GINA LEON (Founder/ Ensemble Member):
Gina was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Vancouver-based actress, visual artist, and muralist. She studied Theatre and Art History at the University of Toronto, Visual Art at the College of Art and Design in Sydney, Australia and Acting at the New School for Drama in New York City. Her abstract paintings have been showcased in Vancouver and New York (The William Bennett Gallery and The Rockefeller Center). Her murals have been created for Vancouver based interior designers, local businesses, schools and restaurants. She has most recently been seen on stage as Edith in The Diary of Anne Frank, Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, and Donna in The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. She performed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Austin Pendleton (NYC) and Epitaph for George Dillon (Off-Broadway, NYC) directed by Larry Moss. Gina has appeared on Bravo’s Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, FOX’s The Killing, the Lifetime film Twist of Faith, and short films: Pig's Teeth, The Black Dot, and Caught in the Spokes (for which she won Best Support Actress at the Actors Awards, Los Angeles 2019).
Gina was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a Vancouver-based actress, visual artist, and muralist. She studied Theatre and Art History at the University of Toronto, Visual Art at the College of Art and Design in Sydney, Australia and Acting at the New School for Drama in New York City. Her abstract paintings have been showcased in Vancouver and New York (The William Bennett Gallery and The Rockefeller Center). Her murals have been created for Vancouver based interior designers, local businesses, schools and restaurants. She has most recently been seen on stage as Edith in The Diary of Anne Frank, Kayleen in Gruesome Playground Injuries, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, and Donna in The Dreamer Examines His Pillow. She performed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Austin Pendleton (NYC) and Epitaph for George Dillon (Off-Broadway, NYC) directed by Larry Moss. Gina has appeared on Bravo’s Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, FOX’s The Killing, the Lifetime film Twist of Faith, and short films: Pig's Teeth, The Black Dot, and Caught in the Spokes (for which she won Best Support Actress at the Actors Awards, Los Angeles 2019).
DIANA CAPSTICK-DALE (Founding /Ensemble Member):
Diana was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied fine art at the University of the Witwatersrand and graphic design at the École des Beaux Arts et Arts Appliqués in Lausanne, Switzerland. She worked as a graphic designer before moving to the UK where she studied for a Masters degree in Stage Design at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her work includes costumes for Chicago (Embassy Theatre, London), sets and costumes for Yerma (Embassy Theatre, London), Guys and Dolls (Bloomsbury Theatre, London), Judy (Oldham Coliseum, Oldham), The Glass Menagerie (Pal Studio Theatre, Vancouver) as well as working with students on productions at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has recently co-written a book on Art Deco Collectibles, published in April 2016.
DAVID MCLEOD (Founding/ Ensembe Member):
David has been working on the construction and set decoration side of film and television the last few years, including work on The Birth of the Dragon, 50 Shades Darker and Noelle.
Acting was his first career, with training at Camosun College and the University of Victoria. Selected credits from stage productions in Vancouver, Calgary and Kamloops include: Sex Tips for Modern Girls, Rattle in the Dash, It's Snowing on Saltspring, The Melville Boys and Rock and Roll. In television and film, he appeared in The Squamish Five, We're no Angels, Danger Bay, Bordertown; and a few others. He has also been involved in teaching, script development, directing and producing theatre. More recently, writing has become the main creative interest.
LEANNE KUZMINKSI (Ensemble member):
Leanne is a Vancouver Based actor, writer, producer and teacher. Leanne trained at Studio 58 in Vancouver, the American Academy of Dramatics Arts in New York City and the University of Victoria. Leanne has acted in many theatre productions in Vancouver and favourite roles include Mrs Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (Fighting Chance Productions), Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire (Open Door), Helena in Rebel Women (Vital Spark), and Corie in Barefoot in the Park (Stage 43). Leanne also acts in film and TV, recent credits include a principal role in the feature The Iron Sixth and in The Untold Stories of the ER. Leanne recently wrote, produced and starred in the original comedy pilot Bad Match based on her 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival Play.
Leanne is a Vancouver Based actor, writer, producer and teacher. Leanne trained at Studio 58 in Vancouver, the American Academy of Dramatics Arts in New York City and the University of Victoria. Leanne has acted in many theatre productions in Vancouver and favourite roles include Mrs Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (Fighting Chance Productions), Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire (Open Door), Helena in Rebel Women (Vital Spark), and Corie in Barefoot in the Park (Stage 43). Leanne also acts in film and TV, recent credits include a principal role in the feature The Iron Sixth and in The Untold Stories of the ER. Leanne recently wrote, produced and starred in the original comedy pilot Bad Match based on her 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival Play.
BRUCE HILL (Ensemble Member): Bruce's acting career spans 35 years. Selected theatre credits include Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank, Mitch in A street car named Desire ,Mickey Marcus The Normal Heart , Sir Benjamin Backbite in the school for Scandal and Maurice in The Dance Teacher. Bruce Studied with Vancouver acclaimed acting teacher June Whitaker at the Theatre Group. Featured roles in film include: The Prodigal, With Dad, W. Preston: The Cloak of Art, The Guardian, and Fixed Income.