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THEATRE PROJECTS
Hallelujah, It’s Holly Three-act play, developed in residence with Driftwood Theatre • **Playwrights Guild of Canada 2019 RBC Emerging Playwright Award** • **Second Place - Wildfire National Playwriting Competition** • Reading: Sage Theatre's IGNITE! Festival, Calgary, June 2019 • Reading: Driftwood Theatre, directed by Jeremy Smith, May 2018 • Toronto Arts Council Level Two Playwriting Grant Recipient, 2018 Gilgamesh + Enkidu Two-act play with music, written by Jesse LaVercombe and Seth Bockley, created with Ahmed Moneka • Upcoming Production: La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, NYC, January 2021 (pushed due to COVID) • Upcoming Workshop: Kick and Push Festival, Kingston, Summer 2021 • Workshop Production: Pivot Arts Festival, Chicago, June 2019 • Workshops: Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, October 2018 + October 2019 • Workshops: The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, December 2018 + March 2019 • Canada Council for the Arts, Creation Grant, 2018 G-G-G-Genevieve Two-act musical, book and lyrics by Jesse LaVercombe, music and lyrics by Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski, Commissioned by YES Theatre • Workshop: YES Theatre, directed by Robert McQueen, August 2018 • Ontario Arts Council, Creation-in-Residence Grant, 2019 • Toronto Arts Council, Project Grant, 2019 Ordinary People Two-act stage adaption of the novel and film, by Jesse LaVercombe and original author Judith Guest (Jesse’s grandmother). In development. Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender One-act play, directed by Adam Lazarus, dramaturgy by Guillermo Verdecchia • Production: New York International Fringe Festival, 2016 (Critically acclaimed by The New York Times, New York Theatre Guide, Broadway World, and more.) • Production: Kick & Push Festival, Kingston ON, 2017 • Production: Videofag, Toronto, 2016 A Presence of Monster One-act performance piece, co-creator, directed by David Bloom • Production: PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, 2014 Donny’s Second Book One-act play, co-authored with Step Taylor • Production: Saint Thomas University, 2012
SHORT PLAYS
The Question • Reading: The Theatre Centre, Daughter Fundraiser, June 2018 Alex & Ted • Performance: The Howland Company, Toronto, 2017 #MCAA (Make Canada America Again) • Reading: Wrecking Ball #21, Toronto, 2016 The Return • Reading: Wrecking Ball #20, Toronto, 2016 Preacher Man • Production: Red Curtain International Festival, Awards: **Best Script** + **Best Performance** + **Best Production** Kolkata, India, 2021 • Production: United Solo Festival, ** Best Short Solo Award** New York, 2013 • Production: Toronto Festival of Clowns, 2012 • Production: Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, 2012 • Production: The National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, 2012
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Float Romantic comedy feature, co-written with Sherren Lee, produced by Wattpad and Collective Pictures, starring Robbie Amell • Shooting fall 2021 in Tofino, Canada Code 8: Part ll Sci-fi action feature – sequel to the Netflix hit: Code 8 – co-written with Sherren Lee, produced by Collective Pictures, starring Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell • Shooting winter 2021 in Toronto, Canada “The Things You Think I’m Thinking” 14 minute drama, directed by Sherren Lee, screenplay by Jesse LaVercombe, starring Prince Amponsah and Jesse LaVercombe, produced by Meraki Moving Pictures, 2017 • Qualified for the 2019 Academy Awards • **Grand Jury Prize for Best International Short Film** - Outfest, LA, 2018 • **Special Jury Prize** - Canadian Film Festival 2018 • **Best Screenplay** - CMG Short Film Festival 2018 • **Best Canadian Short** - Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2018 • ** Breakthrough Award** + **Best Actor – Prince Amponsah** - Toronto New Wave 2018 • **AWFJ EDA Award** - Whistler Film Festival 2017 • **Multicultural Golden Sheaf Award** + **Best Director Fiction ** - Yorkton Film Festival 2018 • **Best Canadian Short** - OUTeast Queer Film Festival 2018 “The Things You Think I’m Thinking” has been officially selected at over seventy festivals internationally, including SXSW (Grand Jury Award Nominee), Slamdance, BFI Flare: London, TIFF Short Cuts, LA Film Fest, Chicago Critics Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Best Short Foreign Film, Drama Nominee), Cardiff Iris Prize Shortlist, and was a Vimeo Staff Pick and “Best of the Year” nominee. Currently housed at Omeleto with over 2.5 million views. “Philip” 5 minute comedy, directed by Sherren Lee, produced by the Canadian Film Centre, 2016 “Tony” 5 minute drama, directed by Adam Goldhammer, produced by the Canadian Film Centre, 2016
ARTICLES
“Canadian Public Arts Funding and a New National Narrative” – HowlRound, April 25, 2019 “Life’s Too Short to be a Douchenozzle” – Intermission Magazine*, March 31, 2017 “Bluit Nanche” – Intermission Magazine, October 21, 2016 “Naked Men on Small Stages” – Intermission Magazine, May 12, 2016 • Former Contributing Editor*
OTHER
The Life of Jude One-act musical, book by Alex Poch-Goldin, music by Jesse LaVercombe and Adrian Shepherd-Gawinwki • Production: SummerWorks Festival, Toronto, 2013 • Published by Scirocco Drama, 2014 Dinner Parties Durational performance, co-creator • Production: Vancouver Art Gallery as part of FUSE: Crowd Studies, 2013
ACTING
As an actor, Jesse won the 2021 Toronto ACTRA Award and has received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for his work in Violation (TIFF, Sundance, SXSW, New York Times Critic’s Pick). He’s also known for portraying Jack Walker on Murdoch Mysteries (CBC) and has performed on stages across Canada and the U.S. including the National Arts Centre of Canada, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, The Jungle in Minneapolis, and the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans. He’s an alumni of both the National Theatre School of Canada and the Canadian Film Centre Actors Conservatory. Resume and demo reels available at www.jesselavercombe.com.
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