Leigh Rivenbark

Leigh Rivenbark is a professor, director, writer and artistic producer. For the past 25 years, he has worked in theatres throughout North America, including the National Arts Centre, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Citadel Theatre and Neptune Theatre. He is the former artistic producer of Theatre New Brunswick, one of Canada’s leading regional theatre companies. His credits include The Rocky Horror Show, Chicago, A Chorus Line, The Graduate and Tuesdays with Morrie. His film, Breathing Through a Straw, recently won the Jury Award for a Short Film at the Canadian Film Fest, the Best Alberta Short Award at the Calgary International Film Festival, the Rising Star Commendation for Debut Filmmaker at the Edmonton International Film Festival.