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Rubess – CV 2102 1 BAŅUTA RUBESS I Am a Director and Writer Rubess – CV 2102 BAŅUTA RUBESS 36 Mayfield Avenue Toronto Ontario M6S 1K3 +416 755 4005 [email protected] www.banuta.com I am a director and writer with over 40 productions. I’ve written plays, libretti, radio plays, screenplays, newspaper columns, and essays. I’m one of the first dozen women to receive a Rhodes scholarship. Currently, I’m teaching at the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto. EDUCATION D.Phil. in Modern History, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, England, 1982. B.A. (Hons.), First Class, History and Drama, Queen's University, Kingston, 1977. ACADEMIC AWARDS Ontario Rhodes Scholar Queen’s University Anniversary Scholarship, Susan Near Drama Prize, History Prize. WRITING - ESSAYS , ARTICLES , POETRY AND TRANSLATIONS GOOD COMPANIONS™: THE FRIENDS YOU CAN BUY, a novel for teens, published in Latvian translation as Labie draugi, Zvaigzne, Riga, December 2011. “Mixed Company Redefines Political Theatre,“ (1984), included in ed. Julie Salverson, Popular Political Theatre and Performance, Critical Perspectives on Canadian Theater in English¨, vol. 17, Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, 2010, pp. 14-23. “Lost”, introductory essay for a solo show of work by Tasmanian artist Brigita Ozolins at the Latvian National Library, 2010. “So Weird and So Awesome: Rachel Maddow, Rhodes Scholar ‘95”, profile for www.rhodesproject.com, 2009. “The Rhodes Less Travelled,” essay for www.rhodesproject.com, 2009. “Mīla-vīla” (Fooled by Love), an analysis of two playwrights, published in Robežas (Borders), in Latvian and English, editor Vita Matīss, Neputns, Riga, 2006. “Riga for Poets”, a radio poem, published in the Canadian literary journal Descant, 2004, translated for Karogs, Riga, 2005. Commissioned by CBC Radio, 1992. Review of “Shakespeare in the Undiscovered Bourn”, Literary Review of Canada, September 2004. A bi-weekly opinion column on cultural and political themes, and occasional feature articles, for the national newspaper Diena, Latvia, 1999-2006. 1 Rubess – CV 2102 “Exile”, an introduction to the collected works of writer Dzintars Sodums, Riga, 2004. “Kicking with Poetry,” monograph on the politics of two female playwrights, eds. Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer, History of the Literary Cultures of East- Central Europe. Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries, Volume I, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Virginia Commonwealth University / University of Amsterdam, 2004. A profile of photographer Vid Ingelevics for the art magazine Studija, Riga, 2002. Articles on Latvian writers for literary quarterly Latvian Literature, Riga, 2002-2003. Translations of Latvian poetry and prose, published in anthologies as well as in Agni Review, Boston. (list on request). Articles in Theatrum, Fireweed, Canadian Theatre Review. WRITING - DRAMA MRS. BENJAMINS. TIPS FOR MODERN LIVING. In Latvian. A solo performance in three rooms of a hotel. Riga, 2009-present. Tour to USA, 2011. ESCAPE FROM TROY. In Latvian. A combination of The Trojan Women with the oral history of refugees. Produced on a beach for the European festival SEAS by the New Theatre Institute, 2004. DVD with subtitles, broadcast on Latvian National Television. FRUITS OF THE EARTH, a piece for choir using texts on the themes of cooking and childbirth, 2003. Avilable on CD. OH PILOT, a chamber opera, 2000. Available on DVD. Radio play, CBC, Toronto, 1996. HEAD IN A BAG, a political comedy. Excerpt published in TAKING THE STAGE: Selections from Plays by Canadian Women. Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto,1994. Published by Exile Editions, Toronto, 1996. NO. HERE COMES ULRIKE MEINHOF, and OBLIVION: THE STORY OF ISABELLE EBERHARDT, radio plays written and produced for a series of my own devising, ADVENTURES STORIES FOR (BIG) GIRLS, CBC Radio Canada, 1990- 1992. Published in ed. Ann Jansen, ADVENTURES FOR (BIG) GIRLS, Blizzard Publishing, Winnipeg, 1993. BOOM, BABY, BOOM! a jazz play. Du Maurier World Stage Festival, Toronto, 1988. Published by Canadian Theatre Review, 1989, and in THE CTR ANTHOLOGY, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1993, as well as Exile Editions, 1996. Excerpted in Inter-Plays: Works and Words of Writers and Critics, Breakwater, St. John’s, Canada, 1994. Nominated for a Dora Award, Outstanding Production. HORROR HIGH, a multi-media teen drama, 1989. Excerpted in ed. Lynda Hill, Acting Out: Scenes and Monologues from Theatre Direct Productions for Youth, Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto, 2006. Nominated for a Dora Award, Outstanding Production in Children's Theatre. THIN ICE, a teen drama, co-written with Beverley Cooper. 1987. Published in 2 Rubess – CV 2102 anthology Wanna Play? Three Plays for High School, Playwrights Canada, 1997. Excerpted in ed. Lynda Hill, Acting Out: Scenes and Monologues from Theatre Direct Productions for Youth, Playwrights Canada Press, 2006; and ed. Brian Kennedy, Two for the Show: Scenes for Student Actors, Playwrights Canada Press, Toronto,1999. