Nanaimo, BC • Designed and taught a workshop entitled Lighting for Dummies during TheatreBC's Mainstage Festival. |
| June 2005 |
Lighting Designer - School for Scandal. Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Richard Sheridan's School for Scandal. Directed by Sylvia Rhodes, the production was presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria, B.C. • Review: "This play is a visual delight." — Grania Litwin, Victoria Times Colonist, June 11, 2005. • Review: "The set and costumes are terrific, bringing the glittering, superficial world of the late eighteenth-century aristocracy to life." — Naomi Lester, Monday Magazine, June 16, 2005. |
| April 2005 |
Lighting Designer - Here on the Flight Path Theatre North West, Prince George, BC • Lighting design for Norm Foster's Here on the Flight Path, directed by Ted Price. |
| Dec. 2004 |
Lighting Designer - Peter Pan. Kaleidoscope Theatre, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. The production was directed by Leslie Bland and performed at the McPherson Theatre in Victoria. • Winner of the 2004 M Award for Favourite Production Design. "But while their December production at the Mac gave audiences everything they wished for, what made it so memorable for many was the simply gorgeous combination of visuals created by their design team: Sam Whittingham (set), Randy Poulis (lights), Alexander Ferguson (sound) and Erin Macklem (costumes) — Monday Magazine, February 24, 2005. • Review: ". . . a cleverly convertible set, wonderful lighting, jaunty piano music, saucy Tinkerbell voices and excellent costuming." — Grania Litwin, Victoria Times Colonist, Dec. 9, 2004. • Review: "As with all Kaleidoscope shows, the production values are second to none." — John Threlfall, Monday Magazine, Dec. 9, 2004. |
| Nov. 2004 | Director - Da Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Directed the production of Hugh Leonard's Da, at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. |
| Sept. 2004-May 2005 |
University Instructor University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Taught the lighting design courses, THEA 348 (Lighting for the Theatre I) and THEA 349 (Lighting for the Theatre II), for the Theatre Department. |
| Sept. 2004-May 2005 |
Course Assistant University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Assisted Phoenix Theatre Technical Director, Steve Vrooman, in the instruction of the lighting component of THEA 105 (An Introduction to Stagecraft and Technical Practice). |
| May 2004 |
Lighting Assistant - Opera Erotique. Out of the Box Productions, Victoria, BC • Assisted Williams Mackwood in the opera production of Opera Erotique. Directed by Gwen Dobie and presented at the Multi Cultural Centre, Victoria. |
| February 2004 |
Lighting Designer - Rodeo Star Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Thesis project of the premiere production of playwright Paulino Nunes' Rodeo Star. Directed by David Ferry, Rodeo Star was presented as part of the Phoenix Theatres' FIND Festival in the Chief Dan George Theatre, University of Victoria. |
| January 2004 |
Lighting Designer - The Fever Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Design of the repertory lighting plot for the Chief Dan George Theatre as part Phoenix Theatre's Festival of Innovative and New Drama. Designed lights for Spotlight on the Alumni production Wallace Shawn's The Fever. Directed by Brian Richmond. The Fever was presented as Spotlight on the Alumni, part of the FIND Festival in the Chief Dan George Theatre, University of Victoria. |
| November 2003 |
Lighting Designer - HE Who Gets Slapped. Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for Phoenix Theatres' production of Leonid Andreyev's play, HE Who Gets Slapped. Directed by Brian Richmond, HE was presented in the Roger Bishop Theatre. |
| June 2003 |
Design Paricipant Prague Quadrennial: 2003, Prague, CZ • Attended the Prague Quadrennial: 2003, 10th annual exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture in Prague, Czech Republic. • Aided in the construction of the Canadian student exhibition pavilion as well as attended a series of workshops during the Quadrennial. |
| May 2003 |
Festival Chair South Island Zone Drama Festival, Victoria, BC • Organized TheatreBC's South Island Zone Drama Festival, May 5-11th at Langham Court Theatre, Victoria, BC. • Designed basic lighting plot to serve production needs of participating companies |
| April 2003 |
Lighting Assistant Pacific Opera Studio, Victoria, BC • Assisted Williams Mackwood in the Victoria Conservatory of Music, Pacific Opera Studio's production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Gwen Dobie and presented at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall, Victoria. |
| March 2003 |
