Rebecca Benson

Recently moved to Winnipeg, Rebecca has trained and worked as an actor, director, creator and instructor across Canada and in the UK.  Rebecca completed her BA in Drama from the University of Alberta and was a member of Rapid Fire Theatre, in her hometown of Edmonton. 

She moved east to train as an actor at George Brown College in Toronto, where she performed the role of Dot/Marie in the Equity Showcase/GBC production of Sunday in the Park with George. After graduating, she performed with Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Sunshine Festival Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, and became a member of Actors Repertory Company where she performed in numerous productions and readings including Family Stories and The Sea, and directed Pinter's A Kind of Alaska in a series of shorts at the Summerworks Festival.  

As an assistant director, Rebecca has worked at the Stratford Festival, The National Arts Centre and on three productions with Soulpepper Theatre. She also worked with Convergence Theatre on the creation of two original site-specific productions, Autoshow and  The Gladstone Variations (Dora Nomination for Best Direction).  

After completing her MFA in Directing for the Theatre at the University of Ottawa, Rebecca moved to Glasgow Scotland, where she directed Hannah Moscovich's The Russian Play for the Ramshorn Theatre and taught acting at their Theatre and Film Studio. She is thrilled to be joining the team of instructors at PTE.