{"id":78,"date":"2011-02-17T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T22:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/"},"modified":"2015-06-19T10:04:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T15:04:13","slug":"lakevold","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/english\/faculty\/lakevold\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Lakevold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

114-1 Clark Hall 1st Floor
\nDepartment of English and Creative Writing
\nPhone: (204) 727-7413
\nFax: (204) 726-0473
\nE-Mail: Lakevold@brandonu.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty Profile:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nDale Lakevold\u00a0<\/span>has taught full-time in the Department of English & Creative Writing since 2005. Before that he taught part-time from 1995-2005 for Brandon University, University of Manitoba, and University of Winnipeg. During that period of time, he also taught for Inter-Universities North in the Northern Manitoba communities of Norway House, Cross Lake, Split Lake, Nelson House, and The Pas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Productions:<\/strong>
\nAs a playwright, he has had more than 40 professional, independent, and university productions of his plays since 1996. His works include Never Never Mind, Kurt Kurt Cobain<\/em>; L-Love\u2019s Body<\/em>; and Stretching Hide<\/em> (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Misty Lake<\/em> (Crazy Horse Aboriginal Theatre Festival); and Wild Geese<\/em> and Cross Creek<\/em> (University of Winnipeg). Independent productions include Aleta Dey, Under Western Eyes, October\/Octubre, Making L-Love\u2019s Body, Notes for a Speech on (Canadian) Flagmaking, Notes Toward a Speech Re: My Ex-<\/em>, and The Day That Mount St. Helens Erupted<\/em>. His plays Stretching Hide<\/em> and Misty Lake<\/em> were co-written with Darrell Racine.<\/span><\/p>\n

His play Notes for a Speech on (Canadian) Flagmaking<\/em> was produced by the Brandon Arts Collective as an audio installation at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon (2003).<\/span><\/p>\n

His play Misty Lake<\/em> (co-written with Darrell Racine) had a short tour in Northern Manitoba in 1999. <\/span><\/p>\n

He has performed readings or had his work read at the Manitoba Association of Playwrights Reading Series in Winnipeg (2011 and 1999); Home Places: Manitoba Literary Features in Brandon (2010), Brandon Folk Music & Art Festival in Brandon (2009, 2008, and 1998); Carol Shields Festival of New Work in Winnipeg (2006); Keesageechak Begins to Dance Festival XVIII in Toronto (2005); Theatre BC New Play Festival in Kamloops (2005); Off the Page Reading Series in Toronto (2002); Alberta Theatre Projects playRites Festival in Calgary (2001); World Next Door Festival in Winnipeg (1998); Winnipeg International Writers Festival in Winnipeg (1998); and Playwrights Theatre Centre Performance Works in Vancouver in 1996.<\/span><\/p>\n

He created and produced Brief New Works: a Festival of Short Plays in 2007 and 2009 at Brandon University.<\/span><\/p>\n

He participated on the organizing committee for the Ogamas Brandon Aboriginal Literary Festivals in 2007 and 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is an on-going member of the Hawkweed Literary Forum, which has been hosting an annual series of literary readings, performances, workshops, and productions on campus since 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

He produced the theatre component at the Worscht and Rhubaba Mennonite Festival on campus in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is a founding member of the independent theatre company Root Sky Productions and the Brandon Arts Collective.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has been co-producing and conducting dramaturgy in the Rural Dramaturgy Project in Brandon with funding from the Manitoba Association of Playwrights (1997-present).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Publications: <\/strong>
\n\u00a0<\/span>Stretching Hide<\/span><\/em> (co-written with Darrell Racine), Scirocco Drama (2007). Excerpt from Stretching Hide<\/em> in the anthology Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water<\/em>, HighWater Press (2012); Misty Lake<\/em> (co-written with Darrell Racine), Loon Books (2006), Adler & Ringe (2001), and Kingfisher in the anthology Voice of the Drum<\/em> (2000). Excerpt from Aleta Dey<\/em> in Prairie Fire.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Articles and reviews in Canadian Journal of Native Studies<\/em>, Prairie Fire<\/em> (1994-present), The Quint<\/em>, alt. theatre<\/em>, Canadian Dimension<\/em>, Diverge<\/em>, and Briarpatch<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Monthly column. On! Brandon<\/em>, arts and culture tabloid (1997-2001). <\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nAwards:<\/strong>
\nBest Full-Length Play. Stretching Hide (co-written with Darrell Racine). Theatre BC Canadian National Playwriting Competition (2005).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Festival selection. Stretching Hide (co-written with Darrell Racine). Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival XVIII. Native Earth Performing Arts (2003).<\/span><\/p>\n

2nd. \u201cVeracruz.\u201d DuMaurier Playwriting Challenge. Winnipeg Fringe Festival (2000).<\/span><\/p>\n

Finalist. John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Writer in Manitoba (1999).<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Play (One-Act). Track Records. DuMaurier National Playwriting Competition (1996).<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/span>
\nMembership:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nManitoba Association of Playwrights, Manitoba Writers Guild, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Brandon University Faculty Association.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Research interests:<\/strong> political theatre, the monologue, site-specific theatre, installation, adaptation, audio work, Canadian drama, experimental theatre, Canadian literature<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0 creative writing, Canadian Literature.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Root Sky Productions<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe website features original music from the Theatre Projects Manitoba production of Stretching Hide<\/em> in 2007; an audio interview with Dale Lakevold and Darrell Racine, which was published in print in the journal alt.theatre<\/em> in 2012; a CBC radio review; an Aboriginal Peoples Television Network short feature hosted by Tina Keeper and Lisa Meeches on the 1998 production of Misty Lake;<\/em> and media reviews. <\/span><\/p>\n

Links:<\/strong>
\nLoon Books<\/a> <\/span>
\nMisty Lake Teachers Resource Guide<\/a>
\nManitoba Association of Playwrights<\/a>
\nJ. Gordon Shillingford Publishing<\/a><\/span>
\nWriters Guild of Canada<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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