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Katrina Dunn (1963 - ) is a Canadian theatre director, producer, teacher and scholar. She was the Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1997 to 2016. She currently teaches in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. |
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'''Katrina Dunn''' (born in [[British Columbia]], Canada) is an actor, director, and producer. She has been the Artistic Director of [[Touchstone Theatre]] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1997 to 2016.<ref name="TheatreBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.theatrebc.org/member/tbnk/tbnk-abcd.htm |title=Theatre BC's Talent Bank |date= |publisher= Theatre BC |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref><ref name="Touchstone">{{cite web |url=http://www.touchstonetheatre.com/artistic-director/ |title=Artistic Director Katrina Dunn |date= |publisher= Touchstone Theatre |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref><ref name="NextStage">{{cite web |url= http://thenextstage.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/this-one-goes-to-eleven-katrina-dunn/ |title=This One Goes to Eleven: Katrina Dunn |date= 2008-02-29 |publisher= The Next Stage |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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===Training and |
===Early Training and Career=== |
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Dunn was born on a Canadian Army base in Soest, Germany to Canadian parents. She grew up in Vancouver and did undergraduate work in Theatre and Dance at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts. After leaving SFU she co-founded Ruby Slippers Theatre, an independent Vancouver theatre company. In 1997 she took over Touchstone Theatre, an established mid-sized company with a mandate to produce Canadian plays. |
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Dunn trained in dance at [[Simon Fraser University]] and at the [[National Theatre School of Canada]].<ref name="TheatreBC"/> In 1989, Dunn co-founded Vancouver's Ruby Slippers Theatre and was its initial Artistic Director.<ref name="TheatreBC"/> Dunn left Ruby Slippers when she was appointed as Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre in 1997. Under her direction, Touchstone has developed a focus on Canadian plays.<ref name="Touchstone"/><ref name="NextStage"/> |
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=== Touchstone Tenure === |
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In 2003, Dunn co-founded the [[PuSh International Performing Arts Festival]] along with Norman Armour, a [[performing arts]] festival held every January in Vancouver.<ref name="TheatreBC"/><ref name="NextStage"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pushfestival.ca/about-the-festival/about-the-festival/ |title=PuSh - About the Festival |date= |publisher=PuSh Festival |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.straight.com/article-62115/daring-festival-makes-room-for-the-world |title=Daring Festival Makes Room for the World|date= 2007-01-04 |publisher=[[The Georgia Straight]] |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref> |
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Dunn was the fifth Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre, which was founded in 1976, following Ian Fenwick, Gordon McCall, John Cooper and Roy Surette. During her tenure she sought to expand the company’s season and support the work of local emerging playwrights. The 2000/01 season saw the premiere of ''Unity (1918)'' by Kevin Kerr, which was developed at Touchstone and went on to win the Governor General’s Award for English Drama in 2002. Two significant seasons garnered extra attention and conversation. Her 2009/10 season was devoted to the work of Canadian female playwrights, and the 2010/11 season featured only Canadian musicals. She developed the Flying Start program for new BC playwrights with the Playwrights Theatre Centre and began Vancouver’s In Tune event devoted to supporting the development of new musicals. |
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Dunn served as an intern director for five months during the 2005 [[Shaw Festival]]. In addition to assisting other directors, Dunn was given the opportunity to direct a production of J.M. Synge's ''In the Shadow of the Glen''.<ref name="GeorgiaStraight1">{{cite web |url= https://www.straight.com/article/locals-shine-at-shaw |title=Locals Shine at Shaw |date= 2005-09-08 |publisher=The Georgia Straight |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref> |
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In 2003 Dunn co-founded the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival with Norman Armour. The initiative grew out of the presenting activities of the companies that Dunn and Armour ran at the time – Touchstone Theatre and Rumble Productions. The Festival quickly grew into one of the most important cultural events in Western Canada. After PuSh became a separate society, Dunn contributed to the curation of the event for two years before leaving to focus her full attention on Touchstone. |
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Dunn was also an organizer of the Vancouver [http://www.thewreckingball.ca/ Wrecking Ball], a loose organization of theatre companies and artists advocating for the arts through cabarets featuring short plays and performances with strong political themes.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.straight.com/article-164278/art-gets-political-vancouver-centre |title=Arts Get Political in Vancouver Centre |date= 2008-10-02 |publisher=The Georgia Straight |accessdate=2011-06-27}}</ref> |
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In addition to directing and producing, Dunn taught theatre at the [[University of British Columbia]]. Through Touchstone Theatre, she also teaches a course recognized by the Law Society of British Columbia on theatre techniques applicable to a legal practice. In 2011, Dunn began graduate work at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the spatial aspects of theatre and on ecocritical theatre. She currently teaches in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/English_theatre_film_media/faculty/katrina_dunn.html |title=Faculty Details - Katrina Dunn |accessdate=2019-01-04}}</ref> |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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Dunn's work has garnered numerous nominations and awards. |
Dunn's work has garnered numerous nominations and awards. She has been nominated multiple times for Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in several categories. She has won twice for direction: in 2001 for Michael Healey's ''Kicked'' and in 2010 (as co-director) for Judith Thompson's ''Palace of the End''. In 2010, Dunn was recognized by the Women’s Caucus of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, who awarded her with its "Bra D'Or" (Golden Bra) for supporting and promoting the work of Canadian female playwrights. |
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==Representative work== |
