Jack Paterson
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Jack Paterson is a Canadian actor, director and coach. He is a graduate of the Circle in the Square Theatre School
in New York. He is currently doing The Canadian Stage's BASH! recidency in Toronto
. He was recently the Artist is Residence at the Centaur Theatre
in Montreal
and directed F. Garcia Lorca's The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in his Garden for the Shaw Festival
's Director's Project ("... at once unusual, amusing and fascinating in style and execution."- Tim Chapman, Theatre Ontario).
Other directing credits include The Hobbit, The Odyssey (Carousel Theatre
), Banana Boys (Firehall Arts Centre), the award nominated productions of Coriolanus, Shakespeare's R&J (Vancouver premiere), Titus Andronicus (Vancouver premiere), Julius Caesar and The Tempest (Mad Duck Theatre Collective
). He has performed in Vancouver with The Arts Club
, Chemainus Theatre and was a regular performer in Savage God's The Shakespeare Project. He also performed in the roles of Hitler and Walt Disney in The Blue Light at the Firehall.
Jack is currently writing an auditioning theatre blog for Biz Books, an on-line theatrical bookseller.
Jessie Richardson Award Nominations:
The Hobbit
The Odyssey
Shakespeare's R&J
Titus Andronicus
Julius Caesar
The Tempest
Circle in the Square Theatre School
Circle in the Square Theatre School is a non-profit, tax exempt drama school associated with the Circle in the Square Theatre and as such is the only accredited school attached to a Broadway theatre....
in New York. He is currently doing The Canadian Stage's BASH! recidency in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. He was recently the Artist is Residence at the Centaur Theatre
Centaur Theatre
The Centaur Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Montreal, Quebec. It was founded in 1969 by The Centaur Foundation for the Performing Arts with Maurice Podbrey as the Artistic and Executive Director, and Herb Auerbach as Chairman of the Board....
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and directed F. Garcia Lorca's The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in his Garden for the Shaw Festival
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
's Director's Project ("... at once unusual, amusing and fascinating in style and execution."- Tim Chapman, Theatre Ontario).
Other directing credits include The Hobbit, The Odyssey (Carousel Theatre
Carousel Theatre
Carousel Theatre is a professional theatre company for young audiences located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company stages plays for young people, families and educators at the Waterfront Theatre and Performance Works on Granville Island and tours to elementary schools across...
), Banana Boys (Firehall Arts Centre), the award nominated productions of Coriolanus, Shakespeare's R&J (Vancouver premiere), Titus Andronicus (Vancouver premiere), Julius Caesar and The Tempest (Mad Duck Theatre Collective
Mad Duck Theatre Collective
Mad Duck Theatre Collective is an artist driven and self-produced collective of professional theatre performers, designers, technicians and administrators...
). He has performed in Vancouver with The Arts Club
The Arts Club
The Arts Club is a London private members club founded in 1863 by, amongst others, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and Lord Leighton in Dover Street, Mayfair, London, England...
, Chemainus Theatre and was a regular performer in Savage God's The Shakespeare Project. He also performed in the roles of Hitler and Walt Disney in The Blue Light at the Firehall.
Jack is currently writing an auditioning theatre blog for Biz Books, an on-line theatrical bookseller.
Selected directing credits
- The Women of Troy - Canadian Stage: Festival of Ideas and Creation
- Rock Me Sweet - Theatre Passe Muraille: Buzz Festival
- The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the GardenThe Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the GardenThe Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden is a play by the twentieth-century Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1928 and first performed in 1933...
- Shaw FestivalShaw FestivalThe Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
: Director's Project - CoriolanusCoriolanusGaius Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman general who is said to have lived in the 5th century BC. He received his toponymic cognomen "Coriolanus" because of his exceptional valor in a Roman siege of the Volscian city of Corioli. He was then promoted to a general...
- Mad Duck Theatre CollectiveMad Duck Theatre CollectiveMad Duck Theatre Collective is an artist driven and self-produced collective of professional theatre performers, designers, technicians and administrators... - The HobbitThe HobbitThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again, better known by its abbreviated title The Hobbit, is a fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald...
- Carousel TheatreCarousel TheatreCarousel Theatre is a professional theatre company for young audiences located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company stages plays for young people, families and educators at the Waterfront Theatre and Performance Works on Granville Island and tours to elementary schools across... - Hosanna - Saving Metropolis Collective
- Moon for the Misbegotten - United Players
- Out Like Flynn - Fugue Free Theatre
- The Odyssey - Carousel Theatre
- Banana Boys - Firehall Arts Centre
- Suddenly - Useless Shoe's Co-op
- Shakespeare's R & J - Mad Duck Theatre CollectiveMad Duck Theatre CollectiveMad Duck Theatre Collective is an artist driven and self-produced collective of professional theatre performers, designers, technicians and administrators...
