Our FacultyWorld class instructors from around the globe, bringing their art to a new generation of actors, directors, writers, singers and creatives. Aaron CoatesInstructorAaron is a director, actor, playwright, and teacher. He studied acting at Mount Royal College and at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Aaron co-founded Trepan Theatre Joe-Norman ShawCo-FounderJoe-Norman Shaw is Studio Director and Co-Founder of Company of Rogues Actors Studio and Artistic Director of Rogues Theatre. Christiane HirtCo-FounderThroughout a CHprofessional career spanning over thirty years, Christiane has studied extensively in Vancouver, LA and is an Alumni of New York’s prestigious, HB Studio. As Co-Founder of Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio (est. 1993) Sally CacicStudio Coordinator & InstructorSally Cacic is a West Australian actor, director and producer of Slavic descent. Exposed to music and performing arts at a young age as great niece to famed Australian bass-baritone Bruce Martin, Sally first trained in classical ballet and jazz piano before beginning her actor training in later years. Frances EwingtonInstructorFrances completed her Associate and Licentiate diplomas in Speech Arts and Drama with a focus on voice production from the Mount Royal Conservatory in 1997. She was awarded the “Love of Literature” Scholarship and received the highest mark attainable on her Associate Pedagogy. Jason LongInstructorJason has been writing for film and theatre in Canada for over six hundred years. He’s co-written four feature films, written and directed a couple of shorts, and has worked tirelessly for four plus years to convince an incredibly skittish neighbourhood cat to like him. Eugene SticklandInstructorEugene Stickland has been one of Canada’s most prolific playwrights for three decades. At the same time, he has taught playwriting workshops at universities and theatres throughout the world, from Calgary to Singapore to Australia.
