J. A. Burke
Stage Manager / Director (Member CAEA)
c/o The Gryphon Theatre, PO Box 454, Barrie, Ontario. L4M 4T7
email:
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Experience

Director

West Side Story
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1996.
Jan Francies, President
A Chorus Line
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1993.
Herschel Rosen, President.
My Fair Lady
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1992.
Herschel Rosen, President.
Marion Bridge
Scarborough Theatre Guild, 2005
Mike Woodbridge, President
All three shows were award winning productions in the ACTCO (Association of Community Theatres of Central Ontario) Festival, an adjudicated festival held yearly. Among these awards: Most Promising Director, My Fair Lady. Best Director, West Side Story. Best Production of a Musical, West Side Story.

Stage Manager

The G-String Broke
Gryphon Theatre, 1996.
Uwe Meyer, Director
Moon Over the Brewery
Gryphon Theatre, 1996.
Uwe Meyer, Director
Nunsense
Gryphon Theatre, 1996.
Caroline Smith, Director
Pantomime
Theatre Villa D’or, 1996.
Colin Taylor, Director
The Revenge of the Woman Dressed Largely in Black (Tour)
Douglas Beatty Productions, 1995.
Doug Beatty, Director/Producer
The Importance of Being Ernest
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Karen Rickers, Director
Transit of Venus
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Marion Gilsenan, Director.
Dave Broadfoot’s Comedy Crusade
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Karen Rickers, Producer.
Path With No Moccasins
P.A.S. Productions and Native Earth Co-Production, 1995. Joanna McIntyre, Director.
Colours In The Storm (Tour)
Tapestry Music Theatre, 1995.
Richard Greenblatt, Director.
I Ought to be in Pictures (Tour)
Douglas Beatty Productions, 1994.
Doug Beatty, Director/Producer.
Nine Months
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Uwe Meyer, Artistic Director.
Steel Magnolias
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Karen Rickers, Director.
I Ought to be in Pictures
Thousand Islands Playhouse/Gryphon Theatre Co-Production, 1994.
Doug Beatty, Director.
Leapfrog
Gryphon Theatre, 1993.
Karen Rickers, Director.
Cocktail Hour
Gryphon Theatre, 1993.
Steven Coopman, Director.
The Sorcerer
The Toronto Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 1993.
Caroline Smith, Director.
Headpiece and Terminal Lives (Workshop and Dramatic Reading)
Complex Electra, 1992.
Linda McKay and Juliet Daunt, Producers.
Cats Getting Ready for Christmas (Tour)
Childrens’ Hour Productions, 1992.
Bob Riddell, Director.

Assistant Stage Manager

9 Months II
Gryphon Theatre, 1996.
Uwe Meyer, Artistic Director
Wrong for Each Other
Gryphon Theatre, 1996.
Steven Coopman, Director
1-900-Dee-Lite
Gryphon Theatre, 1995.
Adam Fufaro, Director.
The Stillborn Lover
Theatre Passe Muraille, 1994-1995.
Banuta Rubess, Director.
Who’s Under Where
Gryphon Theatre, 1994.
Steve Coopman, Director.
The Caramel House
Gryphon Theatre, 1994.
Uwe Meyer, Director.
Peggy & Grace
Gryphon Theatre, 1993.
Steve Coopman, Director.
Lend Me A Tenor
Gryphon Theatre/Muskoka Festival Co-Production, 1993.
Ron Ulrich, Director.
Shirley Valentine
Gryphon Theatre/Muskoka Festival Co-Production, 1993.
Ron Ulrich, Director.
Letter from Wingfield Farm/Wingfield’s Progress
Gryphon Theatre, 1992.
Uwe Meyer, Artistic Director

Apprentice Stage Manager

Noble Pursuit
Gryphon Theatre, 1992.
Karen Rickers, Director
Three Part Invention
Gryphon Theatre, 1992.
Steve Coopman, Director.
Bordertown Cafe
Gryphon Theatre, 1992.
Steve Coopman, Director.
Stage Struck
Gryphon Theatre, 1992.
Uwe Meyer, Director.


Selected Community Credits

The Pirates of Penzance
(Stage Manager)
The Toronto Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 1992.
Caroline Smith, Director.
The Music Man
(Stage Manager)
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1990.
James Robert Woods, Director.
Oliver
(Stage Manager)
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1990.
Susan Bourne, Director
Sound of Music
(Stage Manager)
Scarborough Music Theatre, 1989.
Andy Platel, Director.

A full list of Community Level technical and performance experience is available on request.

Related Experience/Abilities

References

Available upon request.

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