Director of Carpentry Shop & Set Pieces
Fun facts about Fred:
Fred has working with RLT since 1995, except for a brief stint in Medicine Hat, where he worked with Medicine Hat Musical Theatre and Firehall Theatre. Fred's wife Dorothy very generously shares his time with us and has occasionally helped us out with some painting.
Fred works on every RLT show and Regina Summer Stage show, coordinating the shop and the set construction crew and making sure there are shop guys there to help set up and take down. He has also worked with Lyric (Sweeney Todd) and has built set pieces for Opera Saskatchewan. Fred is the treasurer for both RLT and Summer Stage and does lots of work to keep the office running.
In his professional life, Fred joined the RCMP at 18 in 1950. He spent 25 years in the RCMP and was posted all over the place (Alberta, BC, Ottawa). The RCMP provided him with the opportunity to take accounting at Carlton University 40-some years ago.
Fred retired in 1975 and went farming for 20 years. He retired from that in 1995 and moved into Regina and started with theatre (he can't seem to get the hang of retirement). Now Fred works as a commissionaire in various places, including the Provincial Lab.
He has a daughter and two sons. The daughter and one son live in Medicine Hat; the other son lives in North Carolina.
Fred's favourite saying: "Oh no, you built like I told you... and it's still wrong."