Green Kids Cast and Crew

Workshop Leaders:

Nyree Bridgman

Nyree Bridgman is in the midst of exploring the joys of environmental sustainability through her studies at the University of Winnipeg. Nyree discovered the rewards of educating young people through theatrics while volunteering on a cycling tour with the Otesha Project. Nyree looks forward to working with clowning and miming in the future, and using these forms of creative theater as an outlet to inspire action. Having been involved in many projects and groups focused on engaging youth, Nyree hopes to bring her enthusiasm into classrooms, opening discussions on the positive role we can play towards a healthy and sustainable planet.

Daina Leitold

Daina's first real paying acting gig was with Green Kids in 1996. She went on to perform in three tours with Green Kids before moving into the office as the Executive/Artistic Director from 1999 to 2001. Daina has spent most of her time since raising her daughter, Sativa, as well as working as an actor, director and mime around Winnipeg. She was one of the co-writers for Green Kids' 2006 Tour, Happy Birthday Rex, and played Ebb in the first production of "Ebb & Flo: The Water Cycle". Daina is very excited to get to step into the director's chair this season. Green Kids combines her two favorite things on this planet: theatre and, well, this planet.

Anne Wyman

Anne Wyman stumbled upon the theatre at the age of four, when she herself was enrolled in a small drama camp for children. She hasn't looked back since, and is happier than ever as an emerging member of the Winnipeg theatre community. Since 2003, Anne has been involved with twelve fringe productions and three national tours, including a six city tour of her solo show. Anne has also been fortunate to perform internationally in New York City's FRIGID festival. Having taught drama to all ages for the last seven years, she has been delighted to instruct for Prairie Exchange School, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, the Manitoba Improv League, Grant Park High School and Bright Futures. In particular, Anne enjoys teaching environmental theatre to children through workshops with Green Kids.

Dhyana Justl

Dhyana Justl is a dedicated yoga instructor and educator. She has been an explorer of yoga and theatrical arts for 14 years. The study and practice of many forms of yoga, meditation and theatre have led her around the world. She has traveled extensively to India, Nepal, England, France, The Yukon, New Mexico and California to learn yoga, mediation and forms of theatre from highly regarded teachers. She has acted, directed and led theatre workshops for kids across Canada and England. She has worked with Green Kids since 2003.
Dhyana completed her 200 hour registered yoga teacher training in 2008 at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre and has completed her advanced teacher training at the Yoga Centre Winnipeg. She also completed a Kids Yoga Teacher Training with Maalaa from the Yoga Tree, Saltspring Island.
Dhyana has been teaching yoga full time to kids, adults, seniors and adults with disabilities for 3 years. She holds a BA Honours Degree in Theatre and Religious Studies which lends to her playful and philosophical style of teaching. She hopes to study Transpersonal Psychotherapy at a masters level and has just begun The Marriage and Family Therapy Counselling Program at the University of Winnipeg.

Live Show

Ebb & Flo ~ Spring 2011

Writer/Director:

Brian Richardson

Brian Richardson is a storyteller, a published poet, a playwright, folk musician, and actor. He often blends his other skills with his storytelling. As Artistic Director of the Heritage Theatre at the Forks National Historic Site he interpreted the stories of Winnipeg's past through the medium of theatre. His theatre background includes stage, screen, and sound, acting; a comedy troupe; cross cultural, cross disciplinary, collaboration; playwrighting: and directing. He holds a Liberal Arts degree in Biology.

Actors:

Lygia Ramcharan - Ebb

Lygia Ramcharan is living her passion as a performing artist in both theatre and film. Demonstrating her talents in singing, musical theatre, and as an instrumentalist since Grade School, Lygia has broadened her fine arts through instruction from the Prairie Theatre Exchange, Onalee Ames Film Studio, and The Acting Studio Winnipeg with Darcy Fehr. She has appeared in 2007 and 2008 Winnipeg Fringe Festival performances and is excited to be a part of the Green Kids production of "Ebb & Flo: The Water Cycle". Among being an active member of Winnipeg's growing film and theatrical industry, you may also see Lygia's face on California's "SmileVino" wine bottles available at MLCC's and in some parts of the U.S.A.

