Winnipeg born; lived in Toronto since 1973, all but the first year in the same apartment. B.A. 1969, University of Winnipeg; M.L.S. 1972, University of Western Ontario (masters’ thesis on performing arts libraries). Theatre-goer since childhood. Volunteer for about a dozen not-for-profit theatre companies and festivals since 1989. Dora Juror, Independent Theatre Division, 2000-2001; 2012-2013; 2018-2019. Harold Award, House of Darren O’Donnell, 2002. First recipient eponymous “Barbara Fingerote Volunteer Award”, 2012. Awarded Honorary Member, Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, 2016. Subject of a short video re theatre volunteering, by Rick Roberts, Intermission Magazine, June 7, 2016. Subject of article re theatre volunteering by John Karastamatis, National Post, January 5, 2002. Back to seeing shows and volunteering several times a week. Belief: there is really no substitute in life for artists and audience members breathing and connecting in the same space exchanging energy and learning about ourselves and each other as we try to navigate this planet we call Earth.