CURRICULUM VITAE

JAMIE ROBINSON ACTRA/EQUITY www.jamierobinson.ca

Height: 5’10” Weight: 175 Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Voice: Tenor Ethnicity: Mixed

Agency: Noble Caplan Abrams Representation By: Rachel Neville-Fox [email protected] Phone: 416-920-5385

CURRENTLY

Fall 2019 Director, “Copy That” (World Premier), Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario.

2018-present Course Director, DRS 422H, Contemporary Scene Study, Toronto, Ontario.

University of Toronto Mississauga 4th year graduate course includes twelve, three- hour studio sessions with 19 students, focussing on further development of text, voice and movement work for contemporary plays.

2016-present Instructor, THEA 1520 Acting for Non-Majors, Toronto, Ontario.

York University elective course for students, up to twenty-five enrolled. Twelve, three hour acting sessions including text, voice and movement work for improvisation, scene study and monologue presentations.

2017-present Instructor, Intro to On Camera Acting, Armstrong Acting Studio, Toronto, Ontario.

Six, three-hour studio sessions with 14 students ages 19-35, focussing on technical camera framing of an actor and practical text work for auditions.

2016-present Guest Artist, Shakespeare-In-Action Library Workshops for kids, Toronto, Ontario.

Six, two-hour Shakespeare classes for children aged 7-12, describing the fundamentals of Shakespeare in a fun and Theatrical manner by taking the words off the page and into their mouths.

2019-present Artistic Consultant, Guild Festival Theatre, Scarborough, Ontario.

Guiding the vision and maintaining the core values of the Guild Festival’s outdoor summer classical theatre shows in Guildwood Park, with responsibility for choice of plays, casting, technical recruitment and other production related matters.

2014-present Writer, “The Queen’s Bush”, Blyth, Ontario.

With support from Blyth Festival Theatre, initial research and a first draft script was completed investigating a tract of land in the Wellington, Ontario area, once home to a thriving Black Community from the 1840’s to 1850’s. Jamie Robinson

2013-present Guest Artist, Shakesperience Workshops for Youth, Toronto, Ontario.

A one hour Master Shakespeare class for students grades 10-12, describing the fundamentals of making Shakespeare relevant and compelling by taking the words off the page and onto the classroom stage.

2011-present Producer/Co-Founder, Metachroma Theatre, , .

A Theatre Company addressing the under-representation of visible minority actors in Canadian Theatre; challenging current perceptions by telling stories with a diverse cast in order to normalize the presence of these artists on stage. www.metachroma.com.

DIRECTING/PRODUCING/WRITING

GUILD FESTIVAL THEATRE Artistic Director 2015-2019/Scarborough, ON. SCOTIAN JOURNEY Director BTW/World Premier, QC. Tour 365 DAYS 365 PLAYS Director UofT Mississauga/Erindale Studio SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Director Guild Festival Theatre/Outdoor Park BLACK LIVES, BLACK WORDS Director Buddies in Bad Times/Rhubarb Fest. THE CATERERS Director Obsidian Theatre/Public Workshop LE DEVIL’S CANOE Director Springworks Festival/Stratford, ON. ROMEO AND JULIET Director Guild Festival Theatre/Outdoor Park ISLAND THUNDER Director Obsidian Theatre/Public Workshop VENUS Director York U./ Thesis Production HENRY VI, PARTS 1 & 2 Director York U./ Student Production LOVE AND INFORMATION Director York U./ Student Production THE GATHERING “FAITH” Director York U./ Student Devised OUT OF THIS WORLD Director Blyth Festival/Young Company Assistant Director Canadian Stage/Keira Loughran PENELOPIAD Director York U./ Student Production HIS POOR NOSE FROZE Director York U./ Student Devised TOUGH! Director York U./ Student Production THE GATHERING “HOME” Director York U./Student Devised EATING POMEGRANATES NAKED Director Obsidian Theatre/Public Workshop THE TANK RANGE PROJECT Co-Writer/Director GBAC/Meaford Hall BEAUTIFUL JOE Co-Producer GBAC/Stratford Springworks Fest THE EPISTLE OF TIGHTROPE TIME Producer WOLP/Tarragon Theatre Workshop THE GOOD SOUL OF SZECHWAN Co-Director GBAC/Blyth Festival Youth DRIVING MISS DAISY Co-Producer GBAC/Meaford Hall 100 MILE PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVAL Co-Producer/Writer GBAC/Meaford Hall CYNTHIA DALE CHRISTMAS CONCERT Co-Producer GBAC/Meaford Hall LION, WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Co-Producer GBAC/Grey-Bruce School Tour ST. PATRICK’S MURDER MYSTERY Co-Director/Producer GBAC/Dam Pub, Thornbury WESTERN MURDER MYSTERY Co-Director/Producer GBAC/Meaford Port

