Kathleen Greenfield
Co-Artistic Producer
Kathleen (she/her/they/them) lives, collaborates and creates new work on the territories of the WSÁNEĆ, Lkwungen & Wyomilth people. Kathleen’s interests and experience are in site-specific outdoor performance, shadow and object puppetry, clown and reviving old stories. Kathleen has a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria and studied at the Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive in 2012.
In 2013, Kathleen joined SNAFU Dance Theatre as Co-Artistic Director and has directed the premiere and workshop productions of many new works including Calling Home: Stories from Military Families (SNAFU, Belfry Incubator), Little Orange Man , Kitt & Jane and Interstellar Elder (SNAFU), and I Have Seen Beautiful Jim Key (Intrepid Theatre). In 2015, Kathleen co-directed the smash-hit-remount of Lieutenant Nun, a site-specific spectacle where the audience moves through an old battlement, pageant style.
In 2013, Kathleen joined the artistic team at William Head Prison as a facilitator, workshop leader, assistant director, projection designer, writer and performer for Time Waits for No One: A Prison Play(2014) and HERE: A Captive Odyssey (2015) and The Crossroads: A Prison Cabaret alongside a team of incarcerated particpants and outside artists. Kathleen directed and devised Sleeping Giants (2016) and The Emerald City Project (2019).
Kathleen also teaches play-building to kids ranging from 3 to 13. In the summer of 2018, Kathleen directed a rotating double cast of twenty teen performers in a site-specific performance of Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill. This play was staged in an abandoned Department Store in Downtown Victoria and produced by SKAM.
Co-Artistic Producer
Kathleen (she/her/they/them) lives, collaborates and creates new work on the territories of the WSÁNEĆ, Lkwungen & Wyomilth people. Kathleen’s interests and experience are in site-specific outdoor performance, shadow and object puppetry, clown and reviving old stories. Kathleen has a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria and studied at the Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive in 2012.
In 2013, Kathleen joined SNAFU Dance Theatre as Co-Artistic Director and has directed the premiere and workshop productions of many new works including Calling Home: Stories from Military Families (SNAFU, Belfry Incubator), Little Orange Man , Kitt & Jane and Interstellar Elder (SNAFU), and I Have Seen Beautiful Jim Key (Intrepid Theatre). In 2015, Kathleen co-directed the smash-hit-remount of Lieutenant Nun, a site-specific spectacle where the audience moves through an old battlement, pageant style.
In 2013, Kathleen joined the artistic team at William Head Prison as a facilitator, workshop leader, assistant director, projection designer, writer and performer for Time Waits for No One: A Prison Play(2014) and HERE: A Captive Odyssey (2015) and The Crossroads: A Prison Cabaret alongside a team of incarcerated particpants and outside artists. Kathleen directed and devised Sleeping Giants (2016) and The Emerald City Project (2019).
Kathleen also teaches play-building to kids ranging from 3 to 13. In the summer of 2018, Kathleen directed a rotating double cast of twenty teen performers in a site-specific performance of Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill. This play was staged in an abandoned Department Store in Downtown Victoria and produced by SKAM.
Ingrid Hansen
Co-Artistic Producer
(She/Her) Raised by gregarious Danish immigrants, Ingrid loves climbing trees, laughing too loud, and talking to strangers. In 2006 she co-founded SNAFU to create unexpected theatre, dance, and puppet theatre. Ingrid is fascinated with ways of creating temporary communities out of groups of strangers. She likes to push polite Canadian boundaries with great mutual respect and humour. Her favourite performances invite the audience to participate in an unexpected way.
She’s the co-creator of award-winning shows Epidermis Circus, Little Orange Man, Snack Music, Kitt & Jane: An interactive survival guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future, The Merkin Sisters, and a food-puppetry show called Table Top Tales which was invited to the National Art Centre in Ottawa.
For the past twelve years, Ingrid has built an ongoing collaboration with the inmates at the prison theatre company William Head on Stage, the only prison theatre company in Canada that performs for the public. She has worked on their annual fall production nearly every year since 2008, in varying roles as director, actor, design mentor, and choreographer. In 2013 she co-directed The Prison Puppet Project with Peter Balkwill from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop.
On TV, puppeteers and voices Heart, the lovable orange monster on Helpsters (Sesame Workshop/AppleTV+). She also performs with the Jim Henson Company in their new Fraggle Rock reboot. Ingrid choreographs and puppeteers for the Emmy-Nominated preschool show Miss Persona (Amazon/TreehouseTV.) She is a lead puppeteer and voice actor for four seasons of the children’s television series Tiga Talk on APTN, and suited up to play a moon monster in Princess Sparkly Butt and the Hot Dog Kid.
Ingrid's teaching style is playful and physical, with an emphasis on creating space for exploration and teamwork. She has taught at Humber College, the Pacific Film and Media Academy, The Magnetic North Theatre Festival, the Toronto School of Puppetry, the Victoria Youth Justice Centre, Grand Valley Institution for Women, and has taught and performed at hundreds of elementary schools across Canada.
Hansen earned her BFA in Theatre at the University of Victoria, and studied clown with Sue Morrison and Michael Kennard. She trained in Viewpoints and Suzuki with the SITI Company in New York, and took the Old Trout Banff National Arts Centre Puppetry Intensive.
Puppetry and Voice Acting Demos at www.ingi.ca @iamingridhansen
Co-Artistic Producer
(She/Her) Raised by gregarious Danish immigrants, Ingrid loves climbing trees, laughing too loud, and talking to strangers. In 2006 she co-founded SNAFU to create unexpected theatre, dance, and puppet theatre. Ingrid is fascinated with ways of creating temporary communities out of groups of strangers. She likes to push polite Canadian boundaries with great mutual respect and humour. Her favourite performances invite the audience to participate in an unexpected way.
