David Duval Lang

Duval has been very active in the dynamic growth of the Calgary and Alberta theatre community for the past 45 years. He was a co-founder and Artistic Director of Quest Theatre, a prominent Canadian theatre for young audience company for 25 of those years. In 2019 he co-founded Black Radish Theatre and starred in its inaugural production of Waiting for Godot. He is now busy as a freelance actor and director across the country. He has taught and continues to work with aspiring actors at the Universities of Calgary and Lethbridge, Mount Royal University and Red Deer College. He has served on National Boards including the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and ACTRA National. He is listed as one of the 100 influential theatre builders/practitioners in the History of Theatre in Alberta. Duval is also a recipient of the prestigious Harry and Martha Cohen Award for significant and long-term contribution to theatre in Calgary. He has toured Canada many times as well as the US, the UK and Australia and has performed at the Olympic Arts Festival in Calgary in 1988 and Vancouver in 2010. He has been awarded and nominated several times for his acting work on stage and for his direction in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Whitehorse, Yukon.