THEATRE ACTING

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Benedick Canadian Stage/Liza Balkin MEASURE FOR MEASURE Provost Canadian Stage/Severn Thompson RISKY PHIL (*Dora Winner) Junior YPT/Stewart Arnott CAKE Oba Theatre Passe Muraille/Claire Preuss COMEDY OF ERRORS Antipholus WCT/Theatre Aquarius/Daryl Cloran Jamie Robinson

CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG… Various MTC/Citadel/Heidi Malazdrewich OBJECTIONS TO SEX & VIOLENCE Terry Praxis-Fevergraph/Michael Wheeler FORNES x2 Man/Lloyd Theatre Asylum/Jennifer Capraru GARRISON’S GARAGE Bert Blyth Festival/Peter Smith BEYOND THE FARM SHOW (*Co-Writer) Various Blyth Festival/Severn Thompson RICHARD III Richard III Metachroma Theatre/Joel Miller THE HEARING OF JEREMY HINZMAN Chuck Wiley Foundry Theatre/Richard Greenblatt ANGELS IN AMERICA PART I Belize WJT/Christopher Brauer ANGELS IN AMERICA PART II Belize Winnipeg Jewish Theatre WEST INDIAN DIARY Reggie Ground Zero Prods/Philip Akin SPEEDINESS OF JAMIE CAVANAUGH Rock/Dad/Principal Roseneath/Richard Greenblatt ROMEO & JULIET Tybalt Canadian Stage/Vikkie Anderson EL NUMERO UNO Ras Onelove/Beast LKTYP/Ahdri Zhina Mandiela GAS GIRLS (*Dora Nomination) Chick’n New Harlem/Philip Adams LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Jesus Birdland Theatre/David Ferry DEN OF THIEVES Paul Surface/underground/Peter Pasyk MEDEA Understudy Jason MTC/Mirvish/Miles Potter TOUCH THE SKY Caesar LKTYP/Allen McInnis A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Oberon/Theseus Resurgence Theatre/David Ferry ESCAPE FROM HAPPINESS Stevie Factory Theatre/Ken Gass THE ROCHDALE PROJECT (*Co-Writer) Daddio Theatre Passe Muraille/Simon Heath Prince of Morocco /Richard Rose As Cast Stratford Festival/Brian Bedford EDWARD II Gaveston Stratford Festival/Richard Monette CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Brightie Stratford Festival/Richard Monette ORPHEUS DESCENDING As Cast Stratford Festival/Miles Potter The Painter/Cast Stratford Festival/Stephen Ouimette CYMBELINE Caius Lucius Stratford Festival/David Latham KING JOHN Chatillon/Cast Stratford Festival/ Antoni Cimilino ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Alexas Stratford Festival/Martha Henry TROILUS & CRESSIDA Achilles Stratford Festival/Richard Monette THE BIRDS Chorus/Inspector Stratford Festival/ Nikos Dionysios FILTHY RICH Jamie Blyth Festival/Linda Moore DRAWER BOY Miles Blyth Festival/Eric Coates CORKER Corker Blyth Festival/Ross Manson STOLEN LIVES Various Blyth Festival/Linda Moore PEEP SHOW Ensemble Buddies In Bad Times/Kelly Thorton THE CLAIRVOYANT Kaz Guardian Spring/Brian Richmond THE REDISCOVERY OF SEX (*Co-Writer) Ensemble Alianak Prods/Paul Thompson SPRING AWAKENING Otto Equity Showcase/Ed Gass-Donnelly HOW COULD YOU MRS. DICK Keith Theatre Aquarius/Brian Richmond AUDITION Actor Summerworks 99/Michelle George SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Paul Theatre Aquarius/Max Reimer BETTER LIVING Junior Factory Theatre/George F. Walker GULAG / STEEL KISS Jack Buddies in Bad Times/Sarah Stanley ROMEO & JULIET Tybalt Canadian Stage/Josephine LeGrice ANNE Gilbert Blythe YPT/Patricia Vanstone OTHER SIDE OF THE CLOSET (*Dora) Justin YPT/Youtheatre/Michel Lefebvre ROMEO & JULIET Romeo Repercussion Theatre/Jack Langedijk TAMING OF THE SHREW Gremio Rep. Theatre/Barbara Poggemiller Sylvius Repercussion Theatre/Cas Anvar COMEDY OF ERRORS Egeon Repercussion Theatre/Jack Langedijk INTO THE WOODS Wolf /Corey Castle Jamie Robinson

