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
Pamela Halstead, PERFORM! Coordinator
Pamela (she/her) is a director, dramaturg, actor, teacher and arts administrator. She has worked across Canada in a number of capacities. Having started her career training at Dalhousie University, she spent the next decade working primarily as an actor and teacher until focusing her path more towards directing, dramaturgy. During this time she apprenticed under numerous directors exploring a variety of processes including: Dean Gilmour, Bob White, David Kenney, Ruth Smillie, Ron Jenkins and Sarah Stanley.
As an arts administrator, Pamela was the Artistic Producer for Ship’s Company Theatre (Parrsboro, NS) from 2004 – 2009 and the Artistic Director of Lunchbox Theatre (Calgary, AB) from 2009 – 2013, returning to that role in 2014 in an interim capacity. Between these two organizations she produced and/or directed over 60 new Canadian works and dramaturged many more. Pamela is co-founder and Co-Artistic Producer for DMV Theatre (Halifax, NS) and Artistic Advisor to Valley Summer Theatre (Wolfville, NS).
Pamela has taught at Forest Heights Community School (Chester Basin, NS), been a guest director and instructor at Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS) and was the International Directing Consultant for Petersfield Arts School (Petersfield, UK). She ran Theatre New Brunswick’s Young Company and Youth Theatre Program (Fredericton, NB), has been a teacher and director for Quest Theatre’s Artist in Residency Program (Calgary, AB), instructed at the NS High School Drama Festival (Halifax, NS), expanded the drama camp program at Ship’s Company Theatre (Parrsboro, NS) and created the Education Comes Alive Program at Lunchbox Theatre (Calgary, AB).
Pamela is a former Chair of Theatre Nova Scotia and has served on numerous other boards, juries and committees across Canada.
In 2013 Pamela was awarded the inaugural Evans Award at the Calgary Theatre Critics’ Awards. The Evans Award is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the vibrancy of the Calgary theatre community.
Direct email: coordinator@performns.ca
