Biography

Jamie Dunsdon is the former Artistic Director of Calgary's Verb Theatre, current Artistic Producer of Calgary Young People's Theatre, and an active director, playwright, performer, and arts instructor.  Jamie's interests and work spans the theatrical spectrum, ranging from contemporary Canadian drama to musical theatre to Shakespeare.  She places particular value in character, and seeks out stories that place emphasis on the stylistic intersections between content and form. 

SHOW BIO:

Directing Credits (Selected):  Misery, Deathtrap (Vertigo Theatre); Admissions (Theatre Calgary); The Tempest (The Shakespeare Company); The Wolves (Verb/CYPT co-production); A More Sparkling Version of Ourselves, Blackbird, Sextet, Lungs, The Dandelion Project, NOISE, Marg Szkaluba: Pissy’s Wife, Jim Forgetting, John and Beatrice, The Shape of a Girl (Verb Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest, Playwrights Cabaret (The Grand Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, FOMO or What Shakespeare Did During the Plague, The Nutcracker, Unity 1918, Macbeth, Village of Idiots, Richard III, The Lost Prince, A Little Princess (Calgary Young People’s Theatre); Bridge to Terabithia (Storybook Theatre); Grey Matter (Magic Word Theatre); Tree Hugger (Urban Curvz); The Year of Falling Down (Sage Theatre and Theatre BOMBUS); Productions in the Calgary International Children’s Festival and in The High Performance Rodeo. 

Camille Pavlenko in Blackbird (2017), Verb Theatre.
Direction and set design by Jamie Dunsdon.

For a full listing of Jamie's work, visit the Directing Resume page.

J. Robertshaw in The Shape of a Girl, Verb Theatre