Diana Leblanc
12th season: Director of Taking Shakespeare. Stratford Acting: Katharine (Henry V), 1966 and 1980; Hero (Much Ado About Nothing); Lady Grey (Henry VI); Birdie (The Little Foxes); Mabel O’ Neill (The Measure of Love). Stratford Directing: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Sweet Bird of Youth, Death of a Salesman, Romeo and Juliet, The Cherry Orchard, Macbeth, The Seagull, Ghosts, A Delicate Balance. Elsewhere: Artistic Director Théâtre français de Toronto, 1991/1996. Directs in theatres across Canada, most recently Guys and Dolls for the Segal Centre in Montreal. Founding member of Soulpepper Theatre Company: Twelfth Night, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Maids, The Zoo Story, The Real Thing, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Doc, The Price, Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Opera: Canadian Opera Company, Opera Ontario, Pacific Opera, Opera Calgary, Opera Centre Amsterdam. Upcoming: Farther West by John Murrell at Soulpepper.