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Doug has appeared in over 150 live dramas and musicals in Canada and the US, and has toured with his company Dandi Productions to concert halls around the globe. He has assumed the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge in Theatre Calgary’s annual A Christmas Carol. Favorite past roles include: Escape to Margaritaville, The Secret Garden, God of Carnage, Enron, The Drowsy Chaperone, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Twelfth Night (TC); Follies, A Man of No Importance (Dry Cold); Arcadia; Glengarry Glen Ross (Theatre Junction); The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Little Mercy’s First Murder (Vertigo); Chimerica (CanStage); The Cottage, New Canadian Curling Club, Late Company (RMTC); Toad of Toad Hall, Amadeus (ATP). He directed the chamber opera Requiem for a Lost Girl in New York City with a 40-member cast and orchestra for the New York Music Theatre Festival. He won a Betty award for his portrayal of an early-onset Parkinson’s patient in The Alan Parkinson’s Project. His one-man show DOOM 2012 was nominated for Best New Play. He has written and performed original narration for Peer Gynt and The Winter’s Tale with the Calgary Philharmonic. His latest creation, the comedy-mystery To the Manor Dead is looking for its premiere production.
Doug is deeply involved in supporting the Canadian theatre community, serving on several boards, and leading campaigns to strengthen Business-Arts collaboration. He recently purchased an old industrial building in Calgary and has converted it into BonnyBoom, a multi-disciplinary arts center.