Heidi Malazdrewich

Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: 204-786-9489
Office: 4T07
Building: Asper Centre for Theatre and Film
Email: h.malazdrewich@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

BA (Hons.) University of Winnipeg

MFA  University of Calgary

PhD  University of Manitoba

Biography:

Dr. Heidi Malazdrewich is a director, intimacy director, dramaturg, actor, and theatre educator. In addition to Dr. Malazdrewich’s academic degrees she has completed intimacy director training with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and received a certificate of completion in Trauma-Informed Practice for Teaching Artists.

As a practicing artist, she has worked with theatre companies across Canada including: The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Rainbow Stage, Theatre Projects Manitoba, Theatre Baddeck, Dry Cold Productions, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, Sarasvati Productions, zone 41, and Theatre Incarnate. She was the Assistant Artistic Director of the Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival at the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba and has taught theatre at the University of Manitoba. 

Dr. Malazdrewich's current scholarship focuses on the role of the director in professional Canadian theatre post-2014.

Contact Professor Malazdrewich c/o: (204) 786-9489; Email: h.malazdrewich@uwinnipeg.ca

Courses:

THFM-1001 Introduction to Theatre: Performance

THFM-1002 Introduction to Theatre: General

THFM-2101 Acting Theory and Practice

THFM-3101 Advanced Practice

THFM-4441 Theatre Aesthetics

THFM-4331 Directing 1

THFM-4141 Acting IV: Style & Genre

Research Interests:

Directing

Intimacy Direction

Trauma-Informed Direction

Canadian Theatre