{"id":84,"date":"2026-11-10T18:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2026-11-10T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:59:46","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"84\" class=\"elementor elementor-84\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5b1fba elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5b1fba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ada333\" data-id=\"3ada333\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d2b53c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d2b53c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e34ba1\" data-id=\"2e34ba1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c8f5a section-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12c8f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Richard Hurst<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2963822 lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2963822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Lifetime in Theatre. A Legacy of Helping Performers Find Their Voice.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b00417 section-paragraph elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b00417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Richard Hurst has devoted more than five decades to Canadian and American Theatre as an actor, director, dramaturge, adjudicator, and educator. Trained at Sir George Williams University and the Banff School of Fine Arts, he has performed with leading orchestras, directed major musical theatre productions, and taught at universities and performing arts institutions.<\/p><p>His lifelong focus remains storytelling, lyric interpretation, technique, and developing thoughtful performers.<\/p><p>His career has encompassed both performance and education, giving his writing an unusual perspective: he understands not only how songs sound, but why they work dramatically and what performers must consider before choosing them. His theatre credits span productions including <em>Cabaret<\/em>, <em>My Fair Lady<\/em>, <em>Beauty and the Beast<\/em>, <em>King Lear<\/em>, <em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em> and <em>Spring Awakening<\/em>, while his directing work includes <em>A Chorus Line<\/em>, <em>West Side Story<\/em>, <em>Miss Saigon<\/em> and <em>The Sound of Music<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Hurst A Lifetime in Theatre. A Legacy of Helping Performers Find Their Voice. Richard Hurst has devoted more than five decades to Canadian and American Theatre as an actor, director, dramaturge, adjudicator, and educator. Trained at Sir George Williams University and the Banff School of Fine Arts, he has performed with leading orchestras, directed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richardhurst.co\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}