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Lisa Rubin in the red theatre seats at the Segal Centre
Lisa Rubin at the Segal Centre (photo by Leslie Schachter)

Lisa Rubin (born 12 November 1977) is a Canadian theatre director. She lives in Montreal, Canada and since 2014 she is the Artistic and executive director of Segal Centre for Performing Arts.[1]

Biography

Rubin made her professional directorial debut with the production Bad Jews, during the Segal's 2015–16 season which went to tour to Toronto in 2018.[2]

At the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Rubin has played a role in the development of new Canadian musicals such as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (2014), the English version of Belles Soeurs: The Musical (2017), Prom Queen (2016), The Hockey Sweater, a Musical (2017) and The Angel and the Sparrow (2018).[3][4]

Works directed

  • Bad Jews (2016 and 2017)[5][6]
  • Million Dollar Quartet (2017)[7]
  • Marjorie Prime (2018)
  • Indecent (2019)[8]
  • Prayer for the French Republic (2022)[9]

References

  1. ^ Donnelly, Pat. "Segal Centre launches dream season of musical theatre". www.montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Burke, Jim (2016-12-23). "From punk to prom, a remarkable 2016 in Montreal theatre". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  3. ^ "Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  4. ^ "Lisa Rubin: Taking the Segal Centre into wide-open cultural territory". my/maSCENA. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  5. ^ "Director Lisa Rubin and Actors Sarah Segal-Lazar and Jamie Elman on the play 'Bad Jews'". CBC. May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  7. ^ "Million Dollar Quartet literally rocks". Westmount Magazine. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  8. ^ "Paula Vogel's Indecent takes a fresh look at a century-old theatrical uproar". Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  9. ^ Arnold, Janice (2022-09-06). "Montreal's Segal Theatre presents plays that range from the provocative to the irreverent this season". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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