Artistic Producer | Department of Theatre

2025-26 Artistic Producer

Photo Credit: Brooklyn Melnyk

Raymond Marius Boucher

Scenographer Raymond Marius Boucher started teaching at Concordia University in 2002 and shortly thereafter became the coordinator of the Design for the Theatre (now Scenography) program. Part of his notable achievements is the incredible student delegation he led for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) since 2003. For this edition of PQ, he designed the exhibit presenting the Canadian professional theatre designers and schools and received a Special Honorary Mention given by the Council of the Prague Quadrennial '03 at the recommendation of the International Jury PQ'03 Awards to the Canada Theatre exhibit for its clarity of vision and national spirit.

More recently, he was honored with the Faculty of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Award in Spring 2025 and, the University Resident Theatre Association located in the USA (URTA) presented to him the URTA Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Training in the area of Scenic Design & Technology in 2024 and in the area of Costume Design & Technology in 2025. The awards recognize outstanding work of undergraduate instructors, coaches, and mentors, as well as institutions, for excellence in the training and preparation of undergraduate theatre artists.

As Artistic Producer for this academic year, Raymond Marius will be in most steps of the creative and production way leading to the presentation of the public performance projects, having conversation with directors and facilitators, the design supervisor and the technical staff. Having been in the Department of Theatre for some time now, he has seen the evolution of how we create public facing events and he is happy to undertake this fantastic and fulfilling task. He invites the viewers of this page to look at the our current season in order to plan their visit to one of our venues and experience the different performance formats in which we welcome our students.

For a full bio on Raymond Marius Boucher, consult this link.

About the role

The Artistic Producer (AP) works with each project-based course’s instructor and with the production staff who support these courses. The AP ensures every project fulfills our academic goals and lives up to the ethical principles articulated in our Guiding Principles. And, importantly, the AP is a layer of support and safety for the many people involved in these logistically complex projects: students from our Specialization Programs who are involved as performers, designers, assistant directors, stage managers and technicians, as well as staff and visiting artists.

The Artistic Producer’s duties

Meeting with directors / project leaders (whether full-time faculty, part-time faculty, or Artists-in Residence) to discuss the goals, ethics, and scope of each project, with attention to the resources assigned to each type of project
Promptly communicating any concerns that arise to the department chair, other full time faculty members, and/or technical and administrative staff as appropriate
Visiting rehearsals and attending production meetings as appropriate.
Being available to speak to the logic and goals of the “season” of projects both internally (to students, staff, colleagues, administration) and externally (to media, community groups etc.)
Organizing and hosting relevant department-wide discussions, opening night festivities, lobby displays, and additional community-facing events as appropriate.
Coordinating publicity efforts (including overseeing graphic design for the season of projects) in collaboration with student designers, Fine Arts Communications and the department’s PR committee
Coordinating photo and video documentation, with the support of administrative and production staff
Supervising work-study student support as needed; and, working with production staff, the department chair, administrative staff, and program coordinators to harmonize production schedules with SIS-based timetabling
Making recommendations at the end of each academic year about how to further refine the duties of the AP role, the production models themselves, and the collaborative processes involved – aiming to make the process of implementing the department's public performances smoother and better each year

Note that the selection of performance projects is not the duty of the AP alone, but instead is the collective responsibility of the entire complement of full-time faculty in Theatre.

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