THE ST.NICHOLAS HOTEL William Concordia University/Peter Smith NORWEGIAN DRAMA Ibsen Concordia U./Ed Gass-Donnelly MEASURE FOR MEASURE Isabella Concordia University/Eileen Sproule ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Menas Centaur Theatre/Maurice Podbrey A CHRISTMAS CAROL Xmas Present Geordie Prods./Elsa Bolam A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Mitch Tarragon Arts Fair/Andy McKim COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE Pierrot Toronto Island/John Glossop ______FILM AND TELEVISION ACTING

HUDSON & REX Principal Rogers/Sherren Lee BELIEVE ME Principal Feature/Jim Donovan PRIVATE EYES Principal Global/Eleanore Lindo IN CONTEMPT Principal BET/Sudz Sutherland FALLING WATER Principal Universal/Christoph Schrewe CONDOR Recurring DirecTV/Various Directors CONVICTION Principal ABC/Liz Friedlander THE EXPANSE Principal SyFy/Showcase/Kenneth Fink SAVING HOPE Principal CTV/Peter Wellington ROGUE Principal Rogue 3 Prod./Larysa Kondracki THE RICK MERCER REPORT Principal CBC/Henry Sarwer-Foner MURDOCH MYSTERIES Principal Shaftesbury/Harvey Crossland AGAINST THE WALL Principal NBC/Vincent Misiano KEVIN HILL Principal UPN/CBC/Milan Cheylov CELLAR DWELLERS Support Working Class Films/Rob Chalmers CELESTE IN THE CITY Support Touchstone/ABC/Larry Shaw SUE THOMAS: F.B.EYE Principal PAX/Larry McLean 11TH HOUR Principal CTV/Kelly Makin CROSSING THE LINE Principal Lifetime/Graeme Clifford ODYSSEY 5 Principal Columbia/Showtime/Randy Zisk NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Principal Disney Cable/Nick Castle WITCHBLADE Featured Principal TNT/Warner Bros/Neil Fearnley THE FRATERNITY Support Universal Studios/Sidney J Furie AND NEVER LET HER GO Actor Pebblehut/CBS/Peter Levin EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT Principal Alliance Atlantis/Rod Pridy DEAR AMERICA Actor Scholastic Entertainment

2000-2001 Professional Reader for Casting Directors Jon Comerford; Tina Gerussi

VOICE-OVER

THE MUSIC THIEF Saxophone Guy Pandora Productions TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Achilles CBC/Stratford Festival Series

COMMERCIALS

LABBAT BLUE Support “Avalanche” (Featuring Jason Jones) HARVEYS Support NISSAN Support

Jamie Robinson

SPECIAL SKILLS

Accents: West Indian, African, Southern, British, Middle Eastern, Spanish. Stage Combat: Hand-to-hand, Sword, Broadsword, Rapier, Dagger, Spear, Shields. Mask, Juggling, Mime, Violin playing, Cycling, Drivers License (auto/manual), Swimming, Golf, Baseball. ______AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2018 *Toronto Dora Award Winner for Outstanding Performance, Theatre for Young Audiences 2017 Writer publication, Intermission online magazine, “Observations from a Diverse Panelist” 2014/2015 Ontario Arts Council Creator Reserve Grant for Playwriting 2014 Lawrence Heisey Award for outstanding academic achievement in Fine Arts, York U. 2013 Montreal English Theatre Award Nomination for Best Male Performance 2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship for York University Graduate Studies 2010 Toronto Dora Award Nomination for Best Male Performance, Independent Theatre 2007 Stratford Festival Tyrone Guthrie Award for Professional Development 2005 Stratford Festival Tyrone Guthrie Award for Travel Development 2003 Stratford Festival Tyrone Guthrie Award for Playwright Development 1998 Toronto Dora Award for Best Ensemble, Youth Theatre

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2013-2015 Masters in Theatre Directing with emphasis in Teaching, York University, Toronto.