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Theatre for Young Audiences and the Chalmers Children's Play Award, 1987. POPE JOAN, a comedy, 1984. Published by Borealis Press, Ottawa, 1993. Nominated for the Chalmers Canadian Play Award. SMOKE DAMAGE: A STORY OF THE WITCH HUNTS. Published by Playwrights' Union of Canada, Toronto, 1985, and Exile Editions, Toronto, 1995. THIS IS FOR YOU, ANNA, a spectacle of revenge. Created collectively with Ann- Marie MacDonald, Maureen White and Suzanne Odette Khuri in 1983. Published by Canadian Theatre Review, Toronto, 1985, and in THE CTR ANTHOLOGY, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1993. Nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Innovation in Theatre. Playwright-in-residence for Nightwood Theatre, the Great Canadian Theatre Centre, Theatre Direct and others. WRITING - FILM AND TELEVSION BIG FAT LIES. A short animated film for children, Jetmedia, Riga. TO HELL WITH WAGNER, a feature-length screenplay developed for STUDIO F.O.R.M.A., Riga. 2001. Story editor, GOOD HANDS, a feature-length film produced by STUDIO F.O.R.M.A., Riga, director Peter Simm, 2001. Winner Best Screenplay Latvian National Cinema Awards Lielais Kristaps. Researcher, BALTIC FIRE, a sixty minute documentary, broadcast on TV Ontario in the series FROM THE HEART, 1993. Writer, ROMANCE IS GOOD TODAY, a ninety minute drama for television, producer Calico Pix, 1993. Writer, SAMSARA, half-hour drama, with C.ynthia Roberts, produced by Horsy Productions, 1991. DIRECTING - THEATRE THE RULES by Charles Mee, UC Drama, Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Toronto, 2012. THE POSSIBILITES by Howard Barker, UC Drama, Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, Toronto, 2011. WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, produced by KIT Theatre and Meduza Productions, Riga, 2010-2011. MRS. BENJAMINS. TIPS FOR MODERN LIVING. A site-specific solo performance in three rooms of a hotel. Devised with the actor, Riga, 2008- present. Tour to USA, 2011. 3 Rubess – CV 2102 THE GYPSY WIFE, a cabaret with dance based on a Leonard Cohen song, devised with singer Patricia O’Callaghan and composer John Gzowski, 2008. OH PILOT, a chamber opera, composer Nic Gotham, my libretto, World Stage Festival, Toronto, 2005; Latvian National Opera Studio, Riga, 2007. Pasvalys music festival, Kaunas 2009. Available on DVD. THE SNOW QUEEN, children’s drama with string quartet, composer Patrick Cardy, New Riga Theatre. Running in repertory. Riga, 2008- JOSEPH AND HIS AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, a musical, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber/writerTim Rice, Daile Theatre, Riga, 2008-2009. HOTEL KRISTINA, a rock opera, composer JānisLūsēns/writer Māra Zālīte, National Theatre, Riga, 2005-2006. KRAUKŠĶĪTIS (CRUNCHY), a children’s musical, composer Niks Matvejevs/writer Marats Samauskis, VEF Palace of Culture, Riga, 2005-2007. NIGREDO HOTEL, chamber opera, composer Nic Gotham/writer Ann-Marie MacDonald. Tapestry New Opera Works, with the Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, 1992. Tour to Great Britain, 1993. Cross-Canada tour, 1995. Nominated for eight Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Second production on the 25th anniversary of Tapestry, Distillery, Toronto, 2005. THE SILVER VEIL, by Aspazija, New Riga Theatre, Riga, 2005. OPERA TO GO I and II, fifteen minute original operas, Tapestry New Opera Works, Toronto, 2002 and 2004. ESCAPE FROM TROY, a site-specific music theatre work. My text. Produced on a beach for the European festival SEAS by the New Theatre Institute, 2004. Broadcast on Latvian television. Available on DVD with subtitles. POSSIBLE WORLDS, by John Mighton, New Riga Theatre, Riga, 2004. FRUITS OF THE EARTH, new music theatre performed by the Latvian Radio Choir and the Riga Saxophone Quartet, at the Latvian National Opera New Studio, Riga, 2003. My text. Available on CD. AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde, Liepaja Theatre, 2002-2004. Best Director Award, 2003. TOP GIRLS, by Caryl Churchill, New Riga Theatre, Riga, 2000-2003. THE BIRDS’ OPERA, a children’s opera based on Dr. Dolittle, composer JānisLūsēns/writer Māra Zālīte the Latvian National Opera, Riga, 2001- 2007; returned to repertory December 2009. Available on DVD with subtitles. Nominated for Best Production Childrens Theatre. ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE, by C.W. Gluck, the Latvian National Opera, Riga, 2000. RONDO, an adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s play La Ronde, a site-specific production moving five separate audiences through the theatre, New Riga Theatre, Riga, 1999-2002. From 1987-1997, over a dozen productions directed in theatres across Canada; several national and international tours; radio drama. 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