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Meet the Instructors
Here are just a few of the many wonderful instructors who teach for us!
Amy Sawka
Class Instructor
Amy is a theatre artist with a passion for creation. She has been making theatre and performing in Calgary since she too was a young…
Brianna Johnston
Drama Camp Instructor
Brianna is thrilled to be back working with the fab folks at CYPT! An alum of the program herself, she’s always thrilled to come work…
Ruby Gaudet
Camp Assistant
Ruby Gaudet is an emerging artist who loves whimsy, shenanigans and tomfoolery. She's had a home here at CYPT since starting their summer camps at…
Day Chase
Drama Camp Instructor
Day Chase (she/they) is excited to be joining the CYPT crew! Day is an emerging artist, playwright, filmmaker, and puppet enthusiast. Day holds a BFA…
Lauren Marshall
Drama Camp Instructor
Lauren is very excited to be going into her 5th year as an instructor for CYPT summer camps, especially with a new teaching degree under…
Rebecca Orion
Class Instructor; Drama Camp Instructor
Rebecca Orion (She/They) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist based out of Mohkinstsis (Calgary). She works producing and directing plays for her theatre company, Incendiary Festival,…
Sarah Barker
Drama Camp Instructor
I am a 20-year-old emerging theatre artist going into my final year of study at the University of Lethbridge for a BFA in the Dramatic…
Zachary Friesen
Drama Camp Instructor; Class Assistant
Zachary first became involved with CYPT in high school as an actor, and at 17 directed their first fully improvised show. He has just shy…
Aaron Ranger
Drama Camp Instructor; Class Instructor
Aaron is an improviser who has been making things up since birth. He has worked across North America and has a passion for making people…
Violet Griffiths
Camp Assistant
Violet is a CYPT alumna who began her theatre journey at this summer camp. Most recently, her play Serendipity was performed at the 2023 Cannonball…
Kailee Owen
Camp Assistant
Kailee is excited to once again be doing the CYPT thing, this time as a graduate or *gasp* an adult. Kailee has been overjoyed to…
David Feehan
Drama Camp Instructor; Class Instructor
David is a Calgary-based actor, writer, and director. He was born in St. John’s, NL and holds a BFA in Acting (with Distinction) from the…
Connor Fedoroshyn
Drama Camp Instructor; Class Instructor
Connor has spent the last decade working with young people and the last two years teaching them drama. He is also an actor, support worker,…
Samantha Currie
Drama Camp Instructor
Samantha Currie | she/her | Musical Theatre Camp Instructor Samantha is elated to be joining the CYPT team for a second Summer. A graduate of…
Charlotte Nixon
Class Instructor
Charlotte Nixon’s love of teenage drama inspires her to write plays for today’s modern adolescent. Her published works include: Silver's Secret, Bippity Bobbity BAAM, Itsy Bitsy:…
Paul Vanhoutteghem
Class Instructor; Drama Camp Instructor
Paul has been teaching Drama camps for the last 3 years. In summer of 2019, whilst attending the University of Lethbridge for a Bachelor of…
Jack Storwick
Drama Camp Instructor
Jack has been involved with CYPT since 2005, starting out as a summer camp attendee, and has moved through a variety of acting and production…
Zoë Arthur
Camp Coordinator; Class Instructor; Drama Camp Instructor
Zoë is an actor, artist and all-around clown. Since 2019 she has been the Artistic Associate for CYPT, but started her journey with the company…
Tenaj Williams
Drama Camp Instructor
Tenaj Williams is a performer and entertainer based out of Calgary, Alberta. He has always enjoyed working with youths and is very much looking forward…
Abigail Weeks
Class Instructor; Drama Camp Instructor
Abby Weeks is a Calgary Theatre Artist who has been working with CYPT since she was 5 years old. Growing up a Summer Camp kid,…
Shea Heatherington
Class Instructor
Shea is a theatre artist in Mohkinstsis whose passions for compassion and community carry into all of her acting, directing, producing, and creation work. Following…
Sophi Murias
Drama Camp Instructor
Sophi is so excited to return to CYPT for her fourth summer as an instructor! She has just graduated from the University of Victoria with…
Meredith Johnson
Drama Camp Instructor
Claire Sonmor
Drama Camp Instructor
Claire is a Calgary-born, Edmonton-based theatre artist who has been involved with CYPT since 2017 when she performed in Grounded. Claire also performed in Cannonball!…
Graham Percy
Drama Camp Instructor
Graham has acted professionally for over 30 years. A graduate of Queen’s University, and Jacques Lecoq’s International School of Theatre in Paris, France, Graham has…
Jacqueline Russell
Drama Camp Instructor
Jacqueline (she/her) is a director, performer, creator and clown based in Mohkínstsis/Calgary on Treaty Seven territory. She specializes in clown, mask, immersive theatre creation and…
Taryn Yoneda
Drama Camp Instructor
Taryn is an artist from Victoria, BC. She is a UVic graduate, with a BFA in Theatre Performance and a minor in Creative Writing. Credits…
John Tasker
Drama Camp Instructor; Class Instructor
John Tasker is an actor, director, and creator based in Calgary. He began acting at the age of 15 when he joined Calgary Young People’s…
Amanda Storwick
Class Instructor; Drama Camp Instructor
Amanda first began working with CYPT at the age of five when attending her first ever drama summer camp! She has since fallen in love…
Recent Posts
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November's YP of the Month is... Amelia Hughes!!! Amelia Hughes has been involved with CYPT for nearly six years now! Amelia started with CYPT summer…