She’s the co-creator of award-winning shows Epidermis Circus, Little Orange Man, Snack Music, Kitt & Jane: An interactive survival guide to the Near-Post-Apocalyptic Future, The Merkin Sisters, and a food-puppetry show called Table Top Tales which was invited to the National Art Centre in Ottawa.
For the past twelve years, Ingrid has built an ongoing collaboration with the inmates at the prison theatre company William Head on Stage, the only prison theatre company in Canada that performs for the public. She has worked on their annual fall production nearly every year since 2008, in varying roles as director, actor, design mentor, and choreographer. In 2013 she co-directed The Prison Puppet Project with Peter Balkwill from the Old Trout Puppet Workshop.
On TV, puppeteers and voices Heart, the lovable orange monster on Helpsters (Sesame Workshop/AppleTV+). She also performs with the Jim Henson Company in their new Fraggle Rock reboot. Ingrid choreographs and puppeteers for the Emmy-Nominated preschool show Miss Persona (Amazon/TreehouseTV.) She is a lead puppeteer and voice actor for four seasons of the children’s television series Tiga Talk on APTN, and suited up to play a moon monster in Princess Sparkly Butt and the Hot Dog Kid.
Ingrid's teaching style is playful and physical, with an emphasis on creating space for exploration and teamwork. She has taught at Humber College, the Pacific Film and Media Academy, The Magnetic North Theatre Festival, the Toronto School of Puppetry, the Victoria Youth Justice Centre, Grand Valley Institution for Women, and has taught and performed at hundreds of elementary schools across Canada.
Hansen earned her BFA in Theatre at the University of Victoria, and studied clown with Sue Morrison and Michael Kennard. She trained in Viewpoints and Suzuki with the SITI Company in New York, and took the Old Trout Banff National Arts Centre Puppetry Intensive.
Puppetry and Voice Acting Demos at www.ingi.ca @iamingridhansen
FOUNDING ARTISTS
Victor Dolhai – Founding Artist
Originally hailing from Victoria, B.C, Victor Dolhai is an award-winning actor with 20 years of professional theatre experience, and an increasing presence in film, television, voiceover and puppetry. His critically acclaimed stage work has been seen across Canada, most notably in three seasons at The Stratford Festival, and in two seasons at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver. His feature film debut in Raf, directed by Harry Cepka, was showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. His television credits include roles in Lost Ollie, Siren, Reboot: The Guardian Code, Supernatural, and in 2 seasons of Android Employed. Recently he voiced the character of Yeti in the videogame Flash Party.
Originally hailing from Victoria, B.C, Victor Dolhai is an award-winning actor with 20 years of professional theatre experience, and an increasing presence in film, television, voiceover and puppetry. His critically acclaimed stage work has been seen across Canada, most notably in three seasons at The Stratford Festival, and in two seasons at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver. His feature film debut in Raf, directed by Harry Cepka, was showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019. His television credits include roles in Lost Ollie, Siren, Reboot: The Guardian Code, Supernatural, and in 2 seasons of Android Employed. Recently he voiced the character of Yeti in the videogame Flash Party.
Ingrid Hansen - Co-Artistic Director
(She/Her) Raised by gregarious Danish immigrants, Ingrid loves climbing trees, laughing too loud, and talking to strangers. In 2006 she co-founded SNAFU to create unexpected theatre, dance, and puppet theatre. Ingrid is fascinated with ways of creating temporary communities out of groups of strangers. She likes to push polite Canadian boundaries with great mutual respect and humour. Her favourite performances invite the audience to participate in an unexpected way.
(She/Her) Raised by gregarious Danish immigrants, Ingrid loves climbing trees, laughing too loud, and talking to strangers. In 2006 she co-founded SNAFU to create unexpected theatre, dance, and puppet theatre. Ingrid is fascinated with ways of creating temporary communities out of groups of strangers. She likes to push polite Canadian boundaries with great mutual respect and humour. Her favourite performances invite the audience to participate in an unexpected way.
Sarah Jane Pelzer – Founding Artist
Sarah Jane Pelzer is a Canadian stage director and teacher based in Vancouver, BC. She has directed and assisted and taught across Canada at Edmonton and Manitoba Opera, Opera on the Avalon, Pacific Opera Victoria, the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Vancouver Opera. Upcoming she will join the guest lecturer roster at the VSO school of music.
Favourite projects include Dido and Aeneas and an original adaptation of The Fairy Queen for the VCM and Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon at Vancouver Opera.
Prior to her transition to directing and teaching, Ms. Pelzer was a performer and theatre-maker most known for originating the role of Jane Doe in Atomic Vaudeville’s international award-winning musical Ride the Cyclone and as co-founder of SNAFU Dance Theatre.
Sarah Jane Pelzer is a Canadian stage director and teacher based in Vancouver, BC. She has directed and assisted and taught across Canada at Edmonton and Manitoba Opera, Opera on the Avalon, Pacific Opera Victoria, the Victoria Conservatory of Music and Vancouver Opera. Upcoming she will join the guest lecturer roster at the VSO school of music.
Favourite projects include Dido and Aeneas and an original adaptation of The Fairy Queen for the VCM and Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon at Vancouver Opera.
Prior to her transition to directing and teaching, Ms. Pelzer was a performer and theatre-maker most known for originating the role of Jane Doe in Atomic Vaudeville’s international award-winning musical Ride the Cyclone and as co-founder of SNAFU Dance Theatre.