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A Brief History
ASM Performing Arts was created by professional actors, in 1997, to offer practical workshops on character creation, scene study, audition technique, acting for the camera, voice & movement, dramatic writing and basic film making.
The instructors at ASM Performing Arts are working actors. They have years of experience working in film, television, and theatre, which makes them a super resource for you, our students. They will assess your work in an honest, constructive fashion and give you advice on how to improve your natural abilities.
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Our Mission Statement
We believe that a great acting program should prepare you for a career in the business. That means teaching you the techniques necessary to excel in performance, and providing you with the tools not only to GET the job, but to DO the work with an excellence that will ensure you a place in the industry as a notable actor. It means providing a safe arena for you to conduct your studies in, where your work can be constructively analysed and fine-tuned for the real world. It means helping you design your own curriculum and getting you up on stage, in studio productions, and films, where you can apply your new skills, strut your stuff, and have some fun.
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Biographies
CHIP CHUIPKA
Chip studied performance, directing, and design, under the guidance of long time Peter Brook collaborator, Henry Woolf, at the University of Saskatchewan. Soon after, Mr Chuipka co-founded three theatre companies in that province. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan and The Saskatoon Soaps are now into their 27th seasons. He also co-founded and produced The Ottawa Shakespeare Festival for three seasons. Chip has been teaching the craft of acting for nearly three decades. He was nominated three times for the Canadian Screen Actors' Award and is a winner of the Mask Award and a MECCA Award for best Actor.
Chip has appeared in numerous stage productions, coast to coast, including :
National Capital/Capitale Nationale directed by Robert Lepage at The National Arts Centre;
Romeo et Juliet directed by Robert Lepage at The Harbourfront World Theatre Festival;
The Tempest directed by D.D. Kugler at The Ottawa Shakespeare Festival;
Clutching the Heat directed by Peter Hinton at The Great Canadian Theatre Co;
Cruel Tears directed by Kim McCaw at Prairie Theatre Exchange;
The Winter's Tale directed by Sacha Marin at The Centaur Theatre;
Richard III directed by Brian Way at The Globe Theatre;
Waiting For Godot directed by Del Surjik at Persephone Theatre;
The Melville Boys directed by Edmund MacLean at Theatre Newfoundland Labrador;
American Buffalo & Glen Gary Glen Ross directed by Jim Guedo at Actors' Lab Theatre;
Warriors & Lion in the Streets directed by Stephen Bush at The Great Canadian Theatre Co.
Isadora, and Down From Heaven for Imago Theatre;
The Dishwashers & Gordon for Sidemart Theatrical Groceries.
Chip's film and television credits include roles in :
Richard Attenborough's Grey Owl; Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes; Euzhan Palcy's Atikkka; Featured roles in John Smith's Revenge of the Land; Manon Briand's Marilyn Bell Story; & Bruce MacDonald's Platinum: The Last Chapter Directed by Richard Roy; Recurring roles on Emily of New Moon, and Lassie; and guest appearances on the teleseries: Being Human, Made in Canada, The Lexx, Misguided Angel, Big Wolf on Campus, Live Through This, Chiefs, Space Cases, Sirens, Urban Angel & Are You Afraid of the Dark.
STEFANIE BUXTON
Stefanie Buxton is a professional actress based in Montreal. She is a graduate of Concordia University's Specialization in Theatre Performance and she works in theatre, film, television and voice. Previous stage credits include "The Madonna Painter" (Centaur), "Rock, Paper, Jackknife..." (Talisman/Centaur), "Le Code Noir" (Black Theatre Workshop), "Down The Main Drag" (Summerworks/ Hatch), and "girls!girls!girls!" (Festival Theatre des Ameriques). Previous film and television credits include "Fries With That?", "Tales From The Neverending Story", "Sophie", "Wicker Park"; and Stefanie also plays the role of Sandra in the animated series "My Life Me". She has been an instructor at ASM Performing Arts for three years, specializing in Behaviour 1, Scene/Camera and the Production class.
SHAWN BAICHOO
Shawn has been acting professionally for almost fourteen years now, in film, television, theater, voice and performance capture. He studied Stage Fighting at Dawson as part of the Professional Theater Program, and was certified as an Actor/Combatant – Gold Level with Fight Director’s Canada. He also has a black belt in Shotokan karate, and is constantly studying new forms and techniques to integrate into his Stage Combat skills.
OLIVIER PERRAS
Olivier Perras is an actor, filmmaker, and director of both theatre and film. Since the age of 14, he has directed over 40 short films, commercials and documentaries, some to critical acclaim. He recently released his first feature, An Average Man. Ten years ago, he came to ASM Performing Arts to learn acting. He took every available class more than once, and since then, he has directed and acted in over 20 plays around Montreal. Most recently, he directed The End of Civilization (George F. Walker). In 2008, he directed Morris Panych’s Seven Stories, for which he won a Montreal English Critics’ Circle Award for best direction. But his true love is cinema. He spends most of his time trying to create new ways to tell a story, which has become his mission, as well as analyzing films, shot by shot.
LISA KAGAN
Lisa
earned her BFA in Theatre Performance from Concordia university. She
has worked in Montreal as an actress in Film/Tv/Voice and Stage. Lisa
was Artisitc Director and founder of Tricycle Productions as well as
General Manager of Geordie Productions. She is presently the manager
of the Standardized patient program at The Arnold and Blema Steinberg
Medical Simulation Centre at McGill University.
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