ACTING COLIN MERCER GRADUATE 2012 Photo: tim leyes tim Photo: National School of Canada 5030 St. Denis Street, Montréal, Qc, Canada H2J 2L8 ACTING 514 842-7954 [email protected] www.ent-nts.ca COLIN MERCER [email protected] Height: 6' Hair colour: brown ACTRA: 04-23902 Weight: 165 lbs. Eye colour: BLUE Vocal range: Bass, Baritone Languages: English, French (Basic)

ROLES AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL Year Role Play Author Director

2012 TBA New Words Festival – TBA Leah Jane Esau TBA TBA New Words Festival – TBA Maureen Gualtieri TBA TBA Three Sixty* Evie Christie / adapted from Dir. Graham McLaren / Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde Ass. Dir. Steven McCarthy 2011 Richard Everything in the Garden Edward Albee Susanna Hood / Jennifer Tarver Colin En français comme en anglais, Jacob Wren / Co-creation of the NTS Anglophone Chris Abraham / Christian Lapointe it’s easy to criticize* and Francophone graduates with the directors Vershinin Three Sisters* Anton Chekhov / Jason Byrne Jason Byrne Eris Solo Show – Tiger, Man, Woman Colin Mercer Adam Lazarus / Jodi Essery Gloucester King Lear William Shakespeare David Latham 2010 Dostoyevsky Physical Theatre Collective Work Maiko Bae Yamamoto / Ker Wells Cape, Pascal White Biting Dog* Judith Thompson Nancy Palk Autolycus The Winter’s Tale William Shakespeare Jonathan Goad Chorus, Little Shop of Horrors Alan Menken / Howard Ashman Jillian Keiley Head of Sets 2009 Various Vocal Masque: Communication Colin Mercer Damien Atkins / Paul Dunn Sandy / Warren Casey Jillian Keiley *Adaptation or collage

TRAINING AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL – under the direction of Sherry Bie

Acting: Sherry Bie, Anne Hardcastle, Alanis King, Yanna McIntosh, Nancy Palk, Morris Panych, Rick Roberts Acting for the Camera: Michael Riley, Rafal Sokolowski Alexander Technique: Kelly McEvenue Classical Text/Shakespeare: Jonathan Goad, David Latham, Andrew Wade Voice/Speech: Jane Gooderham, Rea Nolan, JoJo Rideout Dialect Coach: Nancy Benjamin Singing: Linda Morrison, François Ouimet Solo Show: Jodi Essery, Adam Lazarus Dramatic Combat: Jean-François Gagnon Mask: David Latham Jeu: Anne-Marie Kerr Vocal Masque: Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn Chorus: Jillian Keiley Physical Theatre: Ker Wells, Maiko Bae Yamamoto Period Dance: Deborah Dunn, Andrew Harwood, Tedi Tafel, Gerald Trentham Play Lab: Brian Drader Make-up: Suzanne Trépanier Theatre History: Paul Lefebvre, Susan Williams Life Drawing: Catherine Farish

OTHER ROLES AND EXPERIENCES 2011 The Young Son, Origami Airplane, by Opus Syndrome Collective, directed by Ker Wells and Karin Randoja, SummerWorks Theatre Festival, Toronto, ON 2011 Concert Organizer and Musician, Rock Out For Japan, El Mocambo, Toronto, ON 2009 Alvy Singer, Annie Hall, Earl Haig, Toronto, ON 2009 Ronald, Overruled, Shaftesbury, Toronto, ON 2008 Alex, Victoria Day, Markham Street Films, Toronto, ON 2008 Hallows Nappier, Squalor Suites: The Apartment Series, MCM Productions, Toronto, ON 2008 Mike, A Saturday Night In The Country, CFC Short, Toronto, ON

RELATED TRAINING 2005-09 Drama Major, Claude Watson Arts Program, Earl Haig Secondary School, Toronto, ON

RELATED SKILLS AND/OR INTERESTS Music, bass guitar, drums, djembe, guitar, singing, volleyball, squash, soccer, improvisation, playwriting, poetry, history, visual art (charcoal, painting, portrait), film, stage combat