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, Montreal, Quebec. 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 TITUS ANDRONICUS 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 THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Prince of Morocco Stratford Festival/Richard Rose KING LEAR 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 TIMON OF ATHENS 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 AS YOU LIKE IT Sylvius Repercussion Theatre/Cas Anvar COMEDY OF ERRORS Egeon Repercussion Theatre/Jack Langedijk INTO THE WOODS Wolf Concordia University/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