Andrew Manera

Instructor

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Area of Focus: Production Management, Technical Direction, Non-profit Administration, Governance

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Andrew Manera is an Instructor in the Theatre Department in the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance where he teaches technical production and stage management.

Andrew is a respected and highly sought-after arts administrator with over fifteen years of senior management experience in the cultural sector. After training at the National Theatre School of Canada and the Banff Centre for the Arts, he moved to Regina and joined the Globe Theatre Society in 2007. In four seasons as Director of Production, he oversaw a tremendous period of growth for the organization, at times carrying additional responsibilities as Technical Director and Artistic Associate for the Shumiatcher Sandbox Series.

More recently, Andrew helped stabilize operations at the Regina Symphony Orchestra as its Production Manager from 2015-2019 and brought practical experience from the arts sector to his role as a Senior Program Advisor with the Department of Canadian Heritage (2019-2023).

Andrew has been closely involved with the Artesian on 13^th Avenue since it opened in 2011, initially providing production and technical support for events and later serving as its Venue Manager. In 2016, he founded the not-for-profit and charitable organization Artesian Performing Arts Inc. and became the organization’s first Artistic and Executive Director. With a mandate to provide facility, production, and marketing support to the performing arts community in Regina, the newly imagined Artesian on 13^th became a destination for new work development, a champion for the emerging artist, and a center for community engagement with the arts. Under his direction, seasonal activity at the Artesian increased by over 50%, with over 80% of facility bookings coming from local artists or not-for-profit organizations.

Andrew is a passionate, devoted, and outspoken supporter of emerging artists, community engaged artistic practices, and independently run non-profits. He remains an in-demand consultant, collaborator, and mentor in production management, technical design, and theatre craft.

ACCREDITATION

Certificate, Technical Production (National Theatre School of Canada) 2002-2005
B. Sc. (University of Toronto) 1998-2002

SELECTED OTHER WORK

Lighting Designer, Stream of Dance Festival, New Dance Horizons (2024)
Production Manager, Trespassers Waltz, Curtain Razors Theatre (2020)
Lighting Designer, Curtain Razors Theatre’s production of Live Duet (2016)
Associate Lighting Designer, Globe Theatre’s A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline (2016)
Production Manager, Creative Kids RCMP Charity Gala Ball (2015)
Tour Technical Director, Globe Theatre’s Ring of Fire (2015)
Managing Director, Holophon Audio Arts (2013-2015)
Tour Technical Director, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland’s Oil and Water (2013-14)
Production Manager, SeedMaster GoldSED Gala & Master Seeders Conference (2013)