KELLY STRAUGHAN

CAEA

DIRECTOR

 

THEATRE

   

2010 - Present

2006 - Present

2007-2010

Associate Artistic Director

Artistic Director

Assistant Artistic Director

Nightwood Theatre

Seventh Stage Theatre Productions

Tarragon Theatre

DIRECTING

   

WITCHES

THE LIST

OR,

THIS IS ABOUT THE PUSH

9 PARTS OF DESIRE*

THE RED QUEEN EFFECT**

LITTLE PRINCE

SOULLESS

SCORCHED

BRIGHT ROOM CALLED DAY

WAKE

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

TIME BOMB

WHALE MUSIC

WHALERIDERS

FOUR SINGLE PEOPLE

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

THE CHERRY ORCHARD

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY

COURTING

LOONEY BIN

BULLY

ASLEEP IN THE WIND

WANDA'S VISIT

THE BELLES OF LARKSPUR

GREETINGS

 

*Dora Nomination -

Best Performance Ensemble

**Dora Nomination -

Costume Design

Director

Assistant Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Assistant Director

Director

Director

Assistant Director

Director/ Playwright

Assistant Director/ Producer

Curator

Director

Director

Assistant Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Director

Assistant Director

Assistant Director

University of Toronto Theatre Program

Nightwood Theatre

Seventh Stage/ SummerWorks

Seventh Stage/ Toronto Fringe

Seventh Stage/ Theatre Centre

Seventh Stage/ Next Stage Festival

Resurgence Theatre

505 Productions/ Factory Studio

Tarragon Theatre/ Richard Rose

Theatre Best Before/ Equity Showcase

Toronto Fringe Festival

CanStage/ ahdri zhina mandiela

Toronto Fringe Festival

Seventh Stage/ Rosemary Dunsmore

Seventh Stage Theatre

Playwrights Theatre Centre

Frederick Wood Theatre (UBC)

Telus Studio Theatre/ Stephen Heatley

Frederick Wood Theatre (UBC)

Dorothy Somerset Studio (UBC)

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Toronto Fringe Festival

Telus Studio Theatre (UBC)

Theatre Erindale

On The Fringe Festival/ Mississauga

Theatre Orangeville/ David Nairn

Theatre In Port/ Diane Proctor

DRAMATURGY

   

TARRAGON PLAYWRIGHT

UNIT ('07-'10)

RED QUEEN EFFECT

WAKE

FOUR SINGLE PEOPLE

OMIGAWD

COURTING

LOONEY BIN

 

Dramaturge

Director/ Dramaturge

Director/ Dramaturge

Dramaturge

Dramaturge

Dramaturge

Dramaturge

 

Tarragon Theatre

Next Stage Theatre Festival

Toronto Fringe Festival

Playwright's Thaetre Centre/ Vancouver

Toronto Fringe Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival

Toronto Fringe Festival

   

 

 

 

EDUCATION

   

Masters in Theatre Directing University of British Columbia
*Recipient of University Graduate Fellowship
*Recipient of John Brockington Scholarship
*Recipient of Entrance scholarship

 

Honours B.A from the University of Toronto
* Recipient of the U of T Book Award for Academic Excellence

 

AWARDS

 
*2010 Now Magazine’s Best Ensemble, Best Director, Best Production

* 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival Patrons Pick and Best of the Fringe (Wake).
* Now Magazine’s Best Director for Wake
* 2007 Toronto Fringe Festival Patrons Pick (Timebomb)
* Now Magazine’s Best Ensemble and Best Director (Timebomb)
* Recipient of Theatre Ontario Professional Theatre Training Grant in 2004 and 2007
* Recipient of Alan Lund Scholarship for directing from Drayton Entertainment.
* Recipient of Maud Whitmore Scholarship for directing from The Charlottetown Festival
* Recipient of John Brockington Scholarship at UBC
* Recipient of University Graduate Fellowship at UBC
* Elected to the Canadian Actors Equity Association Ontario Council.

 

 

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