Jane Spence

JANE SPENCE is an Associate Artist for Shakespeare Link Canada and graduated from the University of Calgary with her BFA, Stratford Festival Conservatory. She began teaching workshops during her seasons as a performer at Bard on the Beach with their Young Shakespearian program. She then developed and taught her own Shakespeare workshops for home schooled students. In 2000 she was invited to be a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival acting company
and has been teaching for their education department since that time. She assisted in the development of the Teaching artists course through which the Stratford Festival in conjunction with York University certify teaching artists. She designed and implemented an education program for the Festival of Classics and continues to run independent workshops. As an actor she has worked for such companies as; The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Bard on the Beach, Vancouver Playhouse, The Arts Club, Drayton Entertainment, York Theatre Festival, Theatre By the Bay, the Festival of Classics, Stage West, and the Poor Alex. She has also appeared in T.V. and film productions such as Outer limits, Stargate SG1, Sue Thomas F.B.Eye, and Cold Squad.