Robyn Ayles
Design for the Stage
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Educational Background
2015 Master of Fine Arts Drama/Design- University of Alberta
1984 Design Master Class with John Bury – Banff Centre
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts Drama/Design – University of Alberta
Professional Experience (Theatre and Film)
Positions Held:
- 2010-2013
Specialty Costume/props construction,
The Young Canadians/ Grandstand Show
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
- 1990-1993
Head of Props,
J.V. Theatre Productions, Calgary Canada
Jointly owned by Theatre Calgary and Alberta Theatre Projects
- 1985-1987
Resident Designer,
Northern Light Theatre. Edmonton, Canada
- 1985
Resident Designer,
Sunshine Theatre, Kelowna, Canada
- 1981-1983
Resident Designer, Sunshine Theatre, Kelowna, Canada
Art Direction
- 1996
Assistant Art Director,
Seduction in a Small Town, (telefilm, Calgary)
Green/Epstein Productions
- 1993
Assistant Art Director,
One More Mountain (telefilm, Calgary)
Disney/Marian Rees Associates
- 1988
Art Director,
The Party Is Over (Short Film, Edmonton)
Frame 30 Productions
- 1986,87,88
In-house Art Director (Summer Replacement)
National and Regional commercials, including Irwin Toy, Downey, and IGA
Allarcom- ITV (Edmonton)
- 1986-1988
Independent Commercials, including AGT, Edmonton Telephone, MacDonalds
Frame 30 Productions
- 1987
2nd Assistant Art Director,
The Gunfighters (Telefilm, Edmonton)
Alliance Entertainment
- 1983
Drafter,
Lost Satellite Network (TV series, Edmonton)
Allarcom Ltd.
Design for the Stage
| Show Name | Design Element | Director | Company | Year |
| Heathers: the Musical | Set and Projection | Trevor Schmidt | MacEwan University | 2016 |
| Nativity in the City | Set and Costume | Val Lieske | Fire Exit Theatre | 2015 |
| Tribes | Production Design | Amanda Bergen | U Alberta | 2015 |
| Three Penny Opera | Costume | Brian Deedrick | U Alberta | 2015 |
| Blavatsky’s Tower | Set, Lights,Projection | Sandra Nicholls | U Alberta | 2014 |
| The Winter’s Tale | Set | Natasha Gurgis | Shakespeare Co. | 2013 |
| Dream of Midsummer | Set and Costume | Haysam Khadri | Theatre MRU | 2013 |
| A Prairie Boy’s Winter | Set and Costume | Haysam Khadri | Theatre MRU | 2012 |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead | Costume | Glenda Stirling | Theatre MRU | 2011 |
| The Monkey King | Set and Costume | Carol Curtis | Theatre MRU | 2011 |
| Uncommon Women | Set, Projection,Costume | Glenda Stirling | Theatre MRU | 2010 |
| Brighton Beach Memoirs | Set and Costume | JP Fournier | Theatre MRU | 2010 |
| One Snowy Night | Prop and Costume | Carol Curtis | Theatre MRU | 2010 |
| You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown | Set | Reid Spencer | Theatre MRU | 2009 |
| A Prairie Boy’s Winter | Set and Costumes | Duval Lang | Theatre MRU | 2008 |
| Jenny’s Story | Set | JP Fournier | Theatre MRU | 2007 |
| Dreaming and Duelling | Set and Costume | JP Fournier | Theatre MRU | 2006 |
| Les Belles Soeurs | Set and Lighting | Brian Deedrick | Theatre MRC | 1992 |
| All Over the Map, | Set and Costume | D.A. Haiug | Chinook Theatre | 1990 |
| Alligator Pie | Production Design | Rick McNair | Quest Theatre | 1989 |
| Theatre Fabulous | Lighting | G. Dowler- Coltman | Theatre Network | 1989 |
| The Bittersweet Kid | Production | D.A. Haiug | Chinook Theatre | 1989 |
| Gravel Run | Lighting | Stephen Heatley | 25th Street Theatre | 1989 |
| Gravel Run | Lighting | Stephen Heatley | Theatre Network | 1989 |
| I Can Get It For You Wholesale, | Production | Tim Ryan | MacEwan College | 1988 |
| A Prairie Boy’s Winter | Set and Costume | G. Dowler- Coltman | Northern Light Theatre | 1988 |
| Wheelie | Production Design | Jan Selman | Chinook Theatre | 1988 |
| The Third Ascent | Lighting | Stephen Heatley | Theatre Network | 1988 |
| The Third Ascent | Lighting | Stephen Heatley | 25th street Theatre | 1988 |
| Step Sister, Blood Brother | Production Design | Stephen Heatley | Chinook Theatre | 1987 |
| Tango | Set and Costume | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1987 |