Lighting Designer - Circus Fire. Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for the Phoenix Theatres' production of Janet Munsil's Circus Fire. Directed by Britt Small, Circus Fire was presented in the Chief Dan George Theatre, University of Victoria. • Review: "This visual tour de force . . . allows the audience to feel they are watching an actual circus. We vicariously experience its fierce, ritualistic magic." — Adrian Chamberlain, Victoria Times Colonist, March 14, 2003. • Review: "Credit too must go to Avery Estuan for his sometimes-spooky, sometimes-celebratory score; when combined with Randy Poulis' simple yet evocative lighting, Aaron Spouler's sparse scenic design and the George Theatre;s seating-in-the-round construction, it's never hard to believe you're anywhere but exactly where this talented creative team wants you to be." — John Threlfall, Monday Magazine, March 20, 2003. |
| February 2003 |
Lighting Designer - The Man With The Plastic Sandwich. Peninsula Players, Sidney, BC • Lighting design for production of Roger Karshner's The Man With The Plastic Sandwich. Directed by Ray Mordan, it was presented at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney. |
| November 2002 |
Lighting Assistant - The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Assisted lighting designer Andrea Lundy in the production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui. Directed by Brian Richmond, Ui was presented in the Bishop Theatre, University of Victoria. |
| October 2002 |
Lighting Designer - Habeas Corpus Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for the production of Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus, under the direction of David McPherson and presented at Langham Court Theatre. |
| October 2002 |
Lighting Designer - Opening Night. Peninsula Players, Sidney, BC • Lighting design for the production of Norm Foster's Opening Night. Directed by Pat Roberts and presented at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney. |
| September 2002 |
Lighting Assistant - The Imaginary Invalid Phoenix Theatres, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC • Assisted lighting designer William Mackwood in the production of Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid. Directed by Roy Surette, The Imaginary Invalid was presented in the Chief Dan George Theatre, University of Victoria. |
| August 2002 |
Set Design Assistant - Henry V Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater, New York, NY • Assisted scenographer Giles Hogya at the University of Victoria (directed studies) in his design for the Jean Cocteau Repertory's production of Henry V at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre, New York City. |
| June 2002 |
Lighting Designer - A Midsummer Night's Dream Lansdowne Theatre Company, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream presented at Oak Bay Community Theatre in Victoria. |
| May 2002 |
Lighting Designer - Rumors Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Lighting design for production of Neil Simon's Rumors, directed by Laura K. Burke and presented at Langham Court Theatre in Victoria. |
| April 2002 |
Director, Lighting and Sound Designer - Daughters • Managed to wear all these hats for the production of Daughters by John Morgan Evans, presented at the Charlie White Theatre in Sidney. • The production was also the Peninsula Players' entry into Theatre BC's South Island Zone Festival, May 27 June 1, where it earned awards for Best Visual Presentation; Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. It was also named as a Workshop Production to TheatreBC's 2002 Mainstage Festival in Nanaimo. |
| January 2002 |
Sound Designer - Dancing at Lughnasa Victoria Theatre Guild, Victoria, BC • Designed sound for production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, directed by Richard Stille at Langham Court Theatre. |
| May 2001 |
Festival Chair South Island Zone Drama Festival, Sidney, BC • Organized TheatreBC's South Island Zone Drama Festival at the Charlie White Theatre. • Designed basic lighting plot to serve production needs of participating companies. |
| July 2001 |
Lighting Designer - Easy Money Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Redesigned the lighting plot for the Williams Lake Studio Theatre production of Nicola Harwood's Easy Money after it was named was named Best Production at the 2001 Central Interior Zone Drama Festival in Williams Lake. The redesign was necessary to meet the requirements of the production as it participated in Theatre BC's 2001 Mainstage in Kamloops at the Sagebrush Theatre. |
| October 2000 |
Director, Set and Sound Designer - Harvey, Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Directed the production of Mary Chase's Harvey, as well as design for set and sound. |
| May 2000 |
Director and Sound Designer - Daughters Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Directed the Williams Lake Studio Theatre production of Daughters, by John Morgan Evans and designed sound for the production. Daughters was also the club's entry into the 2000 Central Interior Zone Drama Festival in Prince George. • Daughters won awards for Best Ensemble, Best Set Design, Best Costumes and Best Backstage Coordination. |
| November 1999 |
Lighting Designer - Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Lighting design for the production of Terrance McNally's Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune. |
| May 1999 |
Festival Chair Central Interior Zone Drama Festival, Williams Lake, BC • Organized TheatreBC's Central Interior Drama Festival at the Williams Lake Studio Theatre. |
| May 1999 |
Lighting Designer - David and Lisa Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Lighting design for Williams Lake Studio Theatre production and CIZ Festival entry of Theodore Issac Rubin's David and Lisa. |
| October 1998 |
Director, Set and Sound Designer - The Doctor In Spite of Himself Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Directed the production of Moliere's The Doctor In Spite of Himself, presented as dinner theatre. |
| May 1998 |
Director and Set Designer - Toronto, Mississippi Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Directed the production of Joan MacLeod's Toronto, Mississippi, and designed the set. This was also the Studio Theatre's entry into 1998 Central Interior Zone Drama festival in Prince George. • Toronto, Mississippi was named as one of two Workshop Play Productions to participate in TheatreBC's 1998 Mainstage in Abbotsford. • At the Zone Festival it also claimed awards for Best Male Actor and Best Newcomer. |
| November 1997 |
Lighting Designer - Streetcar Named Desire Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Lighting design for the Williams Lake Studio Theatre production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. |
| May 1997 |
Director and Sound Designer - Steel Magnolias Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC Directed the Williams Lake Studio Theatre production of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias and designed sound. |
| May 1996 |
Festival Chair Central Interior Zone Drama Festival, Williams Lake, BC • Organized TheatreBC's Central Interior Drama Festival at the Williams Lake Studio Theatre. |
| April 1996 |
Actor - Still Stands The House Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Acted in the role of Bruce in the production of Gwen Ringwood's Still Stands The House. This was also the Studio Theatre entry into the 1996 Central Interior Zone Drama Festival in Williams Lake. • I was named Best Supporting Actor at the festival and the play was named as a Scene Development Play at the TheatreBC's 1996 Mainstage festival in Kamloops. |
| May 1995 |
Actor - Of Mice and Men Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Acted in the role of Curly in the production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. • It was also Studio Theatre's entry into the 1995 Central Interior Zone Drama Festival in Prince George. The production was named as Scene Development Play for Theatre BC's Mainstage 1995 in Kamloops. |
| October 1994 |
Director, Sound and Set Designer - Loot Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Directed the production of Joe Orton's Loot. Also designed the set and sound. |
| May 1994 |
Actor - Talking Dirty Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Acted in the role of Dave in the production of Sherman Snukal's Talking Dirty. • This was also Studio Theatre's entry into the 1994 Central Interior Zone Drama Festival in Quesnel. Named Best Supporting Actor. The production was also named as Scene Development Play for Mainstage 1994 in Cranbrook. |
| December 1994 |
Lighting Assistant - Narnia Williams Lake Studio Theatre, Williams Lake, BC • Assisted lighting designer Andrew Hunt in his design for the production Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, presented in the Gibraltar Theatre in Williams Lake, BC |
| April 1993 |
Sound Designer - Steel Magnolias Chase Players, Chase, BC • Designed sound for the production of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias. • This was also Chase Players entry into the 1993 Okanagan Zone Drama Festival in Armstrong, BC. It was named Scene Development Play at TheatreBC's 1993 Mainstage in North Vancouver. |
| November 1993 |
Actor - Dirty Work at the Crossroads Chase Players, Chase, BC • Acted in the production of Dirty Work at the Crossroads by Bill Johnson. |
| April 1992 |
Actor - The Good Doctor Chase Players, Chase, BC • Acted in Chase Players' production of Neil Simon's The Good Doctor. This was also Chase Players entry into the 1992 Okanagan Zone Drama Festival. |
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