Andrew has produced theatre with multiple indie theatre collectives, non-profit organizations, and regional theatres.
Thou Art Here Theatre
In 2011, he co-founded Thou Art Here Theatre with Neil Bye-Kuefler and is the current artistic director. Thou Art Here is an artist-driven theatre collective creating audience-engaged immersive experiences. Since then Thou Art Here has produced over 40 productions and theatrical happenings across Alberta.
This includes Civil Blood: A Treaty Story by Josh Languedoc & Neil Bye-Kuefler, Cycle by Andrew Ritchie, Write Here Immersive Playwrights’ Unit, Puppet Shows at the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Hamlet in Isolation, The Free Willies, One Man’s Trash by Ben Stevens, Joan & Talbot by Morgan Yamada, Shakespeare’s Will by Vern Thiessen, But Hark, A Voice! by Ben Stevens, Extempore: Improvised Shakespeare, Kill Shakespeare by Connor McCreery & Anthony Del Col, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, The Falstaff Project adapted by Andrew Ritchie, Shake the Foundation Series, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, The Mechanicals adapted by Neil Kuefler, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Learn more about the full production history.
Globe Theatre
From 2018-2020, Andrew was the Theatre School Director and Sandbox Series Coordinator at Globe Theatre in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Sandbox Series was a showcase of original, daring and boundary-busting performance works by Saskatchewan artists. He collaborated and programmed the following shows:
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan, wanisiniwin / kwêski-pimâtisiw by Skyler Anderson and Pete Kytwayhat, The Circle by Geoffrey Simon Brown, The Mystery Show devised by Globe’s Young Company, Apple Time by Deaf Crow’s Collective, Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill, In Care by Kenneth T. Williams, The Rez Sisters by Tomson Highway, Mine to Have: Sensuality and Circumstances by Listen to Dis Community Arts, and the development of Making Treaty 4 by the Making Treaty 4 Collective, Young Company showcases
You Are Here Theatre
From 2016-2020 produced Still, Still, Still, Assist Ed, Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, and The Stoop Hangs
Found Festival
In 2012, Andrew co-founded the Common Ground Arts Society's Found Festival, Edmonton's multi-disciplinary found space arts festival, and was festival director from 2014-2015. He co-founded the festival with Elena Eli Belyea, Tori Morrison, & Molly Staley.
Found Festival 2015: Swallow-A-BIcycle Theatre workshop, Streaming by Mile Zero Dance, Edmonton Poetry Brothel, Found Grounds, Site-specific Improv by Det Andre Teatret & Rapid Fire Theatre, Reading the entirety of the CIA report on torture by Tim Mikula, Air by Major Matt Mason Collective, 900 Seconds by Christine Lesiak, Ain’t No Picnic by GeriActors Theatre
Found Festival 2014: Found Grounds (featuring Film screenings, Poetry readings, music shows, & Sidewalk Chalk by Cliff Cardinal, Herbert by Ben Stevens, The Colour of Life by Thomas Barnet, Trace by Ainsley Hillyard & Bridget Jessome, Heartbreak Hotel by Marlee Yule, The Citizen’s Gallery by Morgan Melenka, Never, Never by Ellen Chorley, Faraday Cage by Morgan Smith
Found Festival 2013: The Van by Gianna Vacirca & Ben Stevens, The Kitchen Sink Project by Catch the Keys, Apocalypse Children by Joel Crichton & Vincent Forcier, White Night by Elena Belyea & Lianna Makuch, Pigeon Breeders & The Urban Wild, Spinneret Ballons by dance collective, Memory Documents by Sarah McKarney, Recollect by Michelle Martin, The Way to the Water by Ben Gorodetsky, Found Text Reading, The Citizen’s Gallery by Morgan Melenka, Shake the Foundation by Thou Art Here, What Kind of Part is This? by Jodie Vandekerhove Bingo! There’s a cool place, I’ll take you there by Jonathan Kobewka & Alex Felicitas, Jack Accident, & Big Ben
Found Festival 2012: Switching the Code by Paula Humby, Alyson Dicey, & Sophie Gareau-Brennan, Fort Found, A Midsummer’s Lucid Dream created by Thou Art Here Theatre, Found Text Reading, Rigor Mortis by Gianna Vacirca, The UNplugged Picnic music show, Home Video by Elena Eli Belyea and Ben Stevens, and the #patioyolo music show.
Rock Steady Productions
From 2010-2012 producing Pushed, Miles Away, & Kanker in Heaven Only Knows.