Morris Ertman

Morris Ertman
Nationality Canadian
Information
Notable work(s) Tent Meeting
Works with Ron Reed

Morris Ertman (born 1958) is a Canadian playwright, scenic designer, artistic director, and theatre director. He is a Baptist.[1] He is the artistic director of Rosebud Theatre.[2] He had previously been the director of the Edmonton-based Vineyard Theatre,[3] a Christian theatre company.[4] While Vineyard Theatre's director, Ertman stated that most of the people in his audiences were church-goers.[5] He wrote the musical Tent Meeting with Ron Reed.[6] He also wrote a theatrical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden and set it in Alberta.[7] He designed the set for the Canadian Opera Company's 1997 production of Hector Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict.[8] In 2007, he directed the Midnight Theatre Collective's production of a theatrical adaptation of The Quarrel.[9] Also in 2007, he directed the Pacific Theatre Company's production of a theatrical adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Drama company trying to build an audience". Leader-Post. May 19, 1984. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ Louis Hobson (May 4, 2012). "Actor makes Name in trafficking play". Calgary Sun. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ Bob Bettson (August 27, 1983). "Christian drama on leper priest has Calgary date". Calgary Herald. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Drama is religion without sermon". Windsor Star. February 18, 1984. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Rosemary McCracken (August 15, 1983). "Group offers 'alternative' theatre". Calgary Herald. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Todd E. Johnson; Dale Savidge (2009). Performing the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue. Baker Publishing Group. p. 161. ISBN 080102952X.
  7. ↑ Louis Hobson (November 8, 2010). "Holiday secret to be found in the garden". Calgary Sun. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  8. ↑ Ezra Schabas; Carl Morey (2000). Opera Viva: The First Fifty Years. Dundurn Group. p. 291. ISBN 1770700978.
  9. ↑ "Why did God allow horrors of Auschwitz?: The Quarrel". The Vancouver Sun. January 31, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ Colin Thomas (December 6, 2007). "This wonderful life". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved August 26, 2012.