After completing her bachelor of Arts degree at UBC and post-graduate diploma at McGill, Sherry Bie studied at the Playhouse Acting School of Vancouver under the Artistic Direction of Powys Thomas, one of the NTS’s founders. As an actor, she performed on most stages across the country, including Canadian Stage, National Arts Centre, Centaur, Manitoba Theatre Center, Globe Theatre in Regina and in BC, her home province, at the Vancouver Playhouse, the Arts Club Theatre and the Belfrey Theatre in Victoria. Sherry Bie originated roles in such Canadian plays as Seven Stories by Morris Panych, 1949 by David French and Jennie’s Story by Betty Lambert. In August 2006, she played in the Odin Teatret’s Ur Hamlet at Elsinor Castle, Denmark and the Ravenna Festival, Italy. As a director, she received the first Ray Michals Award for Outstanding Direction by an Emerging Director in 1992. Bie was a company member at the Caravan Stage Company in B.C. and Theatre Beyond Words in Niagara-on-the-Lake. She worked as a guest instructor for more than ten years before joining the School’s permanent teaching staff in 2001 as Artistic Director of the English Section.
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