Jack Paterson

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Jack Paterson
Born John Paterson
(1974-05-25) May 25, 1974
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Director, damaturg, actor, coach

John "Jack" Paterson (born May 25, 1974) is a Canadian director, dramaturg, actor and theatre creator who works across the country. His favourite credits include directing the instillation of The List (BoucheWHACKED!), the site specific The Women of Troy (Canadian Stage) and F. Garcia Lorca’s The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa (Shaw Festival); production dramaturgy on the English language premiere of H. Muller’s Mabeth: nach Shakespeare; and playing Adolf Hitler and Walt Disney in The Blue Light (Firehall Arts Centre) and Scheffler in The Ugly One (Plan B Collective).

He is the founder of multi-award winning Mad Duck Theatre Collective for whom he adapted and directed Coriolanus, the Vancouver premieres of Shakespeare’s R&J and Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar and Vancouver’s first female Prospero in The Tempest. Other directing credits include The Hobbit and The Odyssey (Carousel Theatre) and Banana Boys (Firehall Arts Centre). A graduate of Circle in the Square (NYC), he has performed with The Arts Club, Chemainus Theatre and as a regular performer in Savage God’s The Shakespeare Projects.

Jack was recently completed a series of Artistic Director Residencies with the mandate of Three Provinces, Three Companies and Three Mandates with Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal (Quebec), Theatre Conspiracy (B.C.) and The Magnetic North Theatre Festival (Ontario/ Alberta). He is currently the Co- Artistic Producer of BoucheWHACKED!, the West Coast Ambassador for Playwrights Workshop Montreal and an Associate Artist with Theatre Conspiracy. His work has been nominated for over twenty Jessie Richardson Awards including four for Outstanding Direction and two for Outstanding Production. He is the recipient of the Ray Michal Outstanding Body of Work by an Emerging Director Award.

Selected Directing

Selected Directing Credits: Classical

Selected Directing Credits: New Works and Translations

Selected Directing Credits: TYA

Selected Directing Credits: Modern Classics

Non Theatre or Cross Disciplinary:

Staged Readings:

Youth and Outreach Programs:

Selected Assistant Directing Credits:

Selected Dramaturgy

Workshop and Production Dramaturg:

Theatre Conspiracy/ Gas Heart - English Language Premiere

Selected Development Workshops:

Playwrights’ Workshop Montreal, Associate Dramaturg:

PWM Translation Workshops:

Currently:

Selected Theatre Performances

Awards and Nominations

Recipient of:

Jessie Richardson Award Nominations:

The Hobbit

The Odyssey

Shakespeare's R&J

Titus Andronicus

Julius Caesar

The Tempest

Residencies and Development

Artistic Director Mentorship 2011/ 2012:�Three Provinces, Three Mandates, Three Companies

The 2011/ 2012 season was dedicated to developing a working understanding of the diverse artistic and administrative theatre production, presentation and development practices of Canadian Theatre. Each company presented a different form Canadian Theatre production. The residencies included New Play Development, Production and curation of a National Festival, meeting with Artists, PACT Meetings, Season Budgeting and Programing, Grant Writing and Fundraising, Board Development and Management.

BASH Emerging Director Residency 2010, Canadian Stage (Toronto, Ontario)

BASH! is Canadian Stage's program for professional directors to explore approaches to contemporary performance practice, production and administration. The 2010 focus was on directing large-scale works.

Artist in Residence 2009, The Centaur Theatre (Montreal, Quebec)

Two months were spent with Executive Artistic Director Roy Surette and General Manager Chuck Childs researching the roles and responsibilities of the AD and administrative team of large regional theatre.

Neil Munro Directors’ Project 2009, The Shaw Festival (Niagara on the Lake, Ontario)

Each season, the Shaw Festival hires two promising professional directors in an extended residency. Jack was the assistant director on Eda Holmes’ In Good King George’s Golden Days, Tadeusz Bradecki’s The Devil Disciple and Jackie Maxwell’s workshop of The Centerville Ghost. Additionally, Jack lead Audience pre-show chats, took part in Shaw Academy and ran an informal play reading serird. The residency finalised by directing The Love of Don Perlimplin with the Shaw company.

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