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A little about me...
I've directed for theatres across Canada and the United States, from the Stratford Festival, to the Virginia Stage Company to the Toronto International Fringe Festival.
I directed the World Leaders Tributes to Harold Pinter and Robert Rauschenberg as part of the internationally acclaimed series produced by Harbourfront at the Liberty Grand in Toronto in the fall of 2001.
I have worked extensively in college and university theatre programs as a director and instructor. Among them George Brown College, York University, the Juilliard School (NY), the University of Alberta, Ryerson University, Dartmouth College (NH), the University of Victoria, and, Grenfell College (MUN) in Corner Brook, NL.
I was Artistic Director of The New World Theatre Project in Newfoundland 2012/13, and served as Executive Director of the Shakespeare Globe Centre of Canada from 1999 to 2015. Jeannette continues as Awards Officer for the organization.
I recently adapted and directed a new musical version of Goethe’s Faust (music by Leslie Arden) for Theatre By The Bay, and a revised version of Thomas Shadwell’s The Libertine for Talk is Free Theatre, both in Barrie, ON.
My production of Mike Bartlett’s My Child was nominated for three 2016 Toronto MyTheatre Awards, including Outstanding Direction and won Outstanding Production.
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Guild Festival Theatre - Scarborough, ON
Festival Players - Prince Edward County, ON
Talk is Free Theatre - Barrie, ON
THE LIBERTINE
MOVING DAY
January 2017
Original music by Cathy Elliot - Developed & Directed
Haus of Casati - Toronto, ON
MY CHILD
Nominated for three 2016 MyTheatre Awards including Outstanding Direction. Won Outstanding Production.
Theatre By The Bay - Barrie, ON
FAUST
New musical by Leslie Arden - Developed & Directed
New World Theatre Project / Perchance Theatre - Cupids, NL
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
THE TEMPEST
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
RICHARD III
Masterclasses in Text
Artistic Director, 2012 - 2013
Stratford Festival of Canada - Stratford, ON
HENRY V
AS YOU LIKE IT
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
THE MIRACLE WORKER
THE GRAND INQUISITOR and SWAN SONG
TITUS ANDRONICUS
THE GREAT LOVER
24 DUNSINANE HILL
THE RELAPSE
COMEDY OF ERRORS
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
OTHELLO
Workshop w/ Juan Chioran & Antoni Cimolino
Workshop w/ Kate Hennig & Eric McCormack
Collaborating director w/ Richard Monette
Collaborating director w/ Richard Monette
Assistant director to Richard Monette
Assistant director to John Neville
Here for Now Theatre - Stratford, ON
Stratford Masonic Hall
EIGENGRAU
Red One / Storefront Theatre - Toronto, ON
CONTRACTIONS
Bluebridge Rep Theatre - Victoria, BC
AS YOU LIKE IT
Atlantic Theatre Festival - Wolfville, NS
PRIVATE LIVES
Manitoba Theatre Centre - Winnipeg, MB
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
The Citadel Theatre - Edmonton, AB
THE SYRINGA TREE
THE MIRACLE WORKER
Theatre Aquarius - Hamilton, ON
THE MIRACLE WORKER
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
IF WE ARE WOMEN
Great Canadian Theatre Co. - Ottawa, ON
DOC
Factory Theatre - Toronto, ON
WHERE IS KABUKI
Virginia Stage Company - Norfolk, VA
THE BEAUTY QUEEN ON LEENANE
ON THE VERGE
The Julliard School - New York, NY
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Canadian Stage Co. - Toronto, ON
TWELFTH NIGHT
WORD FESTIVAL/NEW PLAY
DEVELOPMENT
Dream in High Park. Re-mounted the following year. Nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production.
Harbourfront Centre - Toronto, ON
FESTIVAL OF CREATIVE GENIUS
Tributes to Harold Pinter &
Robert Rauschberg
Artistic Producer and Director
Paramour Productions - Toronto, ON
DIGGING FOR FIRE
Nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production.
Select Theatre School and University Program Productions
HAMLET
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
MARY STUART
OEDIPUS and ANTIGONE
WAR AND PEACE
THREE BIRDS ALIGHTING ON A FIELD
THE BEAUX STRATAGEM
LION IN THE STREETS
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
THE TEMPEST
WILD HONEY
BON TON & THE LYING VALET
THE TROJAN WOMAN
ANNA KARENINA
THE TROJAN WOMAN
THE WINTER’S TALE
THE WINTER’S TALE
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, NL
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, NL
George Brown Theatre School, ON
University of Calgary, AB
George Brown Theatre School, ON
York University, ON
George Brown Theatre School, ON
George Brown Theatre School, ON
Julliard, NY
Dartmouth College, NH
George Brown Theatre School, ON
George Brown Theatre School, ON
York University, ON
York University, ON
University of Alberta, AB
University of Alberta, AB
Ryerson University, ON
University of Victoria, BC
Directing
CAEA
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1ST PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS’S AWARD
DIRECTOR OBSERVER’S AWARD
JEAN CHALMERS AWARD
TYRONE GUTHRIE AWARD
DORA MAVOR MOORE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Alumnae Theatre, Toronto, ON
Canadian Academy of Cinema and TV
Digging for Fire and Twelfth Night
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Grenfell Theatre Program, Memorial University - Corner Brook, NL
Masterclass Course, third year acting (2015, 2017)
Masterclass Course, fourth year acting (2015, 2017)
Productions of Hamlet and The Way of the World
George Brown Theatre School - Toronto, ON
Annual Classical Period Study Course, since 2002
Annual Theatre Ontario Showcase, Classical Monologue Study Course
First Year Shakespeare Scene Study
Production of Mary Stuart
Production of War and Peace
Production of The Beaux Strategem
Production of Lion in the Streets
Production of Wild Honey
Production of Bon Ton & The Lying Valet
York University - Toronto, ON
Theatre of the Absurd & Restoration Theatre, third year acting (2018, 2019)
Production of Three Birds Alighting on a Field
Production of The Trojan Woman
Production of Anna Karenina
Juilliard School - New York, NY
Production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
University of Calgary - Calgary, AB
Production of Oedipus and Antigone
University of Alberta - Winnipeg, AB
Production of A Winter’s Tale
Production of The Trojan Women
University of Victoria - Victoria, BC
Production of The School for Scandal
Ryerson University - Toronto, ON
Production of The Winter’s Tale
Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH
Production of The Tempest
Theatre Ontario Summer Courses - Toronto, ON
Advanced scene study/master acting class, 1994 through 1998
Private Coaching - Toronto, ON
Monologue, audition prep, scene study, 1990 to the present
Directing a production in a theatre school program is as much about teaching as it is about directing. Every show below involved an enormous teaching investment as well as the responsibility of leading the student company to an excellent end product.
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Teaching
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