- Suicide Corporation - BC Budsv - Firehall Arts Centre
- Queen of the Amazons - BC Buds - Firehall Arts Centre
- Titus AndronicusTitus AndronicusTitus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...
- Mad Duck Theatre Collective - Julius Caesar - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
- Henry 6 Parts 2 & 3 - Savage God: The Shakespeare Project
- The TempestThe TempestThe Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
- Mad Duck Theatre Collective - The Real Inspector HoundThe Real Inspector HoundThe Real Inspector Hound is a short, one-act play by Tom Stoppard. The plot follows two theatre critics named Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a whodunit...
- Esdecy Arts & Presentation House - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
- Not About NightingalesNot About NightingalesNot About Nightingales is a three act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1938. The play itself focuses on a group of inmates who go on a hunger strike in attempt to better their situation. There is also a soft love story, with the characters Eva, the new secretary at the prison, and Jim, a...
: A staged reading - Mad Duck Theatre Collective - Beer, Sex & Dinosaurs: Ghost Stories - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
- MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
- Square Pegs (NYC) - The Tempest - Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
- The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
- Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC) - Loves Labor's Lost - Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
- Measure for MeasureMeasure for MeasureMeasure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays...
- Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC) - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
- A Winter's Tale - Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
- As You Like ItAs You Like ItAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
- Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC) - The Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more...
- Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
Selected theatre performances
- The Blue Light - Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
/ Walt DisneyWalt DisneyWalter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
(The Firehall Arts Centre/Donna Spencer) - The OresteiaThe OresteiaThe Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. When originally performed it was accompanied by Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed following the trilogy; it has not survived...
: The Agamemnon - The Chorus (PAL Benefit/ Torquil CampbellTorquil CampbellTorquil Campbell is the lead singer and songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars. He also records and performs with Broken Social Scene. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica and trumpet...
) - Spice of Life 4 - Cumin/ Curry (Husky Guy.& Novus Pro/ Maryth Gilroy)
- The Party - Hitler in a Dress (One Crazy French Man/ Jacques Lalonde)
- Tis Pity She's a Whore - Soranzo (Ensemble Theatre/ Tariq Leslie)
- The RivalsThe RivalsThe Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :...
- Bob Acres (Restoration Project/ Bill Millerd) - A Streetcar Named DesireA Streetcar Named Desire (play)A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...
- Pablo/ Ensemble (Chemainus Theatre Festival/ Jeremy Tow) - Of Mice & Men - Slim (Mice & Men-Tors Equity Co-op/ Bert Steinmanis)
- OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
- Ensemble (The Arts Club TheatreThe Arts Club TheatreThe Arts Club Theatre Company is a professional theatre company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Arts Club was founded in 1958 originally as a private club until 1964, when the group became the Arts Club Theatre Company and established itself at a theatre on Seymour Street in Downtown...
/ John Cooper)
Awards and nominations
Recipient of:- The Ray Michals Award for Outstanding Body of Work by an Emerging Director–2006
Jessie Richardson Award Nominations:
- Outstanding Artistic Creation 2007 - Direction (The Odyssey)
- Outstanding Direction 2007 (Shakespeare's R&J)
- Outstanding Direction 2006 (Titus Andronicus)
- Outstanding Direction 2005 (Julius Caesar)
The Hobbit
- 4 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations including Outstanding Production, TYA
The Odyssey
- Winner – Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Production, TYA
- 7 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations
Shakespeare's R&J
- Vancouver Courier: Top 10 pick for Best Theatre of 2006
- Vancouverplays.com: Best of 2006 List
- Vancouverplays.com: Play of the Month – Nov. 2006
- Xtra West Live Performance of the Year Nominee–2006/2007
- 2 Jessie Award Nominations
Titus Andronicus
- Vancouver Courier: Top 10 pick for Best Theatre of 2006
- Vancouverplays.com: Best of 2006 List
- Vancouverplays.com: Play of the Month - March 2006
- 5 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations
Julius Caesar
- Vancouver Courier: Top 10 pick for Best Theatre of 2005
- 2 Jessie Award Richardson Award Nominations
The Tempest
- 1 Jessie Award Nomination
Residencies
- Canadian Stage, BASH
- The Centaur Theatre, Artist in Residence
- The Shaw Festival, The Neil Munro Director's Project