David has endured months of intrigue and speculation over his departure from Canadian Stage in January, as Artistic Director. All that aside - and certainly we sympathize with anyone who is charged with the task of making artistic decisions for any large regional company - David, in his own right, is an innovative and brilliant director, as well as one of the nations best actors. Our work with him began in 1986 with a production of White Biting Dog at The Tarragon Theatre, in which he played Pascal. Since then, we have worked with him on half a dozen projects, including Art, Amadeus, and Take Me Out. Davids trademark is intense emotional commitment to character, and an almost perverse sense of humour; plus some tiny, obsessive compulsive doodling, and diaries that would put Samuel Pepys to shame. He is one of the smartest and most dedicated people we know.

David becomes The Canadian Stage Company's Artistic Director, effective July 1, 2007. Mr. Storch is an award-winning, 20-year veteran of the stage. He has had a successful and varied career as an actor, director and teacher. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, he has worked with companies across the country, including the Belfry Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Stratford Festival, Soulpepper Theatre Company, National Arts Centre, Neptune Theatre. He was Artistic Associate at the Vancouver Playhouse from 1997-1999 and has taught at the National Theatre School, George Brown College and Dalhousie University. His affiliation with Canadian Stage spans 18 seasons. He was an Associate Artist with the Company from 2004-2006 and most recently Artistic Consultant for the 2007-2008 season. He began as assistant director to Peter Hinton on The Comedy of Errors in 1989. Since then, he has acted in many of the Company's productions, including Angels in America, The Lonesome West (for which he won a Dora Award), Amadeus, and Take Me Out, and directed Sunday Father, The Beard of Avon, Twelfth Night, Omnium Gatherum, Take Me Out (with Morris Panych) and A Number. Next season he will direct The Palace of the End and Misery.