Improvisor
Renée started her career as an improvisor in her early teens at the Loose Moose Theatre, where she trained with an incredible peer group and the world renown Keith Johnstone.
She is a senior ensemble performer at LMTC, where she recently hosted three seasons of a late night improvised comedy called Past Your Bedtime. Renée likes to develop new formats alongside her improv buds, the latest being an improvised romantic comedy with Andrew Phung. She has performed at festivals like Improviganza, The Prairie Bowl, The Vancouver International Improv Festival (VIIF), Sled Island & the Calgary Folk Music Festival. She guests with some awesome improv groups like the Kinkonauts, Mix Tape Improv, Missed Connections, Wayne Jones & Colin Mochrie (touring show), and Bad Dog in Toronto.
Renée is also part of the development of an exciting new genre of theatre and improvisation, called Spontaneous Theatre. She has toured as Mimi in Rebecca Northan's wildly successful improvised play, Blind Date. She is also a co-creator & ensemble member of Legend Has It, another of Rebecca Northan's Spontaneous theatre projects.
actor & creative collaborator
Renée graduated from the University of Calgary's Fine Arts program with the Dean's Award for Creative Achievement. Her minor was in History, in keeping with her love of good stories. She has worked professionally as an actor and improvisor since her youth, and continues to develop new work that explores and builds on her training in theatre, comedy and improvisation. Renée cofounded The Wind-Up Dames after graduating from the U of C, which created original plays for Alberta Theatre Project's (PlayRite's Festival; Le Gros Spectacle), Ground Zero Theatre (PARANOiA), and Fringe Festivals (PEEL). She is part of the development of Spontaneous Theatre, as Mimi in Blind Date, and as a co-creator, ensemble member and assistant director of Legend Has It.
Renée is a classically trained actor who has also produced, created, guested and starred in numerous original productions in her career.
