Chelsea Dickie, Executive Director
Chelsea Dickie (she/her) is a community-minded professional theatre producer, with a passion for drama education and mentorship!
Working as an arts manager and educator based out of Kjipuktuk/Halifax (originally from South Maitland, NS), Chelsea has worked all across Mi’kma’ki with different theatres, organizations, and schools of all sizes, and in a wide array of roles. Stage and production manager, arts administrator/manager, drama educator, outreach coordinator, and festival planner. She is also a founder and producer for her own indie theatre company Matchstick Theatre, which has staged 14 major productions since 2017, all of which Chelsea stage managed.
When not producing her own shows or planning festivals, Chelsea has been a go-to stage manager around Kjipuktuk/Halifax, having worked with such companies as Neptune Theatre, Nestuita’si Storytelling, 2b theatre, Villain’s Theatre, Workshirt Opera, Theatre New Brunswick, The Doppler Effect, and Festival Antigonish.
In her previous line of work as a high school Drama teacher, Chelsea developed a passion for outreach, education and mentorship for young artists entering the arts community. This led to her work for three years as the provincial coordinator of the Nova Scotia High School DramaFest, and as the Education Director of the Halifax Fringe Fest. She has also spent over a decade volunteering and contributing to boards around town, and is incredibly proud to sit as the past Chair of the Board for the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op.
Chelsea is so excited to finally be a part of Theatre Nova Scotia team, and is ready to get to work to serve and uplift our provincial theatre community!
Direct email: chelsea@theatrens.ca
Lily Falk, PERFORM! Program Coordinator
Lily Falk (she/her) is a theatre maker and outdoor educator based in Kjipuktuk. She’s co-artistic director of Gale Force Theatre where she collaborates on original works, often for families, often involving puppets, and sometimes outside! This summer, she's co-directing an outdoor poetry spectacular based on Icarus, Falling of Birds by Harry Thurston and Thaddeus Holownia. Recently, you may have caught her co-facilitating theatre making ensembles for preteens and teens in collaboration with the Adventure Earth Centre. Or at one of the city's parks as an Art Biker with Wonder'neath. As an outdoor educator, she’s worked in a variety of specialized programs for children and youth with disabilities to participate in transformative outdoor experiences. Lily’s facilitation weaves together art-making, administration, the outdoors, and community building as a way to illuminate our interconnectedness, share our joy, and build resiliency.
She's very excited to be taking up PERFORM! in the footsteps of the incomparable Pamela Halstead and to have students across the province experience fantastic performing arts programming.Direct email: coordinator@performns.ca
