Theatre Educator

Charlie has run programs, lead workshops, and done independent coaching in a wide variety of contexts and with diverse age groups.

Artistic Director/Facilitator

Youth on the Rise, Sum Theatre, Saskatoon (2016-2019)

Performing Arts for At-Risk Youth Theatre Program, Family Service Saskatoon (2013-2015)

Summerstock Teen Theatre Program Leader, Saskatoon Public Library, Saskatoon (2010-2011)

University Instructor

Drama 259 – Performer Created Theatre (University of Alberta, Fall 2024, Fall 2025)

Drama 302 – Modern Canadian Theatre (University of Alberta, Winter 2025)

Guest lectures, TA, and marking positions at University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, Concordia University of Edmonton.

Drama Camp Leader

Producer and Co-Director, Theatre in the Pool (production and summer camp), Saskatoon, SK (2017)

Persephone Theatre Summer Camps, Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon (2014)

Workshop Leader

Content Flags (Warnings) Workshop, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton, Ab (2024)

Writes of Passage In-Classroom Playwriting Program Facilitator, Workshop West Playwright’s Theatre, Edmonton, Ab (2023-present)

Telling Stories Together Workshop, Edmonton Multicultural Association, Edmonton, Ab (2023)

Devising Theatre Workshop, Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals TheatreCON, Saskatoon, SK (2023)

Clowning Workshop,  Spirited Arts Studio, Edmonton, AB (2023)

Reading the Compass Dramaturgy Workshop Series, Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre, Online (2022)

Directing Theatre, Listen To Dis, Online (2022)

Writing From the Body Workshops, Azimuth Theatre, Edmonton, Ab (2019, 2020)

Writing Using Clown Techniques, Theatre SKAM SKAMpede, Victoria, BC (2018)

Character and Performance Workshops, Circle of Voices/Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2025)

Theatre for Public Speaking, University of Saskatchewan College of Law Mediation Moot Team (2016, 2017, 2019)

In-Classroom Clown Workshops, Tommy Douglass Collegiate, Saskatoon (2018, 2019)

Characterization Workshop, Theatre Saskatchewan (2018)

Characterization Workshops, Theatre in the Classroom, Sum Theatre, (2015)

“Improv/etry” Improv Workshop, Tonight It’s Poetry, Saskatoon (2015)

In-Classroom Improv Workshops, Centennial Collegiate, Saskatoon (2010)

Improv and the Workplace Workshop Leader, Saskatchewan Libraries Conference, Regina – with Jenny Ryan MLS (2010)

Improv Workshop Leader, Saskatoon Public Library, Saskatoon (2010)

Other

Various Training Roles, CLRC, University of Saskatchewan (2013-2019)

After-Play Facilitator and Trainer, Live Five (2014-2019)

Medical Scenario Trainer, SIMS (2014)

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