Meet Jake!

Jake Tkaczyk is an Edmonton-based theatre artist with a passion for creating new and engaging work collaboratively. He graduated from the BFA Acting at the University of Alberta and is currently in the midst of his PhD in Creative Practice from the Transart Institute and Liverpool John Moores’ University. Also a graduate of Red Deer College’s Theatre Performance and Creation program, Jake has worked as an actor, director, creator, and educator in central Alberta. His selected acting credits include: Flora and Fawna Have Beaver Fever (and so does Fleurette!) (Lunchbox Theatre), Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (Blarney Productions/You are Here), 10 Funerals, Lungs (Shadow Theatre), That’s Danger! (Alberta Workers’ Health Centre), Crack in the Mirror, With Bells On, Don’t Frown at the Gown, (Guys in Disguise), Urinetown(Grindstone Theatre), You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown! (Opera Nuova). Directing and creating credits include: White Guy on Stage Talking, Bedeutung Krankenwagen, Post, Like, Share—Beware!, The Big Fat Surprise, All Proceeds Go To:, and Pride and Pre-Jeu-Dice (Innocent Operations), The Land that Art Forgot, and Devour Content Here: Of Love and Wheat (Kristine Nutting). Jake has taught workshops for The Citadel Theatre’s Foote Theatre School and Grindstone Theatre, as well as guest instructing at Augustana University. Jake had the extreme pleasure of working as an Artist Intern at Northern Light Theatre for a few years and is was previously employed as Theatre Alberta’s Program Coordinator and the Program Manager of Performing Arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Jake recently received the AFA Young Artist Prize.