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Dunn has directed works for numerous theatre, dance and musical companies, such as Grinning Dragon Theatre, Battery Opera, Current Sound Opera(tions), The [[Hard Rubber Orchestra]], and Mascall Dance.<ref name="TheatreBC"/> Dunn's work has included:.<ref name="Touchstone"/><ref name="GeorgiaStraight1"/><ref name="Jessies"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.straight.com/find?match=and&sort=relevance&query=katrina+dunn |title=Articles on Katrina Dunn at ''The Georgia Straight'' |date=|publisher=The Georgia Straight|accessdate=2011-06-26}}</ref> |
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==Scholarly Work== |
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* ''Age of Arousal'', ([[Arts Club Theatre Company]]) |
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In 2011 Dunn began graduate work in Theatre Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Theatre and Film. Her scholarly research explores the spatial manifestations of theatre and ecocritical theatre. She won the Robert G. Lawrence Prize for an Emerging Scholar from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research in 2015 and tied for first place in 2017. In 2018 she accepted a teaching position in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba, which is part of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media. At U of M she teaches Acting, Directing, Theatre History and Theory. She has published articles and reviews in ''Canadian Theatre Review'' and ''Performance Research''. |
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* ''A Christmas Story'', director ([[Arts Club Theatre Company]]) |
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* ''Julius Caesar'', director ([[Bard on the Beach]]) |
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* ''The Merchant of Venice'', director (Bard on the Beach) |
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* ''Cymbeline'', director (Bard on the Beach) |
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* ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' ([[Studio 58]]) |
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* ''At the Black Pig's Dyke'' (Studio 58) |
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* ''Unity (1918)'' (Touchstone Theatre) |
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* ''Kicked'' (Touchstone Theatre) |
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* ''Palace of the End'' (Touchstone Theatre/Felix Culpa/Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Theatre) |
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* ''In the Shadow of the Glen'' ([[Shaw Festival]]) |
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* ''Prodigal Son'' (Pacific Theatre) |
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* ''Brothel #9'' (Touchstone Theatre) |
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* ''Pink Sugar'' (Solo Collective) |
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==External links== |
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*[https://www.touchstonetheatre.com/about/mandate-and-history Touchstone Theatre Website] |
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*[https://pushfestival.ca/about-the-festival/about-the-festival/ PuSh Festival Website] |
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*[https://www.jessieawards.com/awards Jessie Richardson Awards Website] |
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*[https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/English_theatre_film_media/faculty/katrina_dunn.html University of Manitoba Website - Profile] |
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Revision as of 20:37, 24 August 2019
Katrina Dunn | |
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| Born | British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | http://www.sfu.ca/sca.html https://theatrefilm.ubc.ca/ |
| Occupation(s) | theatre director, producer |
| Years active | 1989 - present |
Katrina Dunn (1963 - ) is a Canadian theatre director, producer, teacher and scholar. She was the Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1997 to 2016. She currently teaches in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.
Career
Early Training and Career
Dunn was born on a Canadian Army base in Soest, Germany to Canadian parents. She grew up in Vancouver and did undergraduate work in Theatre and Dance at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts. After leaving SFU she co-founded Ruby Slippers Theatre, an independent Vancouver theatre company. In 1997 she took over Touchstone Theatre, an established mid-sized company with a mandate to produce Canadian plays.
Touchstone Tenure
Dunn was the fifth Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre, which was founded in 1976, following Ian Fenwick, Gordon McCall, John Cooper and Roy Surette. During her tenure she sought to expand the company’s season and support the work of local emerging playwrights. The 2000/01 season saw the premiere of Unity (1918) by Kevin Kerr, which was developed at Touchstone and went on to win the Governor General’s Award for English Drama in 2002. Two significant seasons garnered extra attention and conversation. Her 2009/10 season was devoted to the work of Canadian female playwrights, and the 2010/11 season featured only Canadian musicals. She developed the Flying Start program for new BC playwrights with the Playwrights Theatre Centre and began Vancouver’s In Tune event devoted to supporting the development of new musicals.
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
In 2003 Dunn co-founded the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival with Norman Armour. The initiative grew out of the presenting activities of the companies that Dunn and Armour ran at the time – Touchstone Theatre and Rumble Productions. The Festival quickly grew into one of the most important cultural events in Western Canada. After PuSh became a separate society, Dunn contributed to the curation of the event for two years before leaving to focus her full attention on Touchstone.
Awards
Dunn's work has garnered numerous nominations and awards. She has been nominated multiple times for Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in several categories. She has won twice for direction: in 2001 for Michael Healey's Kicked and in 2010 (as co-director) for Judith Thompson's Palace of the End. In 2010, Dunn was recognized by the Women’s Caucus of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, who awarded her with its "Bra D'Or" (Golden Bra) for supporting and promoting the work of Canadian female playwrights.
Scholarly Work
In 2011 Dunn began graduate work in Theatre Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Department of Theatre and Film. Her scholarly research explores the spatial manifestations of theatre and ecocritical theatre. She won the Robert G. Lawrence Prize for an Emerging Scholar from the Canadian Association for Theatre Research in 2015 and tied for first place in 2017. In 2018 she accepted a teaching position in the Theatre Program at the University of Manitoba, which is part of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media. At U of M she teaches Acting, Directing, Theatre History and Theory. She has published articles and reviews in Canadian Theatre Review and Performance Research.