Jack Paterson

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Jack Paterson is a Canadian actor and director based in Vancouver. He is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York where he produced The Silly Billyz First Folio Workshop Series, Square Pegs Theatre and Full Circle Players. Locally he has performed with The Arts Club, Carousel Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Chemainus Theatre Festival & was a regular performer in Savage God's The Shakespeare Project. He was last seen playing Hitler and Walt Disney in the Firehall Arts Centre's The Blue Light.

He is the recipient of the Ray Michals Award for Outstanding Body of Work by an Emerging Director and been nominated for four Jessie Awards in Outstanding Direction. Most recently, he directed "Moon for the Misbegotten" for United Players and "The Hobbit" for Carousel Theatre.

elected directing credits

* The Hobbit- Carousel Theatre
* Hosanna - Saving Metropolis Collective
* Moon for the Misbegotten - United Players
* Out Like Flynn - Fugue Free Theatre
* The Odyssey - Carousel Theatre
* Banana Boys - Firehall Arts Centre
* Suddenly - Useless Shoe's Co-op
* Shakespeare's R & J - MD Theatre Collective
* Suicide Corporation - BC Buds - Firehall Arts Centre
* Queen of the Amazons - BC Buds - Firehall Arts Centre
* Titus Andronicus - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
* Julius Caesar - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
* Henry 6 Parts 2 & 3 Savage God: The Shakespeare Project
* The Tempest - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
* The Real Inspector Hound - Esdecy Arts & Presentation House
* A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Mad Duck Theatre Collective
* Not About Nightingales: A staged reading- Mad Duck Theatre Collective
* 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)

elected theatre performances

* "The Blue Light" - Adolf Hitler/ Walt Disney (The Firehall Arts Centre/Donna Spenser)
* "The Oresteia: The Agamemnon" - The Chorus (PAL Benifit/ Torquil Campbell)
* "Spice of Life 4" - Cumin/ Curry (Husky Guy.& Novus Pro/ Maryth Gilroy)
* "The Party" - Hitler in a Dress (One Crazy French Man/ Jacques Lalonde)
* "Tis Pity She's a Whore" - Soranzo (Ensemble Theatre/ Tariq Leslie)
* "The Rivals" - Bob Acres (Restoration Project/ Bill Millerd)
* "A Streetcar Named Desire" - Pablo/ Ensemble (Chemainus Theatre Festival/ Jeremy Tow)
* "Of Mice & Men" - Slim (Mice & Men-Tors Equity Co-op/ Bert Steinmanis)
* "Othello" - Ensemble (The Arts Club Theatre/ John Cooper)

Awards and nominations

Recipient of:
* The Ray Michals Award for 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 Hobbit
* 4 Jessie Richardson Award Nominations including Outstanding Production, TYA

The Odyssey
* Winner – Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding Production, TYA
* 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
* Vancouverplays.com: 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
* Vancouverplays.com: 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

External links

Jack Paterson Webpage [http://www3.telus.net/john_paterson]

Mad Duck Theatre Collective Website [http://www3.telus.net/john_paterson/mdindex.html]

The Odyssey Reviews

The Georgia Straight [http://www.straight.com/article-86426/the-odyssey]

Shakespeare's R&J Reviews

Vancouverplays.com [http://www.vancouverplays.com/theatre/reviews_theatre/review_romeo_juliet_2006.shtml]

Titus Andronicus Reviews

The Georgia Straight [http://www.straight.com/article/titus-andronicus]

Vancouverplays.com [http://www.vancouverplays.com/theatre/reviews_theatre/review_titus_andronicus_2006.html]

Julius Caesar Reviews

The Georgia Straight [http://www.straight.com/article/caesar-haunts-with-moral-ambiguity]

Vancouverplays.com [http://www.vancouverplays.com/theatre/reviews_theatre/review_julius_caesar_2005.htm]