- Jason C. McLean
Jason C. McLean is a
Montreal -based theatrical activist, actor, writer, journalist, and a co-founder of the Internationalinfringement Festival .Born in Montreal in
1977 , McLean has performed on stage, on film and in numerousculture jam s. He has performed inTravesty Theatre 's Dead Dolls Cabaret and Mumbo Jumbo: King Leopold's Opus and played the role of Sean in Tom Fennario's The Legend of Jackie Robinson (Circle K Media Collective)In
2003 , he joinedOptative Theatrical Laboratories and has since performed with this dramatic collective in the long-running theatre experiment Car Stories, the anti-racist deconstruction Sinking Neptune and various guerrilla theatre performances targeting Starbucks, American Apparel and other companies.In
2004 , McLean co-founded theinfringement Festival with fellow Optative membersDonovan King and Gary St-Laurent. The festival is currently in five cities. McLean is an organizer of the international circuit and the annual Montreal event.McLean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from
Concordia University , was the original editor of the now-defunct Indie Theatre Times and Review and has been published in theMontreal Mirror .McLean is a former member of the Quebec Drama Federation board of directors.
Organization
* [http://www.infringementfestival.com/montreal infringement Montreal] 2004 to present
* [http://www.infringementfestival.com infringement International] 2005 to present
* [http://www.optative.net Optative Theatrical Laboratories] 2004 to presentTheatre (limited)
* Car Stories/sCARe Stories Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, New York City (2003-present)
* Sinking Neptune II Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Guelph, Quebec City (2008)
* The Mutilation of San Pedro Frente Ampilio Opositor & Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2007
* Sinking Neptune Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Halifax, Annapolis Royal (2006)
* Rachel's Words: The Words About the Words Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2005
* Dead Dolls Cabaret Travesty Theatre, 1999-2005
* Mumbo, Jumbo: King Leopold's Opus Travesty Theatre, 2002Film and Video (limited)
* Car Stories: The Church of Capitalism Guerilla Video Productions, 2007
* American Apparel: Fake Revolution Guerilla Video Productions, 2006
* Death by Latte CPO Productions, 2005
* The Legend of Jackie Robinson Circle K Productions, 2005Journalism
* [http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2004/090204/news2.html "Staging Dissent" by Jason McLean, Montreal Mirror, September 2, 2004]
References
*cite news
last =Bottenburg
first =Rupert
title =Bad taste on the bill
publisher =Montreal Mirror
date =2001-03-15
url = http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/031501/cover.html
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
last =Nerstruck
first =J. Kelly
title =When the Fringe becomes the main event
publisher =National Post
date =2004-06-15
url = http://www.infringementfestival.com/press/whenthefringe.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
last =Delisle
first =Rania
title =Wild car ride more fringe than Fringe
publisher =Ottawa Citizen
date =2005-07-08
url = http://optative.net/carstories/comments/citizen0708.jpg
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
title = Interview with Jason C. McLean (MP3 format)
publisher =CKUT-FM (McGill University 's radio station)
date =2005-06-06
url = http://www.infringementfestival.com/ckut_interview.mp3
format = MP3 format
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
title = Native Solidarity News interview with Donovan King and Jason C. McLean
publisher =CKUT-FM (McGill University 's radio station)
date =2006-12-05
url = http://www.optative.net/neptune/nativesolidaritynews.mp3
format = MP3 format
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
last =Lejtenyi
first =Patrick
title =Main Claim
publisher =Montreal Mirror
date =2007-03-08
url = http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/030807/front.html
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
last =Smith
first =Wendy
title = Ad trucks leave trail of exhaust and controversy in their wake
publisher =The Tempest (blog) -- "Climate Change News from Journalism Students at Montreal's Concordia University")
date =2007-03-21
url = http://newsisaconversation.blogspot.com/2007/03/ad-trucks-leave-trail-of-exhaust-and.html
accessdate = 2007-11-10
*cite news
last =Lejtenyi
first =Patrick
title =Covering up the Main
publisher =Montreal Mirror
date =2007-08-07
url = http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/080708/news1.html
accessdate = 2008-08-09External links
* [http://www.infringementfestival.com infringement Festival]
* [http://www.optative.net Optative Theatrical Laboratories]
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