- Jeff Haslam
Jeff Haslam is an
Edmonton, Alberta -based actor.Mr. Haslam is best known as a long time member of Edmonton's
Teatro la Quindicina troupe, performing the works of playwrightStewart Lemoine , including "Damp Fury", "Pith!", "Fever-Land", "Evelyn Strange", "Cocktails at Pam's", "Connie in Egypt", "The Margin of the Sky", "At the Zenith of the Empire", "Shockers Delight!", "Eros and the Itchy Ant", and "The Exquisite Hour". He has been part of the management structure of Teatro's home, theVarscona Theatre , since its creation in 1994 and produces, hosts or performs in many theatre related events there including, for the last fifteen years, the live improvised soap operaDie-Nasty and its annual fundraising event The Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon. He hosted the Varscona Theatre's monthly variety show The Johnny and Poki Variety Hour from 1995 to 1999 as Poki Schveddar, a character of his own creation. Since 2001, he has co-hosted the Varscona's latest variety showOh Susanna! withMark Meer .He has worked at most of Edmonton's theatres, including the
Citadel Theatre ("Picasso at the Lapin Agile", "Twelfth Night", "Hello Dolly" and "Little Shop of Horrors" - for which he won his thirdElizabeth Sterling Haynes Award ) as well as with playwrightsMarty Chan , Conni Massing , Lyle Victor Albert, Raymond Storey and David Belke.He has performed in theatres across Canada including
One Yellow Rabbit ,Vancouver Playhouse andFactory Theatre among others.He currently resides in Edmonton. He told the Edmonton Express, in 1999, why he stays there, "...because of the community of artists who have become family, and to leave them in deference to my own career would be pretty catastrophic. It's an amazing world to be part of. I could never leave. I love it here."In 2007, Jeff Haslam became the Artistic Director of
Teatro la Quindicina .External links
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* Teatro la Quindicina [http://www.varsconatheatre.com/teatro]
* Varscona Theatre [http://www.varsconatheatre.com]
* Die-Nasty [http://www.die-nastyimprov.com]
* Oh Susanna! [http://www.varsconatheatre.com/ohsusanna]
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