Directing, producing, and creating arts in the small city: Roundtable discussion

This discussion, edited and transcribed for publication, took place on Thursday, March 26, 2009, as a keynote panel of “Whose Show is it, Anyway? Community-Engaged Performance and Exhibition Arts in the Small City” a Community-University Research Alliance Conference held at Thompson Rivers University. Participants represented a variety of arts organizations and university theatre departments across Canada: James Hoffman (Thompson Rivers University), Mike Youds ( Kamloops Daily News), Derek Rein and Samantha MacDonald (Project X Theatre), Kathy Humphreys (Kamloops Symphony Orchestra), Ted Little (Concordia University), Ted Price (Theatre North West), Alan Corbishley (BC Living Arts), Annette Hurtig (Kamloops Art Gallery), Robin Whittaker (St. Thomas University), Lina de Guevara (Puente Theatre), Bruce Barber (NSCAD University), Lori Marchand (Western Canada Theatre), Erin Hoyt (Thompson Rivers University), and Ken Blackburn (Campbell River Arts Council). The panel was moderated by Dr. James Hoffman, chair of TRU’s Visual and Performing Arts Department