Sherry Bie trained at the Playhouse Acting School under the Artistic Direction of Powys Thomas, one of NTS’s founders. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at UBC and Post-Graduate diploma at McGill. In her twenty year career as an actor, she has worked in theatres across Canada; most notably: Canadian Stage, The National Arts Centre, Globe Theatre, Centaur Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse and the Manitoba Theatre Centre. 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. She was a company member at Caravan Stage Company and Theatre Beyond Words, received the first Ray Michals Award for Outstanding Emerging Director and, more recently, played in the Odin Teatret’s Ur Hamlet at Elsinor Castle, Denmark and Ravenna Festival, Italy.

Since his career began in 1996, Chris has worked with some of Canada's foremost artists and theatre companies. His work is multi-award winning and critically acclaimed. He is known for his intellectually rigorous and bold stagings of contemporary and classical work. He is also a leading developer of new work.
In 1999 he co-founded Go-Chicken-Go, where he directed acclaimed and award winning productions of Kaspar by Peter Handke, Lenz by Georg Buchner (which he also adapted), The Kabbalistic Psychoanalysis of Adam R. Tzaddik, Easy Lenny Lazmon and the Great Western Ascension, both by Anton Piatigorsky, and [boxhead] by Darren O'Donnell.
In 2000 he co-founded and was co-artistic director of Bill Glassco's Montreal Young Company, mandated to provide repertory training in Classical Theatre to recent graduates of Canadian theatre schools.
In 2003 Chris directed the film adaptation of Kristen Thomson's award-winning hit I, Claudia for which he won a Gemini award. The film was also named one of 2004's top ten Canadian films by The Toronto International Film Festival Group.
A graduate of the National Theatre School's directing program, Chris has since returned to NTS as an instructor and mentor for directing students and was recently appointed Co-Director of the school's Directing Section.
Chris is the recipient of the John Hirsch and Ken MacDougall awards for emerging directors as well as the inaugural Elinore and Lou Siminovitch Protege Award, for directors.

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Sarah Stanley is an award winning and Siminovitch nominated director and co-artistic director of Die In Debt Theatre (D.I.D.), and the former Artistic Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Sarah is the co-creator (with Michael Rubenfeld) of The Book of Judith (Absit Omen/Theatre Centre’s/D.I.D) May 2009 Toronto production. Recently, Sarah directed Age of Arousal and Forever Yours Marie-Lou (Centaur), All My Sons (NTS 08-09), Seven (York/City of Wine), Kingfisher Days (T.I.P), My Name is Rachel Corrie (Neworld/Teesri Duniya and the PuSH Festival). She also created (with Nick Carpenter and the 2005 NTS graduating class) the “word for word” spoken opera In Flagrante, based on a two-hour, live to air news special on homelessness in Canada. Press(ing) - a clipping of Press, (a post-verbatim exploration of death) was seen at the Performance Gallery at the Gladstone Hotel as part of the 2008 Summerworks Festival. Upcoming: Tara Beagan's The Mill:The Woods. This is part 3 of a 4-part saga being produced by Theatrefront and The Young Centre over the course of the 2009-10 theatre season in Toronto. As well as The Blonde, The Brunette and The Vengeful Redhead (TIP) and Michel and ti-jean (Centaur). Sarah resides in Montreal and is also Professional Adjunct Concordia University.