| Une Parcelle de moi…/A Glimpse of Me… by Peter Owusu-Ansah, Ali Saeedi, Tiphaine Girault
Spill Propagation Espace René-Provost, Gatineau
Soliciting Temptation by Erin Shields
Tarragon Theatre 2013/2014 Season
The Taming of the Shrew (20 minute excerpt) by William Shakespeare
The Stratford Festival – Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction
Tyumen, Then by Adam Underwood
Groundwater Productions – Neanderthal Festival Vancouver East Cultural Centre
October Theatre – Specially selected by the Toronto Fringe Festival – Robert Gill Theatre
Top Five Artists to Watch – NOW Magazine
The School for Wives (20 minute excerpt) by Molière
The Stratford Festival – Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction
|
| The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski by Erin Shields Groundwater Productions
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace / Canadian Tour:
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg – FemFest • Metro Studio, Victoria – UNO Festival
Factory Theatre Studio – Fringe • Diesel Theatre – Best of the Fringe
Dora Nomination: Outstanding Performance
NOW Magazine Roundup – Outstanding Director & Outstanding Production
| The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski by Erin Shields Groundwater Productions
Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace / Canadian Tour:
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Winnipeg – FemFest • Metro Studio, Victoria – UNO Festival
Factory Theatre Studio – Fringe • Diesel Theatre – Best of the Fringe
Dora Nomination: Outstanding Performance
NOW Magazine Roundup – Outstanding Director & Outstanding Production
|
| Wireless by Andrea Donaldson, Gil Garrett & The Ensemble
The Blyth Festival Theatre – Young Company
What’s Your Nature? by Andrea Donaldson & The Ensemble
The Blyth Festival Theatre – Young Company
|
| Garden by Andrea Donaldson
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Rhubarb! Festival
|
| Crack by Rob Baker
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Rhubarb! Festival
& The Office – Vancouver, BC
|
| The Possibilities by Howard Barker
Factory Studio Theatre – Summerworks |
ASSITANT DIRECTING AND ASSISTANT DESIGN
| Flesh and Other Fragments of Love by Evelyne de la Chenelière translated by Linda Gaboriau
Assistant Director, Directed by Richard Rose at Tarragon Theatre
Othello by William Shakespeare
Assistant Director, Directed by Chris Abraham at The Stratford Festival
The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
Assistant Director, Directed by Chris Abraham at The Stratford Festival
A God in Need of Help (Workshop Presentation) by Sean Dixon
Assistant Director, Directed by Richard Rose at Tarragon Theatre
The Eyes of Heaven by Beverly Cooper
Assistant Director and Actor, Directed by Gina Wilkinson at The Blyth Festival
|
| Abattoir by Karen & Allen Kaeja, Fides Krucker, Edgardo Moreno, Jason Sherman
Dramaturgical Support and Text Director, Kaeja d’Dance – Premiere Dance Theatre
|
| MIS-Understood by The Ensemble
Co-Directed with Erin Shields for Theatre Revolve at Factory Studio Theatre
|
| The Drawer Boy by Michael Healey
Assistant Director, Directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones at Theatre Passe Muraille |
|
| Nod by Rick Roberts
Assistant Director (of three development phases), Directed by Jacquie Thomas, Factory Theatre |
|
| Escape from Happiness by George F Walker
Design Assistant to Shawn Kerwin (Theatre Ontario – PTTP Grant), Directed by Ken Gass at Factory Theatre
|
| Bloom by Guillermo Verdecchia
Design Assistant to David Skelton (Theatre Ontario – PTTP Grant), Directed by Soheil Parsa, The Theatre Centre
|
|
DIRECTING – readings/staged readings/Workshops
Mustard by Kat Sandler, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
In the Tongues of Men by Rachel Blair, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
Other Jesus by Evan Webber, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
Common by Marie Beath Badian, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
I will miss you when you are gone by Jessica Moss, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
On This Day by Alex Haber, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
Model Wanted by Step Taylor, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week (upcoming)
The Lady Hamlet by Sarah Shulman, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre WORLD PRIDE
Mistatim by Erin Shields, Red Sky Performance
Within the Glass by Anna Chatterton, Tarragon Theatre
