Pat Chan
Assistant Professor
About
Pat Chan is an Actor Trainer, Director and Choreographer. She graduated with an MFA in Directing from the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Calgary, Canada and an MA in Actor Training and Coaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 免费福利资源在线看片 of London, United Kingdom.
Her recent production works鈥攚hich includes directing, choreography, and fight directing鈥攚as for Harmony the Musical, an original Chinese Canadian musical theatre production, created and performed entirely by a collective of Chinese Calgarian artists. Other directorial work includes Falling Down (whose actor won best performer at the Calgary region, 2025 One-Act Play Festival), Old Mule, Bill C773 (which won the best new original script at the 2023 Calgary Acts Awards), Saya Anak Malaysia (Baru), A Flower鈥檚 Promise, MacBeth etc.
Research Interest
Pat鈥檚 research focuses on cultural integration, specifically exploring Asian identity within a Western context.
Teaching Philosophy
As an Asian theatre educator, she is committed to racial equity and decolonial approaches to education. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes the integration of multiple disciplines, which she has found to be valuable in performance training, creative development, and long-term career sustainability.