Flush Ink Productions Mission Statement

· Flush Ink Productions embraces the mission to provide innovative and affordable theatre to the community.

· It engages in promoting the playwright’s voice through workshops, education and readings, with the intention of fine-tuning them for future productions, with a specific commitment to celebrating women’s voices in theatre through an annual staged reading to raise funds for both local and international women’s causes.

· Flush Ink Productions is committed to creating positive working relationships with both the community and various artists, both local and international – through which exciting and imaginative productions ensue that heighten the profile of individual artists as well as the Region of Waterloo in the world of theatre.

FLUSH INK PERFORMING ARTS

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ET AL

PRESIDENT Bruce Wolff	BRUCE WOLFF was more surprised than anyone to be among this group of actors in the first Asphalt Jungle Shorts. But that was ages ago. Since then, he’s participated as an actor in She Speaks, Asphalt Jungle II and Asphalt Jungle III. Now that he’s feeling quite at home on the stage, wherever the stage might be, we’re going to put him back stage for this show. Bruce is beginning to realize his secret dream of returning to the glory years of writing, producing and acting in high school productions.   His day job at Wilfrid Laurier in the Biology Department gives him plenty of opportunity to practice his oratory skills. It is most likely that work, time with his kids and friends, and traveling will provide sufficient incentive to keep the stage an enjoyable avocation.
SECRETARY Tracey Kenyon	Tracey’s has been involved in all AJS and both She Speaks. We are thrilled to add to her involvement, director. She is an active member in variety of community theatres, and performs regularly with The Mysterious Players - A theatre company that travels across Ontario performing Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. Some favourite shows include, Hello Dolly!! – Elmira Theatre Company, Devil’s Disciple – Galt Little Theatre, Funny Valentine – Theatre in the Trees and I Won’t Tell a Soul – Galt Little Theatre.
TREASURER Jennifer Cornish	Jen's stage career began at the age of 8 when her parents launched her into dance and theatre arts lessons in hopes of overcoming her shyness.  (There are rumours they may occasionally regret this decision.)  Most recently she has appeared as Martha in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" (KWLT), Sally in the premiere production of Dianne Lococo's "Alien Guest", Penny in "Money and Friends" and Alexa in "As Bees In Honey Drown" (Galt LT).   You may also recognize her as the itinerant bongo player from "Asphalt Jungle Shorts III" with Flush Ink Productions.  "Well-behaved women rarely make history."  ~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
	OTHER BOARD MEMBERS
Randall Howard	Randall Howard, General Partner, Verdexus, is a serial entrepreneur focused investing and building world-leading technology organizations.  Over the years, Randall has run technologies companies like MKS Inc., which he founded, and more recently Software Innovation Inc. and Iotum Inc. Passionate about the social sector, particularly in arts, environment and entreprenurism, Randall is Treasurer of Roseneath Theatre and founder & Chairman of Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence Past roles include Director of Elora Festival and Singers, founder/Board member of Communitech Technology Association and CFO of Uniforum Technology Association. Mr. Howard holds an Honours B.Math from University of Waterloo and was the 1997 High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.
Catherine Frid	Catherine Frid's short play Fetish was produced at Asphalt Jungle Shorts in Kitchener, in 2007. Her one-act drama Greater Good was selected by 6^th@Penn Theatre in San Diego, California, for inclusion in the Human Rights Play Festival 2007. Golden Door, a full-length drama, was read by Praxis Theatre of Toronto as part of its New Play Reading Series, in 2006. The Tango Player will be produced at the Toronto Inspirato Ten-Minute Festival, in May 2008. Catherine is also a board member of Aluna Theatre in Toronto.
Brian Kelly	Brian Kelly is the President of Jump Logistics, an international courier company based in Cambridge. If he wasn’t so busy doing that, he would be writing things from plays to lyrics, he would be acting, maybe even try his hand at directing, he would finish his short film, resume his photographic passion, play his guitar on every decent beach in the world and he would have a really cool puppet tv show. Brian excels at flying a stunt kite perched on top of a huge hay bale, while connecting deliveries across the country on his blackberry. More than all these things, he loves to hang out with his son, Liam. Aside from his company, Jump Logistics, being an official Flush Ink Sponsor, Brian has been our M.C. for She Speaks 2007 & 2008.
Majdi Bou-Matar
Lindsay Stewart
	ADVISORS TO THE BOARD
Nicholas Cumming
Gary Kirkham	Gary’s Kirkham is a playwright and Actor. His play, Queen Milli of Galt, which won the Samuel French Canadian Playwriting Competition. He also wrote the one act play Look, which was adapted into a short film staring Mike Peng and Alan Sapp. He also can be found in drag performing his monologue Beth at 50. As an actor he has performed with Lost & Found in Radio Leacock and A Lost and Found Christmas. His other roles include Off the Ground with Motus O Dance Theatre, A Life in the Theatre at Theatre & Company, and Headache Grey and T Intersection at the Record NewWorks Festival Gary spent years as an improviser with several comedy troupes including Mental Floss and was in The Second City’s Master class. And, if you didn’t blink, you might have seen him in several sketches on The Kids in the Hall. Besides work-shopping his newest play, The Lockerbie Boy, with Lost & Found Theatre, Gary is also working on a co-production with Mike and MT Space, The Lost City of Gadorsk. He's enjoying a stint as a resident artist at The Button Factory, which entails (among other things) filming a short documentary and directing the film series Bard on the Street, a series of Shakespeare monologues done on locations throughout the region. He's also performing with MT Space in their touring version of The Season of Immigration.
Theron Kramer
Darlene Spencer	Darlene Spencer received her Master of Fine Arts in Performance from York University.  She is an director, actor and educator who currently makes her home in Toronto. Directorial projects include "Three Cities in the Life of Norman Bethune" a one man opera by Tim Brady, "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman, "Our Country's Good" by Timberlake Wertenbaker, "A Spring Awakening" by Frank Wedekind, "Les Belles Soeurs" by Michel Tremblay, and "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. Selected roles include “Sarah” in the film 976, for which, she was awarded the 'best actor in a supporting role' with the Planet Indie Film Festival, “Titania/Hippolyta” in A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare with the York Shakespeare Festival, her one woman show Life Out Loud written by LCCARSON, “Aeire” in Run by Victoria Goring at the Toronto Fringe Festival, and “Helga Ten Dorp” in Deathtrap by Ira Levin with the Waterloo Stage Company. Darlene is also a director and has held teaching appointments at the University of Waterloo, York University, and is currently the Co-ordinator of the Acting Area at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts.
MEMBER EX-OFFICIO Brian Scott
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Paddy Gillard-Bentley

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Flush Ink Productions gratefully acknowledges

the financial support of the Region of Waterloo ARTS FUND for Asphalt Jungle Shorts III.

And the continuing support from The City of Kitchener