JEN (COHEN) SHUBER

ACTRA/ CAEA

DIRECTOR/ CHOREOGRAPHER

 


DIRECTING

   

CLARA'S PIANO (Workshop)

HARD HATS (Workshop)

OXFORD ROOF CLIMBER'S...

...REBELLION (Workshop)

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

CABARET

BRIGADOON

THE MUSIC MAN

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
ANNE GET YOUR GUN (Concert)

 

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

MOLSON CONFERENCE VIDEO

ARTCAST VIDEO

ONTARIO POWER GENERATION...

...AWARDS VIDEO

Assistant Director

Director

Assistant Director

 

Assistant Director

Director

Director

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Assistant Director

Director

Director

Director

Stratford Festival/ Susan Schulman

Scriptlap

Tarragon/ Great Canadian Theatre Co/

Richard Rose

Theatre By The Bay/ Richard Rose

Etobicoke Musical Productions

Etobicoke Musical Productions

Etobicoke Musical Productions

Bathurst Street Theatre

The Great Hall

Gravenhurst/ Capitol/ Gryphon Theatre/

L Smith

Molson

The Bronze Casting Process

Ontario Power Generation

CHOREOGRAPHY

   

EXTRAORDINARY

KOOZA (US/ Canadian Ntl Tour)

ALIAS GODOT

HUMBLE BOY

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

ROMEO & JULIET

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

CAN YOU SEE ME YET

CABARET

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

 

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Concert)

DON'T TELL MAMMA

QUE SERA

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

CINDERELLA'S MAGICAL HOLIDAY

NEW IDEAS FESTIVAL

MILLENNIUM MADNESS SALE

VAMPIRE

JUST JAZZ

CURTAINS UP

RUDDIGORE

PINNOCHIO

DAY JOB CABARET

TORONTO RAPTORS DANCE PAK

WEDDING SOS

'White Men Can't Dance'

DATE MY PLAYLIST 'Dance Dance'

ITALPASTA COMMERCIAL

MESSED SIDE STORY

LEGENDS OF LAMBTON

'Loser Report'

Choreographer

Assistant Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

 

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographic Consultant

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Guest Choreographer

Choreographer

 

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Choreographer

Smile Theatre/ Jim Betts

Cirque Du Soleil/ Clarence Ford

Tarragon Theatre/ Richard Rose

Tarragon Theatre/ Richard Rose

Theatre By The Bay/ Richard Rose

Theatre By The Bay/ Richard Rose

Theatre By The Bay/ Mark Wilson

Theatre By The Bay/ Darryl Cloran

Equity Showcase Theatre/ Jean Morpurgo

Etobicoke Musical Production

Bathurst Street Theatre

Gravenhurst/ Capitol/ Gryphon Theatre/

L Smith

The Great Hall

Buddies In Bad Times/ Vaughn City PHouse

Harry DeJour Playhouse/ NYC

Casa Loma

Casa Loma

Alumnae Theatre

Toronto Fringe Festival (Critics Pick)

Buddies In Bad Times

Betty Oliphant Theatre

The Second City

Leah Posluns Theatre

Imagination Unlimited

George Brown Theatre/ RAPA

Toronto Raptors

Slice TV

 

MTV

Starmedia/ Giacomo Mondcada

System Crash/ YTV

System Crash/ YTV

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

   

MIKE OCKRENT DIRECTING...

...FELLOWSHIP NOMINEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

STAR AWARD NOMINATION

 

 

 

CERTIFIED BALLROOM

INSTRUCTOR

This prestigious fellowship,

created by Susan Stroman,

is presented to a new

generation of gifted emerging

directors who show the

promise & the directional skills

necessary to create theatre

on a Broadway Stage

National Canadian Event

Industry Awards as

Best Entertainment

Producer

DVIDA Pro- American Style

Smooth and Latin

Stage Directors & Choreographers

Foundation, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 

 

 

Cha Cha, Bolero, East Coast Swing,

Merengue, Mambo, West Coast Swing

   

 

 

 

TRAINING/ EDUCATION

   

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

 

INTERLOCHEN ARTS CAMP

STEPS ON BROADWAY

UTA HAGEN MASTERCLASS

ROYAL ACADEMY...

...OF DRAMATIC ARTS

NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL

THEATRE BY DESIGN

(Set Design Workshop)

PRODUCING COMMERCIAL...

...THEATRE WORKSHOP

1990-1995, Bachelor of Fine Arts - Acting/Musical Theatre

Tisch School of the Arts (Cap21, Stella Adler, Strasberg)

Interlochen, MI - 6 Summers (Musical Theatre)

New York, NY- 3 Yr Scholarship

Toronto, ON

London, England - Shakespeare Summer

 

Toronto, ON - 4 Yrs, Full Time Program

Toronto, ON - U of T

 

Commercial Theatre Institute, NY

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2004- Present

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball

Currently responsible for producing live stage shows and interactive events for every Saturday home game.

Performances have included Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go, Doodlebops, Kids' CBC, High School Musical,

Canadian Idol Anthem Competition, Banana's in Pyjamas, The Fairly Odd Parents, Snoopy Live and more.

Produces, manages and choreographs J Force (promotional team and break dancers) and Ace's Jr Jays

(Hip Hop and Acrobatic team) both in-stadium and at a variety of events in the community.

Creative consultant to the Club and Marketing Department. Responsible for hiring and managing approximately

60 people each season including casting Ace's Jr Jays, J Force, Mascot, In Game Host and Jr Jays staff.

Primary person responsible for talent agreements and contracting, production of costumes, associated

marketing materials, related administration and budgeting

 

2002-2004

TOUR PRODUCER AND GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCEFUZION

Produced Fall Entourage Tour 2002, East Coast Tour 2003 and Urban Sweat Tour 2004

Responsible for planning all elelments of the tours each year to Ottawa, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Toronto.

DanceFuzion is a dance convention company employing top choreographers from Canada and the US who tour the

country teaching master classes to groups of up to 100 students in each city. In addition Jen taught master classes in Musical Theatre Dance , Jazz and Hip Hop at the conventions along side Clarence Ford, Rhonda Roberts,

Ted Banfalvi, Terri Beeman, Jeff Amsden, Danny Austin, David Connolly and many others.

 

2000-2002

MANAGING SHOW PRODUCER

Served as managing show producer for contemporary dance artists Julia Sasso, Susanna Hood,

Kate Alton and Eryn Dace Trudell

 

1999-Present

OWNER OF REDHEAD PRODUCTIONS

Has and continutes to produce, direct and choreograph shows for some of the largest, most discerning

corporate clients in North America.

 

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