Welcome Madeleine Polak, our new Stage Manager!

We’re thrilled to introduce Madeleine Polak as the Stage Manager for the 2024 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival! 👏

Madeleine Polak (she/her) is a lover of emerging new theatre, name brand sharpies, iced oat lattes, and colour-coded spreadsheets. She’s a queer theatre maker & manager based in Vancouver, where she is in her fourth and final year of the UBC BFA Design and Production program. A firm believer in wearing multiple hats within the industry, Madeleine is active as both a stage manager and costume designer, as well as a fledgling director.

As a stage manager, Madeleine sees well organized spreadsheets as their own artform. She has previously worked with Theatre Terrific on their 2024 Harvest production, ‘Proximity’ and with local queer rock-band ‘Hot Dyke Party’ during their original performance run.

Current creative endeavors include costume design for UBC Theatre’s ‘The Very Book Indeed’ and assistant direction for UBC Musical Theatre Troupe’s ‘Heathers’, both opening in November.

Join us in welcoming Madeleine!