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“In grade 12, I was invited by a friend to go see it — and it just sounded so unappealing,” laughs Jay Ono, executive director of Vancouver TheatreSports League.

That was back in the early ’80s, and once Jay witnessed his first VTSL show, his life was forever altered. “I became consumed by it and started a club at school. VTSL visited my high school, saw me perform and invited me to do a show with them.”

After graduating, Jay studied acting at Studio 58 in Vancouver and “did a lot of film and television, plus 30 Equity plays in my career,” he says. And, of course, he clocked many years as a key member of VTSL, eventually becoming executive director in 1994.