{"id":2,"date":"2009-02-20T12:19:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T20:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interviewhistory.ca\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-09-18T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T22:00:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.interviewhistory.ca\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 id=\"a002760\">Recipients of St. Albert Mayor&#8217;s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award 2013\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/HYCXk6Lm53s\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/HYCXk6Lm53s<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Rooney and Punyi are a husband\/wife team professional actors who have been delighting young audiences with educational theatre since1980. They have raised a family in Alberta and have created and toured their shows that bring history to life; &#8220;Interview History&#8221; and &#8220;Hats and Gloves, Hard Work and Dreams&#8221;, as well as shows that promote a love of reading; &#8220;Rooney Punyi Reading Shows&#8221;.\u00a0 This couple use theatre to build children&#8217;s self esteem with 3 fantastic performing arts residencies.<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>The Actors<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-302\" title=\"maureen-head-shot-small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interviewhistory.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/maureen-head-shot-small-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"maureen-head-shot-small\" width=\"206\" height=\"261\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-303\" title=\"paul-head-shot-small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interviewhistory.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-head-shot-small-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"paul-head-shot-small\" width=\"210\" height=\"257\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maureen Rooney<\/td>\n<td>Paul Punyi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Actor\/Artistic Director\/Writer<\/td>\n<td>Actor\/Artistic Director\/Writer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For over 35 years these highly skilled professionals have acted with some of the finest Theatre companies in the country including:<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Stratford<\/td>\n<td>Chinook<\/td>\n<td>Alberta Theatre Projects<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Globe<\/td>\n<td>Workshop West<\/td>\n<td>Mime Unltd.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theatre Direct<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Fringe Theatre Adventures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Citadel<\/td>\n<td>Theatre Calgary<\/td>\n<td>Nexus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Light<\/td>\n<td>Stage West<\/td>\n<td>One Yellow Rabbit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lunch Box<\/td>\n<td>Mayfield Dinner Theatre<\/td>\n<td>Shadow Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Free Will Players<\/td>\n<td>Pleiades Theatre<\/td>\n<td>Catalyst Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theatre Network<\/td>\n<td>Stage Polaris<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kam Theatre Lab<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phoenix Theatre<\/td>\n<td>Graphic Mime<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>YK Actors Studio<\/td>\n<td>Prime Stock Theatre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>They have also done TV, Radio and Film performances with:<\/p>\n<table class=\"mceItemTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>CBC<\/td>\n<td>YTV<\/td>\n<td>National Film Board<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ACCESS<\/td>\n<td>ITV<\/td>\n<td>CFRN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Turner Network<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Family Channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TV Ontario<\/td>\n<td>Illusions Entertainment<\/td>\n<td>National Screen Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vicom<\/td>\n<td>Videotron<\/td>\n<td>Shaw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Image Works<\/td>\n<td>Sweetwater Prod.<\/td>\n<td>Minds Eye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Media 8<\/td>\n<td>Tom Stone Prod.<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Tree Films<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipients of St. Albert Mayor&#8217;s Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award 2013\u00a0 http:\/\/youtu.be\/HYCXk6Lm53s Rooney and Punyi are a husband\/wife team professional actors who have been delighting young audiences with educational theatre since1980. 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