First Name
Vicki
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Last Name
Stroich
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Dramaturg and an LMDA Past President
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Biography
Vicki Stroich is a dramaturg and arts administrator based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Vicki is Retreat Director and Dramaturg for the Caravan Farm Theatre Playwrights Retreat. Most recently she was Executive Director at Alberta Theatre Projects leading ATP's organizational vision for 4 years after 12 years on the ATP Artistic team where she focused on new play dramaturgy and programming for the Enbridge playRites Festival of New Canadian Plays; a national Festival that developed and premiered new plays by Canadian playwrights. She was a Program Director for the Banff Playwrights Colony at The Banff Centre for three years and was on the faculty of the program, working with Canadian playwrights from across Canada, for seven years. She freelances locally and nationally as a dramaturg, facilitator, and director. Vicki has dramaturged over 35 plays premiered through Alberta Theatre Projects and companies from across Canada including Caravan Farm Theatre, Nakai Theatre and Ghost River Theatre. Her work has included dramaturgy of dramatic text, devised theatre and performance creation. She is the proud recipient of a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Achievement for her contributions to new work. Vicki served as VP Canada of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas for two terms and was Conference Chair of the international 2010 LMDA Conference in Banff before becoming President of LMDA from 2012-2014. She was proud to serve the organization she joined in 2001. She was listed in Avenue Magazines Top 40 Under 40 in 2013 and contributed an article on Dramaturgy and Leadership to The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy (2014.)
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