2015
Gay Hauser was born in London, England, grew up in Ontario and graduated from Carleton University and the University of Toronto. Gay’s studies focused on Art History and led to work at the National Gallery of Canada but it was her passion for theatre that brought her to Nova Scotia to co-found the Mulgrave Road Theatre Company in Guysborough. Gay has worked as an actor, director, designer and general manager
in the non-profit arts sector for 37 years.
Gay has performed on many Atlantic Canadian Stages including Ship’s Company, Neptune Theatre, Eastern Front, Live Bait and Theatre New Brunswick to name but a few.
Gay co-founded Eastern Front Theatre with Mary Vingoe and Wendy Lill in 1993 and served as their General Manager until 2000. She was General Manager of Live Art Dance Productions and was the inaugural Chair of the Board of Theatre Nova Scotia. At present, she is the Chair of the Nova Scotia Masterworks Awards Foundation. Currently an arts consultant for Strategic Arts Management and administrator for Upstream Music Association, Gay continues to perform annually in Symphony Nova Scotia’s The Nutcracker.
Gay and her art director husband, Stephen Osler, have two talented daughters, Charlotte and Tabitha and a gorgeous granddaughter, Charli.
