MEET OUR TEAM
Our motto is: Put more play in your life!
Our business is about providing fun and functional learning experiences for people of ALL ages!
Simply put, we help people to learn how to develop communication skills and confidence, all while having fun. As coaches, educators, actors and artists, we love to interact with people and to bring them joy. Muskoka StageWorks facilitates this by offering theatre and improv classes, workshops and performance opportunities to people of all ages. There is always something to be learned and it’s never too late to start!
As adults, much of our time is spent working and worrying about the past and the future. Engagement in the arts, particularly in the performing arts, helps us to focus, to be mindful, and to have fun, all while creating magic. Children exercise their team building and communication skills, as well as the development of confidence and self-esteem.
Muskoka StageWorks is committed to opening doors for others in ways they may not even have thought possible.
Simply put, we help people to learn how to develop communication skills and confidence, all while having fun. As coaches, educators, actors and artists, we love to interact with people and to bring them joy. Muskoka StageWorks facilitates this by offering theatre and improv classes, workshops and performance opportunities to people of all ages. There is always something to be learned and it’s never too late to start!
As adults, much of our time is spent working and worrying about the past and the future. Engagement in the arts, particularly in the performing arts, helps us to focus, to be mindful, and to have fun, all while creating magic. Children exercise their team building and communication skills, as well as the development of confidence and self-esteem.
Muskoka StageWorks is committed to opening doors for others in ways they may not even have thought possible.
ROBIN CLIPSHAM
PROGRAM COORDINATOR & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Actor, director, writer, and theatre educator, Robin has spent most of her life in theatre. Robin’s career includes the creation and development of several new and unique comic characters, performing across Canada, and the realization of many other contemporary female characters. She also founded and developed a theatre company for young people, taught theatre performance and production for Nipissing University, spent over 25 years as a theatre educator, and is an award-winning improvisational theatre coach.
Winner of four awards for her work in locally developed community theatre, Robin has contributed her time and expertise to local initiatives for over 20 years. As Artistic Director for Muskoka StageWorks and PRISM Theatre In The Park (2008 – present) Robin has worked with local youth and women to present several successful outdoor and indoor theatre productions. Robin is also an accomplished actor and director and lives in Muskoka with her husband, Michael. |
DAVID WRAY
INSTRUCTOR David Wray is an award-winning Improviser and actor, having performed at National and International levels through the Canadian Improv Games. David now runs Improv workshops for youth from across Canada. On staff for the Canadian Improv Games and Muskoka StageWorks, David is also a stage manager and fight coordinator. David’s stage credits include roles in PRISM’s The Three Musketeers, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night. His screen work includes Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town.
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RACHEL MARR
INSTRUCTOR Rachel Marr is a Gold Medal Improv player, actor and Muskoka Zone Rep for the Canadian Improv Games. Passionate about theatre, Rachel has been involved in theatre for over ten years and has enjoyed teaching acting and improv skills to young children and youth. Rachel enjoys sharing her love of the arts with anyone and everyone who is eager to learn. She carries this momentum with her and is currently teaching with Muskoka StageWorks.
On stage credits include roles in Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, and As You Like It. Credits also include producing and directing for MAD Productions. With her certificate from Marvel Beauty School, Rachel has done hair and makeup for commercials and worked on movie sets in Northern Ontario. She is also MSW's Costume Director. |