
"A long time ago, when the earth was green...." Mitch got home from Africa and joined the Rascals in 2002. Mitch is a man of a thousand faces, having worked with many Winnipeg theatre companies, including Sick +Twisted, North Kildonan Community Players, Phoenix Productions, Merlyn Productions, Theatre & Play, and White Rabbit Productions. He is also one of the founding members of Strokes of Genius Comedy (comedy from stroke survivors). Since 2002, he has been participating in the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, where he has several times donned the director’s hat to such hits as “Cabaret” and “This is a Play”. He also spent a few years travelling with international performance troupes. Mitch served as the Artistic Director of the BS Comedy Players (Musical Political Satire) for 8 years until its closure in 2019, and as the artistic director of Crosswalk Productions. He received his dramatic training through the University of Winnipeg’s theatre program and has taught his own Theatre Ensemble class at the Canadian Mennonite University.
In 2016, Mitch suffered a major spinal injury and severe stroke that left his ability to be the "physical comedy" guy extremely altered, but this wheelchair user uses his ability to create fun and interesting characters to continue to entertain audiences.
He is a playwright who was invited to join Glitch Theatre’s exclusive Canada-wide Playwright Circle, and has written and produced multiple plays. He is also an inductee into the Prairie Theatre Exchange’s inaugural Directors Unit.