About Us
SpringWorks’ programming spans the seasons.
We provide a safe place for local, regional, national and international artists to showcase their works and an opportunity for audiences to experience new and diverse work in their own community.
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This is a place for independent creation, a springboard for new work, nurturing and supporting artistic endeavours and art forms often more easily accessed in larger urban centres.
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A Bit of the Back Story
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
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A mecca for classical theatre
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A town with wonderful restaurants, with superb cuisine, and great shopping
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A community nestled in beautiful environs
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A place with a plethora of things to to be explored
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A magical, synergetic, alchemical home for the arts
In 2011,
at the invitation of the Stratford Tourism Association,
with an awareness of the ebb and flow of the arts lovers' presence,
Hermione Presents,
a collective of professional artists and creators,
with decades of performing and producing experience,
combined our gifts and strengths,
to share new, diverse, independently created work,
in this town.
SpringWorks: indie theatre & arts, a multidisciplinary arts festival, was born.
A decade of evolution has brought us to a series of events and festivals exploring creative expression, spanning the seasons.
Our intent is to enable meeting places for rural & urban voices from far & near to tell their stories.
Our Team
Revan Zurub
Finance and arts organization expert with
Dance Umbrella of Ontario (ASO)
HPSWF Bookkeeper
Eileen Smith
Artistic Producer
Founder, Executive Director,
opera singer, actor, musical theatre performer, singing coach with more than 35 years experience, including working with Shaw, Stratford, Charlottetown festivals, Canadian Opera Company and others.
Marion Adler
Board Member
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NewWorks lead
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Jury coordinator
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Dramaturgical Training
Award winning performer, writer and lyricist with works performed across the United States, Canada and Europe, on Broadway and in London’s West End, Teacher.
Her musicals Enter the Guardsman and Gunmetal Blues (with Craig Bohmler and Scott Wentworth) have both enjoyed much international success with over 100 productions in the US and Canada
Jeanine Henderson-Kitching
Board Member
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Dance program lead
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Dance community liaison
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Education team
Teacher and Dancer for over 25 years, in an artistic career across the country, adjudicating, creating, and sharing her love of dance. Proud owner, Founder and Director of Infinity Dance, a
community dance school in Stratford, Ontario, known for sensitive mentorship of dance and dancers.
Beth Beech
SWF Administrative Associate
Decades of experience in the arts as musician, bandleader, artistic director & arts administrator and founder of several organizations
Theatre, dance, music, education and management training
Stephen Degenstein
SWF Technical Director
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Venue & Site Planning & Management
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Stagecraft training
More than 30 years working in theatres across Canada designing staging, props, costumes, lighting and sound, and teacher of backstage theatre arts at Fanshawe, Sheridan and Off the Wall Theatre Alliance. He also provides stage and technical support, site set-up and coordination for many arts organizations in Stratford.
Michael Fullerton
Board Member
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Manages IT
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Software and hardware maintenance and purchasing
IT consultant,
hospitality industry expert and
retired chef and baker, restaurants include Rundles in Stratford
Wendy McNaughton
Chair of the Board
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Education coordinator
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School outreach planner
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Volunteer co-lead
Retired drama teacher & Head of Arts, St. Marys DCVI, and a world traveller - Many years of volunteer experience in theatre, festival and event organizing, and refugee support.
Christina Gordon
SWF Associate
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SWF Programming & Site Management
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Bookkeeping & Daily A/R
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MC extraordinaire
Singer, Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher, Performing Artist with 30+ years experience on stages across Canada
is mandated to support
arts education and
arts festivals and events.
HP is the charitable arm that sustains
SpringWorks: indie theatre & arts festivals
Hermione Presents
Interdisciplinary Arts Productions Inc.
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Registered Charity
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Not for Profit
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Arts Organization
is mandated to support
arts education and
arts festivals and events.
HP is the charitable arm that sustains
SpringWorks: indie theatre & arts festivals