Bill Dow

Career
As an actor Dow has performed many lead roles, including a Jessie Award winning performance as Martin Dysart in Peter Shaffer’s Equus, a (2008). He served as Associate Artistic Director at the Blyth Festival and the Belfry Theatre, and resident dramaturge at the Banff Playwrights Colony.

Bill Dow recently completed his M.A. in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University through an examination of Greek tragedy and the writing of a ‘new’ tragedy – Cupid’s Arrow, that tells the beginnings of the story of Jason and Medea – the pre-quel to Euripides’ Medea. He is currently involved in research toward his PhD (at SFU) and an instructor of Classical Mythology (SFU) and Theatre (UBC).