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Christine Brubaker: Theatre Director/Actor/Educator
DIRECTING
MONDAYS WITH MANDELBAUM (Director) GOTHAM STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, New York
ROUGH MAGIC (Director) UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Edmonton
THE EXTINCTION THERAPIST (Director) THEATRE AQUARIUS, Hamilton
COWGIRL UP (Director) ALBERTA THEATRE PROJECTS, Calgary
HENRY G20 (Writer/Director) LUMINATO ARTS FESTIVAL, Toronto
WITHOUT YOU (Director) ALBERTA QUEER CALENDAR PROJECT
COWGIRL UP (Director) PLAYME PODCAST, CBC
THE HORSE AND HIS BOY (Director) SHAW FESTIVAL, NOTL
SMOKE (Director) DOWNSTAGE THEATRE, Calgary
ANTIGONE LIVES* (Director) UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, AB
WILDE TALES (Director) SHAW FESTIVAL, Niagara On the Lake
PICNIC (Director) FANSHAWE COLLEGE, London, ON
ELLE (Director) OLD TOWN THEATRE, Waterford; PRAIRIE THEATRE EXCHANGE, Winnipeg; FIREHALL THEATRE, Vancouver
AS YOU LIKE IT (Associate Dir.). STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford
ELLE (Director) THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE, Toronto
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS( Revival Director)
CHARLOTTETOWN FESTIVAL, PEI; RMTC, Winnipeg; CITADEL THEATRE, Edmonton
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Assistant Dir.) STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford
COLONY OF UNREQUITED DREAMS (Associate Dir.)
ARTISTIC FRAUD, St. John’s Newfoundland
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS (Assistant Dir.)
STRATFORD FESTIVAL, Stratford
CINDERELLA (Assistant Dir.) YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE, Toronto
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Director) NIGHTWOOD THEATRE, Toronto
DOC WUTHERGLOOM (Director) ELDRITCH THEATRE, Toronto
MADHOUSE VARIATIONS (Director) ELDRITCH THEATRE, Toronto
THE KILTARTEN COMEDIES (Music Director) SHAW FESTIVAL, Niagara on the Lake
TRIALS OF JOHN DEMJANJUK (Comp/ MD) THEATRE ASYLUM, Toronto
RELATED EXPERIENCE
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DIRECTING UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, Calgary
ARTISTIC ADVISOR NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, Ottawa
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, Ottawa
ACTING INSTRUCTOR SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville
ASSISTANT & ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR LANGHAM PROGRAM, Stratford Festival
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE, Toronto
ACTING INSTRUCTOR HUMBER COLLEGE, Toronto
PRODUCER RED RED ROSE THEATRE, Toronto
SELECTED ACTING CREDITS
Tartuffe, Sound of Music, Enron, Vaudevilles of Chekov NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE, Ottawa
Comedy of Errors CANADIAN STAGE, Toronto
Fear of Flight ARTISTIC FRAUD, Newfoundland
The Penelopiad, The Danish Play NIGHTWOOD THEATRE, Toronto
7 Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse GCTC, Ottawa
Escape From Happiness FACTORY THEATRE, Toronto
The Trials of John Demjanjuk THEATRE ASYLUM, Toronto
Antigone THEATRE CENTRE, Toronto
The Wind in the Willows THE GRAND THEATRE, London
Of Mice and Men THEATRE AQUARIUS, Hamilton
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE, Toronto
The Farmers’ Revolt THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE, Toronto
Orphan Muses TOPLOGICAL THEATRE, Toronto
*for complete performance credits, please request full acting resume
EDUCATION
MASTERS OF FINE ARTS/INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS GODDARD COLLEGE, Vermont, USA
THREE YEAR CONSERVATORY ACTING DIPLOMA NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL,Montreal, QC
BOUFFON, DIRECTING, CLOWN L’ÉCOLE PHILIPPE GAULIER, London, UK
HONOURS B.A. ARTS ADMINISTRATION/DRAMA UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO, Waterloo, ON
AWARDS
Ken McDougall Award for Emerging Director, 2016 Gina Wilkinson Prize for Emerging Director, 2014
J.B. Watkins Prize for International Studies, 2013
Dora Mavor Moore Award Winner, Outstanding Performance, The Penelopiad, 2012&The Babysitter, 2007 Dora Mavor Moore Nomination, Outstanding Sound Design&Composition, Trials of John Demjanjuk 2003 Dora Mavor Moore Nomination, Outstanding Performance, 1999, 2001, 2002 (Orphan Muses, Joan, The Amorous Servant)
Fox Fellowship, 1995