Drew McCreadie
Drew McCreadie, born 1967, is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based actor, playwright and improvisor. He was the winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards.[1] His play The Cat Who Ate Her Husband was first performed in Vancouver by Ruby Slipper Theatre Company,[2] and won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for best new script and best play.[3] Ruby Slippers Theatre Company also produced his Christmas farce The Hotel Bethlehem in December 2011.[4]
He has also directed and appeared in several films and television programs.[5] Drew wrote and directed a short film The Valet, that won him The Most Promising Director of a Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.[6] He co-wrote an episode of Casper Scare School (credited as Andrew McCreadie) with co-writer Ian Boothby.[7]
He is a member of Urban Improv improvisation troupe and Canadian Content sketch troupe, whose members have/do include The Simpsons comic book writer Ian Boothby, Comedy Inc. star Roman Danylo and Air Farce actress Penelope Corrin.[8] Drew is an alumnus of The Vancouver Theatresports League.[9] He has performed with improv and sketch comedy company The Second City onboard NCL Cruiseline cruise-ships.[10]
Before moving to Vancouver, McCreadie ran for provincial government in Ontario in the 1987 general election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Downsview. He also ran a controversial campaign to head the student union in his second year of studies at Toronto's York University and won a term as President of the York Student Federation (YSF) in 1987-88. McCreadie served as President of his highschool, Cawthra Park Secondary School, in 1985-86.