Jack Paterson - click here for pdf
 
• Experienced with directing small (2) and large casts (20).
• Experienced with small (50 seats) to large (975 seats) venues.
• Experienced with directing for proscenium, thrust and round stages.
• Director with a solid training and background in classical and modern theatre.
• Strong Understanding of Meisner, Adler, Strasburg & Chekhov Techniques, Accent, Voice and Movement Work.
• Experience in Production, Stage Management, Prop and Sound Design, Set Dec. and Building, Fight Choreography, Dramaturgy and Acting.
   
DIRECTOR  
The Hobbit Carousel Theatre for Young Audiences
Hosanna Saving Metropolis Collective
Moon for the Misbegotten United Players
Out Like Flynn Fugue Free Theatre
The Odyssey* Carousel Theatre for Young Audiences
Banana Boys Firehall Arts Centre
Suddenly Useless Shoe's Co-op
Shakespeare's R & J* MD Theatre Collective
The Unbreakable Popsicle Stick Gang One Crazy French Man Productions
How I Made Love to the Man with No Legs Walking Fish Festival
Suicide Corporation BC Buds - Firehall Arts Centre
Queen of the Amazons BC Buds - Firehall Arts Centre
Titus Andronicus* Mad Duck Equity Co-op
Selling Radio (Staged Reading) Construction Inc.
School Inc Liltramp Theatre
Julius Caesar * Mad Duck Equity Co-op
Henry 6 Parts 2 & 3 Savage God: The Shakespeare Project

The Tempest*

Mad Duck Equity Co-op
Fool for Love Evenflow Productions
The Real Inspector Hound Esdecy Arts & Presentation House
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mad Duck Theatre
Hombres Theatre in the Raw
Not About Nightingales: A staged reading Mad Duck Theatre
Beer, Sex & Dinosaurs: Ghost Stories Mad Duck Theatre
Macbeth Square Pegs (NYC)
The Tempest Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
The Merchant of Venice Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
Loves Labor’s Lost Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
Measure for Measure 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 It Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Silly Billyz Workshop Series (NYC)

 

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
Recipient of :
The Ray Michal Award: 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 Odyssey
Winner – Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Production, TYA 2007
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/ 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/ 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

 
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR    
The Amorous Adventures of Anatol Playhouse Theatre Morris Panych
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Carousel Theatre Carole Higgins (Van.)
Treasure Island Carousel Theatre Chris McGregor (Van.)
Loves Labor's Lost Savage God John Juliani (Van.)
A Midsommer Night's Dream Savage God John Juliani (Van.)
     
RELEVANT WORK HISTORY
 
Actor
Over 70 productions including The Arts Club, Bard on the Beach, Carousel Theatre and Off- Broadway(NYC)

Selected Credits - Producer
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Mad Duck Theatre (Van.)
The Lesson: A Marathon Event - Random Pro. (Van.)
The Balcony - Full Circle Players (NY)

Selected Credits - Instructor
Carousel Theatre Teen Summer Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet - Head Instructor
Carousel Theatre Teen Summer Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing - Head Instructor
Carousel Theatre Teen Summer Shakespeare - Comedy of Errors - Head Instructor
Carousel Theatre Teen Summer Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Instructor

Selected Credits – Stage Manager
Keith & Margo's Murder Mystery Dinners - Murder Mystery Canada (Van.)
Much Adoe About Nothing - Savage God Theatre (Van.)
Beauty & the Beast, In a Garden - Opera Breve (Van.)

Selected Credits – Technician
Diary of Anne Frank - Carousel Theatre (Van.)
Where's Charlie? - Metro Theatre (Van.)

 
EDUCATION
 
F/T Training: Circle in the Square Theatre School Professional Workshop - New York, NY,
2 Year Diploma, 1 Year Performance:
Voice, Speech & Dialects: Andrea Haring, Lucille Rubin, PhD., Leigh Dillon, K.C. Ligon Singing Technique & interpretation: F. Wade Russo
Dance, Movement & Mask: Nora Kasarda, Jonah Emsig, Moni & Mina Yakim
Stage Combat: B.H. Barry
Shakespeare & Text Analysis: Ed Berkeley
Acting Technique & Scene Study: Jacqueline Brooks, Terese Hayden, Alan Langdon & Jon Stix
School for Film and television (3-week intensive) - New York, NY
 
REFERENCES
 
Neil Freeman - Editor of Applause First Folio Shakespeare Texts - (604) 822-4349
Donna Wong Juliani - General Manger of Savage God Theatre - (604) 921-7144
Carole Higgins - Artistic Director of Carousel Theatre - (604) 669-3410
 
 


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