Kathryn Shaw


Kathryn Shaw is a Canadian director, actor, and writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Since 1985 she has been the Artistic Director of Studio 58, an acting and production training school at Langara College.

History

Shaw graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in dramatic art from Whitman College and a Master of Fine Arts in acting from the Columbia University School of the Arts in New York City. Following graduation, she lived in Victoria, British Columbia for a short while before eventually moving to Vancouver.
Over the past few decades, she has directed some of Canada's most prestigious theatre companies. She has taught acting for professional and community groups across British Columbia, Winnipeg, Halifax, and has also been a guest instructor for the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec. Shaw has been on the Theatre BC committee, a parent organization to approximately 80 community theatre groups across British Columbia, as an adjudicator and dramaturge.
She began teaching at Studio 58 in 1974 while the school was under the direction of Antony Holland. Shaw replaced him as Artistic Director when he retired in 1985. Under her direction, Studio 58 has become recognized internationally as one of the premiere theatre training programs of Canada.

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