The Calgary-based instructor, playwright and director died on Saturday. He is known as the creator of Theatresports and as the co-founder of Loose Moose Theatre Company, a troupe that was a springboard to a number of Calgary-based actors, writers and comedians including Kids in the Hall members Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney, FUBAR's Dave Lawrence, comedian and actor Andrew Phung, Working Mom's star Ryan Belleville, Parks and Recreation writer and producer Norm Hiscock and actor-comedian Peter Oldring, among others.