Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster

(647) 718-5239 CAEA/ACTRA FULL MEMBER [email protected] Height: 5’9 Hair/Eyes: Brown Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano/Belter E3-F5

PROFILE: Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster is a theatre artist based in . She speaks English and French and works predominantly as a performer and director on the stage. She is also experienced in script development, theatre creation, musical performance and arts education. Courtney sings and plays the flute and piano.

EDUCATION: • Soulpepper Academy (Soulpepper Theatre Company) 2011-2012 • University of British Columbia BFA Acting Program 2004-2008 • Citadel/Banff Professional Theatre Program July-October 2008 • Royal Conservatory of Music Grade 8 Piano and Grade 8 Voice, and Learning Through the Arts Artist-Educator Foundations and Level 1

DIRECTING CREDITS Company Year Three Women of Swatow Tarragon Theatre 2020 Cannibal Scrap Paper/Next Stage 2019 The Wolves The Howland Company/Crow’s Theatre 2018 Gray Theatre Inamorata 2017 Final Draft (short) Brave New Theatre 2016 The Anger in Ernest and Soulpepper 2016 Ernestine (assistant director) 52 Pick-Up (co-director) The Howland Company 2015

ACTING CREDITS Role Company Director Year Man and Superman Violet Shaw Festival Chris Abraham 2019 Cyrano de Bergerac Valvert Shaw Festival Kim Rampersad 2019 The Message Mary Tarragon Theatre Richard Rose 2018 I Call Myself Princess Nelle NativeEarth/Cahoots Marjorie Chan 2018 Innocence Lost Sarah Soulpepper Jackie Maxwell 2018 Idomeneus Electra Soulpepper Alan Dilworth 2018 The Tragedie of Lear Cordelia/Foole Ad Hoc Ash Knight 2017 Spoon River Various Soulpepper Albert Schultz 2017 Incident at Vichy Boy Soulpepper Alan Dilworth 2016 Blood Wedding Wife Soulpepper Erin Brandenburg 2016 Casimir and Caroline Amanda Howland Company Holger Syme 2015 Marat/Sade Various Soulpepper Albert Schultz 2015 The Dining Room Various Soulpepper Joe Ziegler 2015 Of Human Bondage Sally Soulpepper Albert Schultz 2014 The Flood Thereafter June Canadian Stage Ker Wells 2013 Weedy Peetstraw Jeeva Summerworks Jennifer Brewin 2013

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The Barber of Seville Rosina Soulpepper Leah Cherniak 2013 The Crucible Mary Warren Soulpepper Albert Schultz 2012 Jenny/Letta Soulpepper Albert Schultz 2012 Macbeth Witch Theatre Conspiracy Quinn Harris 2011 Various Fishmongers Kevin Bennett 2010 Viola What You Will Tariq Leslie 2010 Rosalind Blue Bridge J.Lambermont 2009 Pride and Prejudice Mary Citadel Theatre Bob Baker 2008

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 2011-ongoing Artist-Educator • Courtney has worked as an artist-educator with Soulpepper Theatre, Buddies in Badtimes and the Shaw Festival, and has been an Artist-Mentor with the Paprika Festival and the Artists Mentoring Youth (AMY) Project. • Past experience as an Artist-Educator include work with the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Learning Through the Arts program, camps and local youth variety shows at Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre, the Nova Scotia Piping Plover Guardian program, and as a volunteer at the E.A.S.T. Alternative Junior Public School.

The Howland Company Founding Member • The Howland Company is an ensemble of performers and theatre creators, founded in 2013 with the goal of creating work and exploring scripts and performance pieces relevant to the member’s ages and experiences. • As a member of the Howland Company, Courtney has co-directed the hit Fringe Festival production of “52 Pick-Up”, and the award winning production of “The Wolves”. Through the company, Courtney has engaged in group training and development projects, fundraisers and community events.

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SKILLS: • Directing Class with Richard Rose 2019 • Viewpoints and Suzuki (trained by Kendra Fanconi, Michael Greyeyes and Joanna Garfinkel) • Meisner Technique (trained by Lori Triolo) • “The Audition Lab” TV and Film Auditioning (trained by Lynne Cormack) • Clown and Improvisation • Music Theory, Piano, Flute • Various dialects and accents

AWARDS 2019 MyEntertainment World Awards Best Production – The Wolves 2019 Toronto Theatre Critics Awards Best Ensemble – The Wolves 2018 Now Magazine Top Ten Theatre Artist 2016 Dora Mavor Moor Award (Best Ensemble) 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Nomination (Best Ensemble) 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award (Best Ensemble) 2013 My Theatre Award MyEntertainmentWorld.ca (Best Emerging Artist) 2013 Now Magazine Top Ten Theatre Artist

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