A two year full-time intensive program incorporating eight directing projects, teaching first year acting courses and taking a variety of graduate level theatre courses. The Masters thesis was a production mounted in the spring of 2015.

Teaching Acting Supervisor: Mark Wilson Teaching Acting: Melee Hutton Teaching Mask: Paul Lampert Viewpoints Movement: Michael Greyeyes Theatre History: Ross Stuart, Peter McKinnon, Teresa Przbylski Directing: Paul Lampert, Ines Buchli Design: Julia Tribe, Shawn Kerwin Theatre Sustainability: Ian Garrett

2014-2015 Director, Sustainable Theatre Rehearsal Process, New York, NY & Toronto, ON.

Working in conjunction with a New York sustainable technology company “Scriptopia”, to implement a paperless rehearsal process from beginning to end.

2013 Professional Actors Lab. On-Camera Acting, Toronto. Director: John Gordon.

2011 DAREarts Foundation Inc. Artist Teacher Training for at-risk youth, Toronto. Director: Genevieve Anthony

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2007-2011 Stratford Festival of , Teacher-Artist Workshops.

2006-2007 Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Training, Stratford, Ontario. Director: David Latham. Performance/Text: David Latham, Ian Watson, Bernard Hopkins Shakespeare: Martha Henry, Nancy Benjamin, Susie Turnbull Voice: Jeanine Pearson, Anne Skinner Movement: Kelly McEvenue, Leslie French, Frank Bach, Anne Skinner Commedia Dell’Arte: Perry Schneiderman Mask: David Latham Stage Combat: John Stead Period Dance: Sarah Topham

2007 York University, Artist In Education Certificate Program. In partnership with the Stratford Festival of Canada

1994-1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre Performance, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.

Performance/Text: Joel Miller, Harry Standjofski, Bryan Doubt Shakespeare: Neil Freeman Voice/Movement: Bryan Doubt, Nancy Helms, Janet Feindel Commedia Dell’arte: Ralph Allison Mask: Pierre Lefevre Stage Combat: Robert Seale, Jean-Francois Gagnon Playwriting: Kit Brennan

WORKSHOPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

1998-present Active member, Canadian Actors’ Equity Association.

1999-present Active member, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.

2007 Guest artist, Canadian Directors’ Symposium, Stratford Festival. Stratford.

2008 Guest artist, Diversity in Casting Symposium, Factory Theatre. Toronto.

2005 Co-founder, Diversity Committee for the Stratford Festival of Canada. Stratford.

1999 Dora Award Juror, Theatre for Young Audiences Division.

TEACHING AND ORGANIZATIONS

2018 Course Director, THEA 2022A, Scene Study, Toronto, Ontario.

York University 2nd year course includes 24, three-hour studio sessions with up to 24 students, focussing on further development of text, voice and movement work for the stage.

Jamie Robinson

2017 Professor, ACTS 2000, Scene Study 1, Toronto, Ontario. George Brown graduating year course for students in the Acting for Media Program, up to sixteen enrolled, first ever taught. Duties included creating the outline and lecturing 24, three hour on-camera acting sessions including, text, technique and genre study for TV and Film mediums.

2016-2017 Mentor and Apprentice Co-ordinator, Obsidian Theatre, Toronto, Ontario. Organizing and selecting candidates from the Canadian Black Theatre community to be paired with working professionals in their field of interest. Duties include budget maintenance, submission of grant and funding applications, and integrating emerging Black artists into Canadian Theatre with monthly follow-up meetings.

2014-2015 Lecturer, THEA 1011 introduction to Acting II York University for first year acting students, up to twenty-five enrolled. Twelve, three-hour acting sessions including text, voice and movement work for scene study and monologues.

2013-2014 Lecturer, THEA 1010 introduction to Acting I York University for first year acting students, up to twenty-five enrolled. Twelve, three-hour acting sessions including text, voice and movement work for improvisation, scene study and collective creations.

2014 Guest Lecturer, PSYCH 3550 Creativity in Psychology One and a half hour lecture for 180 York University 3rd year undergraduate psychology students, focussed on beauty in the arts.

2014-2015 Panellist for York University Acting Conservatory intake, Toronto, Ontario. Observing and assisting in the audition process to choose up to eighteen undergraduate candidates from a pool of close to a hundred, for the three-year intensive Conservatory program.

