About Us
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Artistic Director
Technical Director
Artistic Director
Laurie Murphy created the HA Club project to teach improv and produce comedy shows on PEI. For the shows, she’ll be a player and emcee. Murphy’s love of all things arts and entertainment, especially comedic acting, started with a role in Theatre PEI’s Hayfever,” but her love of improv came when the Canada Winter Games 1991 cultural compon
Laurie Murphy created the HA Club project to teach improv and produce comedy shows on PEI. For the shows, she’ll be a player and emcee. Murphy’s love of all things arts and entertainment, especially comedic acting, started with a role in Theatre PEI’s Hayfever,” but her love of improv came when the Canada Winter Games 1991 cultural component gave her training and performance opportunity in Theatresports. She then trained with Improv Olympic’s Charlna Halpern (Charlottetown and Chicago), and at the Social Capital, Second City, Bad Dog Theatre, The Annex, and the Comedy Bar (Toronto). She ran ImprovPEI (Charlottetown) and won TheatrePEI Awards for Direction and for Music Innovation for her work with The FIGHT Club (female improv group having tea). Some of her favourite comedic work has been with Annekenstein (Seasons 3, 4 & 5) and The Drill Queens (all seasons). Laurie runs MARRAM Marketing & Productions. Photo of Laurie Murphy is by See That One Photography.
Music Director
Technical Director
Artistic Director
Michael Peters is a renaissance man, easily shifting from one artistic endeavor to another. For the HA Club, he supports the drop-in classes with instruction in musical theatre and, for the shows, he is a character in and of himself, inventing music for the improv players to create songs or supporting a player’s made up melody. Using key
Michael Peters is a renaissance man, easily shifting from one artistic endeavor to another. For the HA Club, he supports the drop-in classes with instruction in musical theatre and, for the shows, he is a character in and of himself, inventing music for the improv players to create songs or supporting a player’s made up melody. Using keyboard, guitar, mandolin and anything else at his disposal, Michael is an indispensable player in the improv classes and performance. He brings his experience as Musical Director for Charlottetown Burlesque (2017-2019) and his work as frequent cast member for Feast Dinner Theatres (2013-2017) to the HA Club. Michael continues to join Island artists onstage and in the studio, and has multiple musical endeavors in the works. Photo of Michael Peters is by Ann Winslow.
Technical Director
Technical Director
Technical Director
Dylan Smith is the shy quiet type, and prefers to shine the light (literally) on others. With the HA Club, he’ll be supporting onstage comedy work with sound effects and light. He is a seasoned technical practitioner and runs sound and lights for theatre arts and entertainment performance companies: The HA Club (2020); Ebb & Flow: Tides o
Dylan Smith is the shy quiet type, and prefers to shine the light (literally) on others. With the HA Club, he’ll be supporting onstage comedy work with sound effects and light. He is a seasoned technical practitioner and runs sound and lights for theatre arts and entertainment performance companies: The HA Club (2020); Ebb & Flow: Tides of Settlement on PEI (2020); Victoria Playhouse (2017-2020); PEI Kid Shows (2018-2019). He also runs his own DJ service for weddings and dances. Photo of Dylan Smith for Ebb & Flow is by Mitsuki Mori, Charlottetown