Main Street Theatre: The Company
Main Street Theatre is committed to producing contemporary classics in an intimate and provocative setting. The company is an ensemble of Theatre artists who come together to act, direct, stage manage, rip tickets, bar tend, hammer nails, take photos and anything else that it takes to tell the story of the play in the best possible way. It also includes having a beer after. It's an important part of the process.
Ryan Beil, Co-Artistic Director
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Ryan Beil is a classically trained actor, with a BFA in Acting from The University of British Columbia. As a working actor, you’ll find Ryan in plays all over the place. Some recent credits: Comedy of Errors (Bard on the Beach), Billy Bishop Goes to War (Arts Club), and an improvised one-act play Skin and Lungs (The Globe Theatre).
As far as Improv is concerned, Ryan has performed in Berlin, Edmonton, Toronto, Seattle, Chicago, St. Louis, Bellingham, Portland, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, and Fargo. He was born and raised in Vancouver.
Josh Drebit, Co-Artistic Director
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Josh was born and mostly raised in Vancouver. He entered into the professional world of theatre about 10 years ago, and has almost entirely worked out of Vancouver. He spends most his days tending bar on Main Street, and considers this his neighborhood. Bringing great scripts and interesting theatre artists to this neighborhood is one of the main things that excites him about this company. Some of his favourite past shows include: Glengarry Glen Ross and American Buffalo for Main Street, The Trajedie of Dr. Pioneer (Pollywog Factory), Suburbia (Vancouver Fringe), Titus Andronicus and Shakespeare's RnJ (Mad Duck), Two (Solo Collective) and Twice the Same River for (Vanity Projects) both written by his friend Alex Ferguson. He also enjoys his good friends, family, and a day at the track with champagne.
Daryl King, Co-Artistic Director
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Daryl King loves coffee, surfing, riding his bike, reading books (especially those by Bukowski & Hemingway), horror movies, Burmese Mountain dogs, traveling & working outside. And his Mom. And his Dad. And his truck.
Selected theatre credits include; Kismet 1 to 100 (The Chop Theatre), American Buffalo (Main Street Theatre), Twice the Same River (Vanity Theatre Projects), Glengarry Glen Ross (Main Street Theatre), Armstrong Project (Caravan Farm Theatre), Hay Fever (Chemainus Theatre Festival), Taming of the Shrew and Romeo & Juliet (Bard on the Beach), Showdown (Green Thumb Theatre), The Soldiers Tale (Vancouver Symphony), Shakespeare’s R & J (Mad Duck Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Whistler Theatre Project), Terrible Things (Rumble Productions), San Diego (Rumble Productions/ Studio 58).
Daryl is a graduate of Studio 58.
Stephen Malloy, Co-Artistic Director
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Malloy is a director and designer attracted to stories about fate and blood connections. Stories about essential human truths. And melodrama. And action.
He was the co-founder of Coming Attractions Theatre Company in Ottawa, Ontario. He worked as a dramaturg, director and actor for the National Arts Centre. Malloy’s award-winning play, FALLIN’ IN LOVE, has been produced by theatres in Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. Malloy’s video projects include REACH UP AND RECEIVE with Cathy Kyle (Toronto’s Dancemakers), and several music videos for Jealous Monk Records. He teaches acting and directing at UBC. He designed and directed Glengarry Glen Ross, (2009 Jessie nomination for Best Production) and American Buffalo for Main Street Theatre. He’s been in the theatre for a long time. He knows how fortunate he is to work at Little Mountain with such dedicated colleagues.
Stephanie Meine, Resident Stage Manager
Stephanie Meine is a graduate of the BFA in Theatre Design and Production from the University of British Columbia. She is a Stage Manager and occasional Designer who loves the grit and grime of a good challenge. Stephanie lives a nomadic life wherein she splits her time between the peaceful Eastern countryside and the beautiful beaches of the West Coast. She has worked with many exciting companies in Vancouver, and recently spent a season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario. She is very proud to be considered "one of the guys" of Main Street Theatre.
Patrick Keating, Associate Artist
Originally from Montreal, Quebec , Patrick is an Actor living in Vancouver, British Columbia who works mostly within the small-theatre community and with locally shot TV and Film Productions. He likes open doors and backstories. He also enjoys working with these guys and recounting times past till it makes their frickin ears bleed. Hopefully one day he'll write that shit down.
