Ed Sahely

Ed Sahely

Biography

Ed Sahely has been a working actor for over thirty years. Ed worked with the renowned Second City Company as improviser/writer for seven years. His cast received a Dora Mavor Moore Award for work on the Toronto Main-stage. He co-created the troupe Not To Be Repeated which would improvise a new Canadian play every night, first running at the Tarragon Theatre. It was picked up by CTV and became This Sitcom Is Not To Be Repeated.

As an actor, Ed has many credits for television, film, theatre and voice work and continues to work as an actor, a writer, a director of a theatre and dramaturge for new works.

Having taught for the last 20 years I have developed a passion for teaching Improvisation. My focus is not comedic. I love sharing the tools I have developed through my writing/performance experience with The Second City as well as my years of developing and directing original scripts as well as performing in film, theatre. My focus is to share improv guidelines to help in the acting process. My course is an acting course using improvisation. 

Academic Credentials

Theatre Arts Diploma, Humber College, 1981

Areas of Specialization

Communication for theatre through Improvisation

Career Highlights

2000-Present: George Brown College: Group Improvisation.

2010-Present: Sheridan/UTM: Group Improvisation.

1994-1996, 2009-Present: Second City Training Centre.

2011-2013: Improv teacher/director, Theatre Aquarius' summer youth camp.

2010: Teacher of Improvisation to the Young Company: The Charlottetown Festival.

2010-2016: Occasional guest teacher, Cawthra Park High School for the Arts, Rosedale Heights High School for the Arts.

2011-2013: Improv teacher/director: Theatre Aquarius' summer youth camp.

2014: Guest teacher of Improvisation Workshop:St. Lawrence College.

Awards

Nominated, Calgary Critics Award for Amos in CHICAGO, 2013

Dora Award, Second City, Chalmers, 1992

John Holden Award, Muskoka Summer Festival, 1984

Governor's Award, Humber College, 1981