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Esmeralda and Goober in "Keep Cool! a play about climate change" (Ian & Sara)
RITES OF PASSAGE THEATRE PROJECT
CLEAN UP YOUR ACT (Ian & Vanessa)
ReTHINK (Sara, Adrian Cambiazo, Ian)
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ABOUT DREAMRIDER THEATRE Our Mission: - Why we're here! Our Team: - Founders Vanessa Ian & Sara DreamRider Theatre's mission is to build a generation of ecologically-responsible citizens. Through the excitement of live theatre and multi-media, DreamRider introduces the fundamentals of environmental awareness to school age children. DreamRider inspires children to take positive action, and to pass that inspiration on to their families and communities. DreamRider Theatre is a registered charity #85480-1289-RR0001, and a member of the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance. For over ten years we’ve been inspiring kids to take positive environmental action! Over 500,000 Greater Vancouver children have enjoyed our long-running plays. Each year we provide over 200 performances free to schools. Almost every municipality in Greater Vancouver has sponsored DreamRider shows for their environmental education outreach programs. "A very effective ambassador in spreading the message of environmental responsibility.” - City of Vancouver. DreamRider’s creative team has won international awards for their work, including two at Hollywood’s Moondance Film COMING SOON: EnviroZanies television show! DreamRider is currently in pre-production for a brand new kids environmental education TV series based on our hit show KEEP COOL! a play about climate change. Stay tuned for more info!
DreamRider Founders Sara Holt, Vanessa LeBourdais & Ian Gschwind
Vanessa LeBourdais Vanessa is Co-Artistic Producer of DreamRider Theatre and in the one year since she came on board full-time, has tripled our revenues, produced our most successful show ever, and started production of our new TV series EnviroZanies. Vanessa is also an award-winning playwright and composer. She performed in Clean Up Your Act for ten years and wrote all the music for all of the shows. With Ian, she writes musicals for kids and for adults too, like Keep Cool!, as well as Gremlin (Carousel, Geordie Theatre), The Dreamer’s Quest (Western Canada Theatre) and Quantum Physics: The Musical. She also wrote the music for the hit show Larger Than Life: The Musical with SG Lee (Western Canada Theatre/Firehall Theatre/Gateway Theatre). Check out these musicals at our musicals website. Her best creation is her daughter, Tia. Interesting story about Vanessa: In 1992, the rainforest in Vanessa's Tofino, BC, backyard was clearcut and turned into a parking lot. She was thus inspired to become one of the leaders of the Clayoquot Sound environmental campaign. Her songs became the songs of the movement, as well; Vanessa even opened for the band Midnight Oil on their early-morning concert on the logging road.
Ian Gschwind Ian is a cult-hero with the under-12 set. Elementary school gymnasiums across Greater Vancouver erupt with cheers when Ian arrives on the scene. He is co-Artistic Producer of DreamRider Theatre and performs in all of our shows, as well as being one of the writers. Other shows he's written with Vanessa include Gremlin (Carousel, Geordie Theatre), The Dreamer’s Quest (Western Canada Theatre) and Quantum Physics: The Musical. Check out these musicals at our musicals website here. Interesting Story about Ian: Ian has an encylopaedic knowledge of a whole bunch of things including martial arts, ancient history & world religions. He teaches Kempo to young kids. Zany things he has done include skydiving and marrying Vanessa.
Sara Holt Sara Holt has been working professionally as an actor in Vancouver since her graduation from Studio 58 in 2000, and is a member of Canadian Actors’ Equity. She is a founding member of DreamRider Theatre and performs in all our shows. As a director, Sara brings her broad professional directing, acting, and choreography experience to every production. Her skills as a visual artist and seamstress are as valued as her experience as a historical researcher. Sara is also an accomplished Irish Dancer, and dances with the Nora Pickett School of Irish Dance. Sara is also Artistic Director of Summer Theatre at Fort Steele, both the MainStage and the Living History program. Interesting stories about Sara: Sara slept in a haunted house in England for a year and a half. She was on a cruise ship that almost sank in the Mediterranean. She gave birth in an hour and 46 minutes and then a month later went to live in a tent at Fort Steele; her costumed baby performed with her. DreamRider also hires the best & brightest independent designers and artists to help create the magic you see on stage. DreamRider's past and present sponsors include BC Gaming Commission, Transport Canada, Environment Canada, VanCity, TD Friends of the Environment, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Canada Council for the Arts, Hamber Foundation, and the municipalities of Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, Langley, Coquitlam, Port Moody, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, and Surrey. Thank you for supporting DreamRider's work!
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