2013-2015 Proficiency on “Moodle”, York University’s online Teacher/Student forum. Fluent use of York’s paperless computer system for communicating with students. Includes uploading of marks and comments, as well as timely updates and course announcements for over twenty students.

2014 Text Coach, Canadian Stage’s “Titus Andronicus” in High Park, Toronto. Shakespeare coachings with the cast, focussed on imaging, syntax, and Folio work.

2014 Instructor/Director, Blyth Festival Young Company, Huron County Designing and teaching a four-week summer drama program for high school students, focussed on collective Theatre creation, voice, movement and playwriting.

2012 Guest Instructor, “Romeo and Juliet” DAREarts Foundation Inc. for Children. Grade 4. Two, three-hour voice and movement workshop classes.

2012 Guest Instructor, “The Miser” DAREarts Foundation Inc. for Children. Grade 5. Four, three-hour workshops integrating Moliere text with Commedia Dell’arte. Jamie Robinson

2011-2013 Producer/Co-Founder, Wise Owl/Little Prince Productions, Toronto, Ontario. A company working to enhance the artistic, cultural, intellectual and social awareness of youth and young adults who are descendants of the African diaspora.

2011/2012 Guest Instructor, “Baroque Literature” DAREarts Foundation Inc. for Children. Grade 5. Three-hour workshop integrating Shakespearian and Moliere text with the business of Theatre production.

2011 Guest Instructor, “” Runnymede Public School. Toronto, ON. Grades 4, 7-8. Nine, one-hour voice and movement workshop classes. In association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

2011 Acting Coach, “Good Soul of Szechuan” Blyth Theatre Youth Program. Blyth, ON. Ages 13-19. Three month rehearsal process culminating in a fully mounted production of Bertolt Brecht’s classic play.

2011 Guest Instructor, Theatre in Action Clarkson Public School. Mississauga, ON. Grades 4-5. Two-hour workshop integrating all aspects of producing theatre.

2010-2013 Team member, DEUM non-profit organization, Children’s March Program, Toronto, Ontario. A program providing opportunities for children to voice their thoughts on and create ideas for ways in which we can promote the concept of world peace.

2009/2010 Guest Instructor, “” Branksome Hall Private School. Toronto, ON.; Nicholson Catholic College. Belleville, ON. Grades 9-11. Twelve, one-hour text-based workshop classes. In association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

2009/2010 Guest Instructor, “El Numero Uno” Davisville Junior Public School. Toronto, ON.; Clarkson Public School. Mississauga, ON. Grades 3-5. Four, two-hour pre/post-show drama workshop classes. In association with the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.

2009/2010 Faculty, Meaford Youth (MY) Film Studio Grey-Bruce Arts Collective. Meaford, ON. Ages 12-18. Two week filmmaking intensive for youth. In association with the Meaford Hall & Cultural Foundation.

2008-2013 Co-Artistic Director/Co-Founder, DOT Theatre, Meaford/Stratford/Toronto, Ontario. A collective endeavor to produce presentations for the purposes of advancing public appreciation of the arts and to educate artists. Formerly named: “The Grey-Bruce Arts Collective”.

2008 Guest Instructor, “Romeo & Juliet” Holy Rosaray Catholic School. Guelph, ON. Grades 7-8. Six, one-hour voice and movement workshop classes. In association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Jamie Robinson

2007 Guest Instructor, “Comedy of Errors” Nelson Mendela Park Public School. Toronto, ON. Grades 3-5. Six, one-hour voice and movement workshop classes. In association with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

2005 Guest Instructor, Tblisi Drama-in-Action Collective Tblisi, Republic of Georgia. University course for drama students. One-hour theatre collective workshop class. In association with the Rustaveli and Human Cargo theatre companies.

2004 Actor Mentor, Stratford Festival Apprentice Program. Stratford Festival of Canada. Mentor to an apprentice actor, Lisa Karen Cox, during the Stratford Festival season.

2002 Guest Instructor, “Anne of Green Gables” Osaka, Japan. University course for ESL students. Two, one-hour drama workshop classes.

REFERENCES

Mark Wilson Associate Professor CFT 330 Department of Theatre School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design 4700 Keele Street York University M3J 1P3 [email protected] 416-536-5179

Ines Buchli Associate professor Associate chair Producer for Theatre@York [email protected] 416-737-6939

Dr. Walter Borden, C.M. Educator, Activist, Actor Toronto, Ontario. Tel: 647-608-6372