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7 unusual facts about National Theatre School of Canada


Chateauguay Valley Regional High School

Some of the students in these productions later went on to pursue higher education in the performing arts and are now graduates of or enrolled in theatre programs at Dawson College, John Abbott College and Vanier College as well as the National Theatre School of Canada.

Jean-Benoît Nadeau

Previous to this diploma, he also tried civil engineering (at the University of Waterloo) and playwriting (at the National Theatre School).

Judith Thompson

She studied drama at Queen's and then studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) in Montreal.

While in a mask class at NTS, Thompson had developed the character Theresa, a mildly mentally-handicapped Aboriginal woman based on people she had met while working as an assistant social worker during the summers in Kingston, Ontario.

Kari Matchett

She attended the National Theatre School in Montreal and the Moscow Theatre School.

Masayuki Hisataka

He taught karate at Columbia University, State University of New York, McGill University, Loyola College, The National Theatre School of Canada and the Canadian Headquarters of Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, the Ken Nin Kai dojo in Toronto.

Victor-Lévy Beaulieu

Beaulieu served as a teacher of literature at the National Theatre School of Canada from 1972 to 1978, and also wrote for the Radio-Canada broadcasts "Documents", "Petit théâtre", "Roman", "La Feuillaison".


Noah Reid

He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto for high school and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.


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