| Jaques Brel is Alive and Well…, | Co-Production Design Bill Hales | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1987 |
| Noel and Gertie | Set and Lighting | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1897 |
| Filthy Rich | Set and Costumes | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1986 |
| The Third Ascent, | Lighting | Stephen Heatley | Theatre Network | 1986 |
| The Prairie Church of Buster Galloway | Set and Lighting | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1985 |
| Private Lives | Set and Lighting | Jace van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1985 |
| Waiting For The Parade | Set | Martin Fishman | Sunshine Theatre | 1985 |
| Talley’s Folly | Set | Douglas Riske | Sunshine Theatre | 1985 |
| Noises Off | Set | Martin Fishman | Sunshine Theatre | 1985 |
| Oak Island Mystery | Set and Costume | William Fisher | Citadel Theatre | 1985 |
| The Glass Menagerie | Set and Costume | William Fisher | Citadel Theatre | 1985 |
| The Promise | Set and Costume | William Fisher | Citadel Theatre | 1985 |
| The Bacchae | Lighting | Brian Deedrick | Northern Light Theatre | 1985 |
| O.D. on Paradise | Production Design | Gerry Potter | Workshop West | 1984 |
| Not About Heroes | Production Design | Jace Van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1984 |
| The Impromptu of Outremont | Set and Lighting | Jace Van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1984 |
| The Party | Set Design | Mark Schoenberg | Citadel Theatre | 1984 |
| The Maids | Set and Lighting | Brian Deedrick | Northern Light Theatre | 1984 |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Production Design | Gerry Potter | Workshop West | 1983 |
| Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe | Production Design | Mark Schoenberg | Mountain Standard Theatre | 1983 |
| The Mousetrap | Set | Colin Gorrie | Sunshine Theatre | 1983 |
| The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon | Set | Duval Lang | Sunshine Theatre | 1983 |
| The Mumberly Inheritance | Set | Martin Fishman | Sunshine Theatre | 1983 |
| Opals Million Dollar Duck | Set | Brian Deedrick | Sunshine Theatre | 1983 |
| March of the Falsettos’ | Set and Lighting | Tim Ryan | MacEwan College | 1983 |
| Bedroom Farce | Production Design | Douglas Riske | Alberta Theatre Projects | 1983 |
| Woyzeck | Production Design | Hafiz Karmali | Walterdale Theatre | 1983 |
| True West | Production Design | Jace Van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1982 |
| Someone Waiting | Set | Colin Gorrie | Sunshine Theatre | 1982 |
| 18 Wheels | Set | Martin Fishman | Sunshine Theatre | 1982 |
| A Thousand Clowns | Set | Joan Panton | Sunshine Theatre | 1982 |
| Everybody Loves Opal | Set | James Roy | Sunshine Theatre | 1982 |
| Les Xyxas | Set and Costume | Stephen Heatley | Boite a Popicos | 1982 |
| The Prairie Church of Buster Galloway | Set and Lighting | Jace Van der Veen | Northern Light Theatre | 1982 |
| The Odd Couple | Set | Joan Panton | Sunshine Theatre | 1981 |
| On Golden Pond | Set | Pamela Hawthorn | Sunshine Theatre | 1981 |
| I’ll Be Back Before Midnight | Set | Stephen Lloyd-Elliott | Sunshine Theatre | 1981 |
| Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii | Set | Martin Fishman | Sunshine Theatre | 1981 |
| Eternally Yours | Production Design | Mark Schoenberg | Theatre Network | 1981 |
Membership in Professional Organizations
- Associated Designers of Canada
- Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology –, Alberta Section Board Member-at-large
- International Alliance of Stage and Theatrical Employees (IATSE) 212- Education Committee Co-Chair
Additional Interests:
I have been exploring LED technology in costume props using Arduino open platform programming. I created light up costumes for the Calgary Stampede Grandstand Show, worked with designer Angela Dale to create the “Chameleon dress” featured at Make Fashion 2013, (http://www.makefashion.ca/gallery/)and subsequently shown at Calgary’s Comic Expo, the San Francisco Makers Faire and the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. I presented my Costume Arduino work with Angela Dale at Protospace, Alberta CITT and the CITT National Convention in 2013.