
Giselle Clarke-Trenaman
Giselle has roots in the Toronto theatre community and holds a B.F.A. Hons in Theatre from York University. Now a resident of Vancouver B.C., Giselle was recently nominated for a Jessie Award (2019) for her work in Stage Management and highlighted by the Black Theatre Caucus for their 101 Black Stage Managers Celebration. She is currently the Production Coordinator at Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver. Recent Stage Management credits include working with Presentation House Theatre on The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Cat Killer and So, How Should I Be? and Learning and Forgetting the International tours of Jack and the Bean and Where the Wild Things Are and the National tour of Baking Time. She has worked with Carousel Theatre, Goh Ballet, SoulPepper, Highlands Opera Studio and Opera Atelier to name a few. As the founder of Black History Matters, she has presented to schools in the Vancouver area reaching over 8,000 students with her tailored age-appropriate presentations on Black Canadian History.
She currently sits on the Board for ASSITEJ Canada and is a member of the Black Pledge Collective.