Katrina Dunn was the artistic director of Touchstone Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1997 to 2016.
12 Facts About Katrina Dunn
In 1989, Katrina Dunn co-founded Vancouver's Ruby Slippers Theatre and was its initial Artistic Director.
Katrina Dunn left Ruby Slippers when she was appointed as Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre in 1997.
In 2003, Katrina Dunn co-founded the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival along with Norman Armour, a performing arts festival held every January in Vancouver.
Katrina Dunn served as an intern director for five months during the 2005 Shaw Festival.
Katrina Dunn was an organizer of the Vancouver Wrecking Ball, a loose organization of theatre companies and artists advocating for the arts through cabarets featuring short plays and performances with strong political themes.
In 2011, Katrina Dunn began graduate work at the University of British Columbia.
Katrina Dunn's research focuses on the spatial aspects of theatre and on ecocritical theatre.
Katrina Dunn currently teaches in the theatre program at the University of Manitoba.
Katrina Dunn has won twice for direction: in 2001 for Michael Healey's Kicked and in 2010 for Judith Thompson's Palace of the End.
In 2010, Katrina Dunn was recognized by the Women's Caucus of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, who awarded her with its "Bra D'Or" for supporting and promoting the work of Canadian female playwrights.
Katrina Dunn has directed works for numerous theatre, dance and musical companies, such as Grinning Dragon Theatre, Battery Opera, Current Sound Opera, The Hard Rubber Orchestra, and Mascall Dance.