Mad Duck Theatre Collective



Mad Duck Theatre Collective (formerly "Mad Duck") is an artist driven and self-produced collective of professional theatre performers, designers, technicians and administrators. Operating on an ad hoc basis, Mad Duck set out a mandate to bring the best of "indie" innovation and alternative staging to classical works while providing unconventional roles for women, color-blind casting, mentorship, and showcasing emerging talent. Mad Duck Theatre Collective productions have included the Vancouver premiere of Shakespeare's R&J and Titus Andronicus, The Tempest (with a female Prospero), Julius Caesar and Coriolanus. Mad Duck Theatre Collective has been nominated for 11 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including design, performance, and direction; Xtra West’s Live Performance of the Year; and is the recipient of two of Jerry Wasserman’s Vancouverplays.com Play of the Month Awards. Collective members have included: Chris Britton (Da Vinci’s Inquest), Anna Cummer (Jessie Award Winner), Sean Cummings (Blade: Trinity), Ian Farthing (The Glass Menagerie), Carole Higgins (Carousel Theatre), Laura Jaszcz, Jack Paterson (director), and Gwynyth Walsh (Star Trek:Generations, Da Vinci’s Inquest).

Past productions
Member Projects - 2006-2009


 * Coriolanus - by William Shakespeare
 * Shakespeare's R&J - Adapted by Joe Calarco, based on the play by William Shakespeare

Equity Co-ops - 2003-2006
 * Titus Andronicus - by William Shakespeare
 * Julius Caesar - by William Shakespeare
 * The Tempest - by William Shakespeare

Non Equity Co-ops - 2001-2002


 * 7 Actors and a Dog in A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare


 * Not About Nightingales - by Tennessee Williams