PARC 30th Anniversary Interviews

In April 2021 to mark PARC’s 30th anniversary, the Crake Intern, Hannah Lucas, interviewed 30 PARC members about PARC’s history and what PARC means to them. The final interview was with retired Artistic Director, Jenny Munday, and was orchestrated by Catherine Banks with Erin Taylor on video.

Jenny Munday – Artistic Director 1997-2017
Julie Vandervoort
Samantha Horak
Xavier Gould – Crake Intern 2014-2017
Catherine Banks – Lifetime Member
Richie Wilcox
Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan
Daniel MacIvor – Lifetime Member
Lindsay Kyte
Charlie Rhindress – Lifetime Member
Santiago Guzmán – PARC Artistic Associate 2020-present
Wendy Lill – Lifetime Member
Alison Crosby
Tessa Mendel, Halifax Theatre for Young People
Lara Lewis
Mary Vingoe – Lifetime Member
Sharon King-Campbell
Natasha MacLellan
Ryan Griffith
Karen Chung – Former Administrator
Katerina Bakolias
Norm Foster – Lifetime Member
Ellen Peterson
Melissa Mullen
Greg McLaughlin – Crake Intern 2012-2014
Peter Soucy
Tara Taylor
Don Hannah – Lifetime Member, Former Artistic Associate

Colleen Murphy, who was not keen on being video interviewed, sent the following for the anniversary archive:

“𝑃𝐴𝑅𝐶 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜, 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 – 𝐶𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑜, 𝐽𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑀𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑎𝑥, 𝑅𝑦𝑎𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝐷𝑜𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑃𝑎𝑚 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑡, 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑦 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑎𝑥, 𝐵𝑒𝑡 𝑂’𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝐵𝑜𝑦𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ. 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑃𝐴𝑅𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝐸𝑑𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑆𝑡. 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛’𝑠 𝑁𝐹𝐿. 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝐴𝑅𝐶…𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠!” – 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐲