Jeff Haslam
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Jeff Haslam is an Edmonton, Alberta -based actor.
Mr. Haslam is best known as a long time member of Edmonton's Teatro la Quindicina troupe, performing the works of playwright Stewart Lemoine, including Damp Fury, Pith!, Fever-Land, Evelyn Strange, Cocktails at Pam's, Connie in Egypt, The Margin of the Sky, At the Zenith of the Empire, Shockers Delight!, Eros and the Itchy Ant, and The Exquisite Hour. He has been part of the management structure of Teatro's home, the Varscona Theatre, since its creation in 1994 and produces, hosts or performs in many theatre related events there including, for the last fifteen years, the live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty and its annual fundraising event The Die-Nasty Soap-A-Thon. He hosted the Varscona Theatre's monthly variety show The Johnny and Poki Variety Hour from 1995 to 1999 as Poki Schveddar, a character of his own creation. Since 2001, he has co-hosted the Varscona's latest variety show Oh Susanna! with Mark Meer.
He has worked at most of Edmonton's theatres, including the Citadel Theatre (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Twelfth Night, Hello Dolly and Little Shop of Horrors - for which he won his third Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award) as well as with playwrights Marty Chan, Conni Massing , Lyle Victor Albert, Raymond Storey and David Belke.
He has performed in theatres across Canada including One Yellow Rabbit , Vancouver Playhouse and Factory Theatre among others. He currently resides in Edmonton. He told the Edmonton Express, in 1999, why he stays there, "...because of the community of artists who have become family, and to leave them in deference to my own career would be pretty catastrophic. It's an amazing world to be part of. I could never leave. I love it here."
In 2007, Jeff Haslam became the Artistic Director of Teatro la Quindicina.
[edit] External links
- Jeff Haslam at the Internet Movie Database
- Teatro la Quindicina [1]
- Varscona Theatre [2]
- Die-Nasty [3]
- Oh Susanna! [4]
