Stuart Fink
Artistic Director/Founder Stuart Fink has worked professionally as an actor and director in 3 provinces so far. Most recently he performed with Broadway Live Broadway's production of Fame!, and directed Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire. He has been directing since 2010 when he directed, produced, and acted in Who's on First's production of Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. Selected acting credits include Millet in Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire, Jack in the Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde, Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose and Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. On screen he has been seen in the Hollywood movie The Walk, on television with shows Being Human, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, The Patriot and Mohawk Girls. Stuart has a DEC in Theatre from John Abbott College and a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta. He is the Artistic Director of inFurnace Theatre in Montreal, and a company producer with Spur-of-The-Moment Shakespeare in Toronto. He can be reached at stuartcfink@gmail.com. 
Shya Finestone
Board of Directors Member/Founder Shya Finestone, CPA,CA is the managing partner of Finestone Chan,CPA senc. A graduate of McGill University, Shya's practice involve small businesses, professionals and their related accounting and tax needs. His interest in the Arts, especially the performing arts, has led him to the exciting new inFurnace Theatre. 
Beecher Pinet
Lighting Designer Born in a suburb of Montreal, Beecher graduated from the John Abbott Theatre design/Technical program in 2012. He has a passion for theatre, lighting, music and has had the wonderful privilege of lighting and building several productions such as the lighting design for Under Milk Wood which was mounted in Edinburgh, Scotland for the 2013 Fringe festival. 
Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre
Set Designer Laurence Gagnon Lefebvre Graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2011. Afterward, she represented her program in Czech Republic for the International Quadriennale of Scenography. She experienced an apprentiship in costume design at the atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Montreal. Twice she conceived costumes for La Roulotte Theatre. She worked in four productions of Teesri Duniya Theatre first as a costume designer, and in November 2014 as a set designer. Last year she designed set for Les Zurbains, a youth audience theatre. She is now teaching set and costume design in high school at Collège Jean-Eudes. 
James Feghali
Asst. Set design/Props James Feghali is a student at john abbott's professional theatre program, who is always looking for new opportunities and experiences. He's looking forward to working alongside other talented and motivated individuals in interesting and nonconlvential shows. 
Felicia Marie Harding
Make-up Designer My name is Felicia Marie Harding, I am 21 years young. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. I am a certified Makeup Artist in fashion and beauty. I am currently continuing my artistic makeup education at Interdec College in Stage and Special Effects Techniques. Makeup has always been a bit more than just a hobby for me. I'm the kind of person who loves learning new things and the makeup world is always teaching me new tricks and new trends. I am a jack of all trades and can do anything I put my mind to. Wishing to one day work on movie sets and with special effects. http://www.feliciamariemakeup.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/feliciamariemakeup |
Elizabeth Prévost
Executive Director/Founder Elizabeth lives in Montreal where she works as an actor. Favorite roles includes Arkadina in The Seagull (John Abbott), Daisy Hannigan in Biloxi Blues (Who's on First Production) and Millie in Thoroughly Modern Millie (WISTA). She has been an active member of the West-Island Student Theatre Association since 2008 as an actor, vice-president of the Board and most recently, director for the musical Gypsy. She also performed as a Disney Princess for hundreds of children in the Montreal region. Elizabeth has a DEC in Professional Theatre from John Abbott College and a BFA in Theatre from Concordia University. 
Elyse Malo
Costume Designer Having graduated from John Abbott College's professional theatre design program, Elyse has since then been working with several theatre companies around Montreal as both a set and costume designer. Some of her recent credits include Beautiful City Theatre’s The Full Monty (set), Persephone Productions’ The Walnut Tree and Strawberries in January (both costume), and Cote-St-Luc Dramatic Societey's Catch Me If You Can (costume). She is excited to be working with InFurnace Theatre and it's wonderful creative team. Elyse can be reached at elyse.m@hotmail.com 
Evan Brown
Sound Designer After graduating from Vanier College's Professional Music program, Evan also took up sound design and mixing. He has worked with multiple Montreal-based theatre groups, and select credits include Avenue Q (St Georges High School), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well (In Your Face Productions), Legally Blonde and How to Succeed in Business (West Island Student Theatre Association). He is very excited to be working with the inFurnace Production team, and is also looking forward to attending Sheridan College in Technical Theatre Production. He can be reached at Evan.Brown@hotmail.ca. 
Shelby Golemic
Stage Manager Shelby Golemic is a recent graduate from the 3 year John Abbott Technical Theatre Program. While at John Abbott she has worked as a lighting designer, sound designer, set crew chief and has been a stage manager on The Laramie Project (2013) and The American Clock (2014). She has also worked on film productions such as X-Men: Days of Future’s Past, and Helix (Season 2) as part of the boating safety crew for Pro-Motion Marine Film Units. She has recently finished working on Honestly, Ok, for the Harvest Festival. 
Greg Stanton
Asst. Stage Manager After graduating from Concordia University’s Human Environment program in December 2013, Greg joined the West Island Student Theatre Association and was part of the backstage crew for their past two major productions, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, where he also took on the role of Assistant Stage Manager. Greg has been a long time supporter of local theatre groups and is looking forward to working with the inFurnace team on Fuddy Meers. Greg is excited to gain these experiences as he hopes to start studying technical theatre production and stage management in the near future. 
Jon Verrall
Fight Master Jon is a writer, actor, and choreographer based in Montreal. He started his association with inFurnace Theatre with the 2014 production Living Room: Dark, where he origniated the role of David. When he's not working on Beanduck Productions' LARPs: The Series, he's finding new and better ways to lose every single fight he's ever been in on stage. |
2013-2014 Designers in Residence:
Sound Designer: Jordan Walder
Lighting Designer: Beecher Pinet
Set Designer: Zak Thriepland
Stage manager: Rachel Lebowitz
Sound Designer: Jordan Walder
Lighting Designer: Beecher Pinet
Set Designer: Zak Thriepland
Stage manager: Rachel Lebowitz