Directing Resumé

Jamie Dunsdon CAEA

em: jamie.dunsdon[at]gmail.com

 

ADMINISTRATIVE

 

Verb Theatre (Calgary, AB)

Artistic Director and Founder

2009 - 2022

Calgary Young People’s Theatre (Calgary, AB)

Artistic Producer

2014 - present

The Grand Theatre (London, ON)

Artistic Associate and Apprentice Artistic Director

2013 - 2014

 

SELECTED DIRECTING

 

PRODUCTION

AUTHOR

COMPANY/FESTIVAL

 

YEAR

Misery

William Goldman, Stephen King

Vertigo Theatre

 

2022

A Little Princess

Jamie Dunsdon

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2022

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2021

A More Sparkling Version of Ourselves*

Jamie Dunsdon

Verb Theatre

 

2021

FOMO (Or What Shakespeare Did During the Plague)*

Ensemble

Calgary Young People’s Theatre (performed on Zoom)

 

2020

Admissions

Joshua Harmon

Theatre Calgary

 

2020

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

The Shakespeare Company

 

2019

Deathtrap

Ira Levin

Vertigo Theatre

 

2019

The Wolves

Sarah DeLappe

Verb Theatre/CYPT Co-Production

 

2018

Easter Island*

David van Belle

Verb Theatre

 

2018

Blackbird

David Harrower

Verb Theatre

 

2017

Unity (1918)

Kevin Kerr

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2017

Sextet

Morris Panych

Verb Theatre

 

2017

Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2017

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson, Stephanie S. Tolan, & Steve Liebman

Storybook Theatre

 

2017

Village of Idiots

John Lazarus

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2016

Richard III

William Shakespeare

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2015

The Lost Prince*

Jamie Dunsdon

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2015

Lungs

Duncan MacMillan

Verb Theatre

 

2015

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

The Grand Theatre (London)

 

2014

Elf: The Musical (Asst. Director)

Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin

The Grand Theatre, Susan Ferley

 

2013

The Dandelion Project*

Col Cseke

Verb Theatre

 

2013

The Ends of the Earth (Asst. Director)

Morris Panych

Vertigo Theatre, Craig Hall

 

2013

A Little Princess*

Jamie Dunsdon

Calgary Young People’s Theatre

 

2013

Noise*

Various

Verb Theatre

 

2012

Grey Matter*

Mallory Gallant & Jamie Dunsdon

Magic Word Theatre

 

2012

Marg Szkaluba (Pissy’s Wife) (remount)

Ron Chambers

Magnetic North Festival/Verb Theatre

 

2012

Jim Forgetting*

Col Cseke

Verb Theatre

 

2012

Marg Szkaluba (Pissy’s Wife)

Ron Chambers

Verb Theatre

 

2011

John and Beatrice

Carole Fréchette

Verb Theatre

 

2010

Our Last White Night*

Andrew Torry

Trinity Theatre

 

2010

The Shape of a Girl

Joan McLeod

Verb Theatre

 

2010

The Year of Falling Down (remount)

Meg Braem

Theatre BOMBUS (Victoria, B.C.)

 

2009

The Clockmaker* (Asst. Director)

Stephen Massicotte

Alberta Theatre Projects, Bob White

 

2009

Hello…Hello

Karen Hines

University of Calgary

 

2008

Raunch*

Jacqueline Russel & Alice Nelson

Downstage: Motel Series

 

2008

The Year of Falling Down

Meg Braem

Sage Theatre: Ignite

 

2008

The Dishwashers (Asst. Director)

Morris Panych

Downstage, Kelly Reay

 

2008

        


*Premiere production


EDUCATION

2007-2009   MFA in Directing, University of Calgary
         2002-2006   BFA in Performance, University of Lethbridge
 
POST-SECONDARY

Master of Fine Arts, Directing                                      2007-2009
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB
Masters Thesis: Worlds Collide: Hello…Hello from Page to Stage
Advisor: Dr. Penny Farfan

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Performance                                    2002-2006
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, AB