The Enchanted Loom by Suvendrini Lena, Nightwood Theatre
Happy Place by Haley McGee, Tarragon Theatre and George Brown Theatre School
El Retorno by Marilo Nunez, Tarragon Theatre and George Brown Theatre School
Wormwood by Andrew Kushner, Tarragon Theatre and George Brown Theatre School
Left, Right? by Adam Paolozza, Tarragon Theatre and George Brown Theatre School
Cake and Dirt by Daniel MacIvor, Tarragon Theatre and George Brown Theatre School
Sands by Marcel-Romain Therriault & Translated by Jo-Anne Elder, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week
Skin to Skin by Ines Buchli, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week
The Benefit by Matthew MacKenzie, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week
Ordinary Genius by Tracey Power, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week
Late Company by Jordan Tannahill, Tarragon Theatre Play Reading Week
Soliciting Temptation by Erin Shields, Tarragon Theatre WorkSpace
Sleeptalker by Jill Battson, The Theatre Centre
|
|
Finding Alice Project by the Ensemble, SPiLL Propagation
|
|
Pullyupullus by Tololwa Mollel, Foundry Theatre
|
|
Mourning Amsterdam by Michelle Polak and Thomas Morgan Jones
|
|
The Tempest and the Birch Tree by Jonathon Kline, Toronto Fringe Winner 24-hour Playwrights Competition |
|
|
|
I Flushed My Lover Down the Loo by Erin Shields, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Strange Sisters Cabaret |
|
|
DEVISED WORK – Creator/performer
Switched By Anna Chatterton – Buzz Festival (2010 & 2011) Theatre Passe Muraille
Directed by Allyson McMackon
| Housebound By Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Marie Beath Badian, Maev Beaty, Anna Chatterton, Clare Preuss,
Erin Shields, Jenny Young, Andrea Donaldson
|
| And by the Way, Miss Created by URGE with the Ensemble – Theatre Direct Canada
Director: URGE (Fides Krucker, Katherine Duncanson, Marie-Josée Chartier, Linda C Smith)
Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance and Outstanding Production
|
| Living Room By Andrea Donaldson, Laura Quigley, Jacob Spencer – seventeenth floor performance company
Havana Theatre & Granville Island, Vancouver; SONIC BOOM, Toronto; Mansion, Victoria
|
| Shhh… By Andrea Donaldson, Heather Lindsay, Laura Quigley – seventeenth floor performance company
The Poor Alex, Toronto; Bats Theatre, New Zealand; Studio 16, Vancouver |
|
ARTISTIC DIRECTION/LEADERSHIP
- Current Assistant Artistic Director at Tarragon Theatre 2012-2015
- Current Program Director for Write From the Hip at Nightwood Theatre 2014/2015 Season
- Associate Artist of Groundwater Productions 2006-present
- Associate Artist Director for Directors’ Lab North at Tarragon Theatre 2012/2013/2014
- Assistant Artistic Director at Theatre Gargantua 2001-2003
- Associate Producer Rumble Productions Vancouver, under Norman Armour 2000
- Committee Indie Theatre Trade Forum 2002 & 2003
- Harbourfront Ambassador for World Stage 2009/2010
- Co-founder & Co-Artistic Director, seventeenth floor performance Vancouver 2000-2002
TEACHING/GUEST ARTIST EXPERIENCE
- Tarragon Theatre • George Brown Theatre School • Paprika Festival • Carlos Bulosan Theatre – Playwrights’ Unit
- The Blyth Festival Theatre – Young Company • Nightwood Theatre – Write from the Hip
- Theatre Revolve – Mentorship & Direction • Centre for Indigenous Theatre – Movement
- Oasis Alternative School (At Risk Youth Initiative through Paprika) • Central Tech Collegiate Institute
TRAINING
- BFA-THEATRE School for Contemporary Arts – Simon Fraser University
- Michael Langham Workshop in Classical Direction – The Stratford Festival
- Peter Hinton – Masterclass for Directors – Magnetic North
- SITI Company – New York City – Suzuki & Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints Canada Council Professional Development Grant
- Video Cabaret – Black Box Sessions – Directing
- Directors’ Lab North
MISCELLANEOUS
- Recipient Jean Gascon Directing Award – The Stratford Festival
- Dora Award winner, and nominations for projects including Outstanding New Play, Production, Performance, Costume & Set Design
- Extensive experience in new play development with numerous companies and independent artists.
- Nomination –John Hirsch Directing Award 2008 & 2011
- Nomination – Gina Wilkinson Emerging Female Director Award 2011 & 2012
- Theatre Direct Canada – Playwright in Residence 2006/2007
- Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – Antechamber Playwrights’ Unit 2004/2005
|
Andrea Donaldson 