Heather Russell - Flo

A graduate of Brandon University, Heather moved to Winnipeg in 2008 to pursue her passion for theatre. She will be graduating this spring with an Honours Acting B.A. from the University of Winnipeg. Her theatre credits include: While We're Young, As You Like It, Juliet and Romeo, Vinegar Tom (University of Winnipeg), 13 Plays About Love (Winnipeg Fringe) and Durang Durang (PTE@PTE). Heather also teaches at MTYP. She is very excited to be involved in a show which empowers children to be environmentally responsible!

Nan Fewchuk - Proteus

Nan is an actor, director and educator who is tickled to be working her first touring show with Green Kids Inc. Last spring, Nan stepped in to perform the role of Mistress Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" with SIR. She is presently working on an exciting collaborative project with Sarasvati Productions and the Elizabeth Fry Society, workshopping drama with incarcerated women. Nan has co-directed over 20 of Garden City Collegiate's musical theatre productions, winning the "Rainbow Stage High School Musical Award" four times. Selected acting credits include Peter Pan (Older Wendy) and Beauty and the Beast (Villager) with Rainbow Stage, Fen (Nell), Oliver! (Nancy), Comedy of Errors (Adrianna), A Midsummer Night's Fever (Hermia), A Phoenix Too Frequent (Dynamane), and Winnipeg Fringe Festival "Best of Fest" productions Risk Everything (Carol) and Eleemosynary (Artie). Watch for Nan at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival this summer in Liz Duffy Adam's one-act comedy "Or", directed by Debbie Patterson.

Daniel Thau-Eleff

Daniel Thau-Eleff is a playwright, actor, director, and producer of the Moving Target Theatre Company. Writing credits include King's Park, Remember the Night and Three Ring Circus: Israel, the Palestinians and My Jewish Identity. Daniel is looking forward to being a part of Green Kids and driving the amazing Bio Bus!

Show Consultant & Image Programming:

Loc Lu

Loc Lu has been a proud member of Green Kids since 2002. His first experience with the environmental group dates back further into his childhood where he can remember sitting in the audience and being entertainingly educated about the importance of the "3 R's." Loc has toured all over Canada with various Green Kid productions and has also been involved behind the scenes as Office Guy Extraodinaire. When he's not working with GK's, Loc enjoys teaching theatre and eating anything containing chocolate.

Director:

Teachers Resource Kit and Communications:

Alix Sobler

Alix Sobler is a playwright, performer and freelance writer/communications professional. In addition to her business and public relations writing, she has written many plays, including five solo shows which she has performed all over North America. In 2003 her play "Testimony" was chosen as a finalist in the Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwrighting competition (ten-minute division) and the same play was performed at the Looking Glass Theatre in NYC in 2006. In 1996 she won the National Conversation Essay Competition (USA) for her piece entitled "I Pledge Allegiance to MTV". Her fiction has appeared in Prairie Fire and Rhubarb Magazine. Her comedy can often be heard on CBC's Definitely Not The Opera. Alix Sobler is a graduate of Brown University.

Founder & Volunteer President:

Jeff Golfman

An Honors Graduate of the Ivey School of Business and an eco-entrepreneur for the last 24 years, Jeff has garnered several awards including: The Federal Business Development Bank's Entrepreneur of the year, The Sustainable Development Award of Excellence, Western Living's Westexpressed Award, Silver Lining Award, and the 2012 Envirokidz Giving Back Award.
Jeff is 16 years into his daily yoga practice, has been a vegetarian for 21 years and 100% raw for last six. Jeff has boundless energy from his low impact lifestyle, fitness activities and dietary choices.

See our 2009 crew archive.

Please visit our Advisory Committee page for a complete list of our Advisors.