THEATRE AS A METAPHOR

COSTIN MANU

Costin Manu was the Managing and Artistic Director at Theatre Cambridge and held the same position for ten years at Victoria Playhouse Petrolia and is the President and Executive Producer of StageEnt Inc. a Theatre Production, Management & Consulting Company in Toronto. He was Executive Director of the Sandusky State Theatre in Ohio for 2 years and is now Manager of Programming, Marketing and Development at The Rose Theatre Brampton. In a long career, Costin has produced over fifty plays, directed almost twice as many, from classics and contemporary dramas, to comedies and farces, and acted in over seventy productions. Costin has worked extensively in the theatre in Europe, in Romania and the United States and has also appeared in many feature films, TV series and commercials.

HANNA PELTONIEMI -FAM

Hanna Peltoniemi-Fam grew up in Finland, where she found theatre as a teen and has been involved in the theatre communities of both Finland and Toronto ever since. She studied acting, film and movement through high school, community colleges, Ryerson Theatre School, U of T as well as the Players’ Academy in Toronto.