Dennis Garnhum is the Artistic Director of Theatre Calgary. In 2007 his adaptation of Timothy Findley's The Wars premiered at Theatre Calgary before being transferred to the Vancouver Playhouse. Dennis has directed plays at most of the major theatre companies in Canada. For the Stratford Festival of Canada, Dennis directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and the premieres of two plays by Timothy Findley, Shadows and The Trials of Ezra Pound. For the Shaw Festival: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Still Life, Sorry, Wrong Number and S.S. Tenacity. Dennis has directed the premiere productions of Maureen Hunter's Vinci, Steve LaPlante's Down The Main Drag, and Teresa Rebeck's Two Orphans.