Richard recently directed and performed in ”The Belle of Winnipeg” for Keystone Theatre, which has just been awarded a Dora Mavor Moore Award (it was nominated for three)! Find out more on the News Page at http://www.belleofwinnipeg.com/ or you can read a review at http://www.torontostage.com/reviews/theBelleOfWinnipeg.html.

For over 20 years, Richard Beaune has been performing and directing all kinds of theatre in venues ranging from shopping malls and parks to The Stratford and Shaw Festivals. Some highlights include directing Macbeth and The Comedy of Errors for Shakespeare in the Square and directing A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Edmund Ironside for Firebrand Theatre. He also directed a Jenny Award winning production of Flowers For Algernon and the Canadian Comedy Award winning Trapped in Taffeta. He also spent two seasons as an Assistant Director with The Stratford Festival and one season as an Intern Director with The Shaw Festival. As an actor, some favorite roles have included Angelo in Measure For Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, LeBeau in As You Like It (Stratford Festival), and Jack in Canada Jacks (a one-man show). He was the founding Artistic Director of Simple Truth Theatre and he is a faculty member at Ryerson University’s Act II Studio. Richard has also appeared in several television commercials and few films. Ultimately, his goal in life is to make you smile.