ASHLIE CORCORAN
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EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Directing
University of London, Goldsmiths College: Graduated with Distinction
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Drama
Queen’s University: Graduated with Distinction
| ARTISTIC DIRECTION |
| Artistic Director Designate, Thousand Islands Playhouse | 2012 – current | ||
| • Starting Nov 2012, AD of theatre with 2 venues, 8 shows per season, 40,000+ audience | |||
| Urjo Kareda Emerging Artist Residency, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto | 2010 – 2011 | ||
| • Season residency focused on Artistic Direction | |||
| Artistic Producer, Theatre Smash, Toronto | 2005 – current | ||
| • Founding member of company which produces contemporary works with a global twist | |||
| • Directed 4 mainstage productions & 2 workshops; produced 1 mainstage production | |||
| Co-Artistic Director, Beyond Chutleigh Productions, Kingston & Toronto | 2000 – 2005 | ||
| • Founding member for company committed to the work of emerging artists | |||
| DIRECTING – OPERA | |||
| The Brothers Grimm | Dean Burry | Canadian Opera Company (upcoming) | |
| Die Fledermaus | Johann Strauss II | Cowtown Opera Company | |
| Isis & The Seven Scorpions | Dean Burry | Canadian Opera Company | |
| The Venetian Ball | Large Scale Opera / Pop Gala | Villa Charities – Four Seasons Centre | |
| Cinderella (original adaptation) | Rossini/Massenet | Canadian Opera Company | |
| Cinderella (remount) | Rossini/Massenet | Canadian Opera Company | |
| The Bear | William Walton | Canadian Opera Company | |
| Luna at Roy Thompson Hall | Opera Gala | Luminato Festival | |
| The Futures Market | Njo Kong Kie & D. Rodger | The Wrecking Ball | |
| DIRECTING – THEATRE | |||
| 25th Annual Putnam County… | Rachel Sheinkin & William Finn | Western Canada Theatre | |
| Gay Heritage Project | D. Atkins, P. Dunn, A. Kushnir | Buddies in Bad Times – Rhubarb Fest | |
| The Ugly One | Marius von Mayenburg | Theatre Smash | |
| Third Floor | Jason Hall | Summerworks Festival | |
| Tom’s A-Cold | David Egan | Next Stage Festival | |
| The Jungle Book | Kipling (adp. by Tracey Power) | Resurgence Theatre | |
| The Secret Garden | F. Hodgson-Burnett/D. Danson | Resurgence Theatre | |
| Limes from Sicily | Pirandello (ad. by Paula Wing) | Canadian Stage – Festival of New Ideas | |
| Bedtime Story | Seán O’Casey | Shaw Festival | |
| Short Story Long | Joel Fishbane | Toronto Fringe Festival – Best of… | |
| A Boy Called Newfoundland | Graeme Gillis | Theatre Smash | |
| Tijuana Cure | Layne Coleman | Theatre Smash | |
| Tiny Dynamite | Abi Morgan | Theatre Smash | |
| The Play About the Baby | Edward Albee | At the Battersea Arts Centre, UK | |
| The Bus | Lukas Bärfuss | Theatre Smash / Goethe-Institut | |
| Try Anything | Layne Coleman | Tarragon Spring Arts Fair | |
| A Boy Called Newfoundland | Graeme Gillis | Gateway Theatre – SceneFirst | |
| Moo | Sally Clark | Beyond Chutleigh Productions | |
| Electronic City | Falk Richter | Goethe-Institut | |
| Plighted Troths | Elmar Maripuu | Foundry Theatre | |
| Be Kind to Mimes | Allison McWood | Alumnae Theatre | |
| Haunted | S. Sankaran & L.Treen | Driftwood Theatre | |
| Sad, Lion | Graeme Stewart | Driftwood Theatre | |
| Jabberwocky | Lewis Carroll | Studio 102 | |
| ASSISTANT DIRECTING – OPERA | ||
| The Barber of Seville | Director: Dennis Garnhum | Vancouver Opera |
| Fidelio | Director: Tim Albery | Opera North, UK |
| Die Zauberflöte | Director: Diane Paulus | Canadian Opera Company |
| Der Fliegende Holländer | Director: Andreas Baesler | Städtische Bühnen Münster |
| Idomeneo | Director: F. de Carpentries | Canadian Opera Company |
| Fidelio | Director: Andreas Baesler | Canadian Opera Company |
| Don Giovanni | Director: Robin Guarino | Canadian Opera Company |
| Romeo et Juliette | Director: John Fulljames | Opera North, UK |
| Tosca (2008 & 2012) | Director: Paul Curran | Canadian Opera Company |
| La Traviata | Director: Dmitri Bertman | Canadian Opera Company |
| Faust | Director: Nicholas Muni | Canadian Opera Company |
| Das Rheingold | Director: Michael Levine | Canadian Opera Company |
| Die Walküre | Director: Atom Egoyan | Canadian Opera Company |
| Siegfried | Director: François Girard | Canadian Opera Company |
| Götterdämmerung | Director: Tim Albery | Canadian Opera Company |
| ASSISTANT DIRECTING – THEATRE | ||
| Brief Encounters | Director: Jackie Maxwell | Shaw Festival |
| Albertine in Five Times | Director: Micheline Chevrier | Shaw Festival |
| Afterplay | Director: Daryl Cloran | Shaw Festival |
| No Great Mischief | Director: Richard Rose | Tarragon Theatre |
| Romeo and Juliet | Director: Mark Wilson | Theatre By the Bay |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Director: Daryl Cloran | Theatre By the Bay |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2010 Canadian Actors Equity Association / Magnetic North: Directors’ Masterclass
10 day intensive, focusing on collaboration, Chekhov and the Greeks
2010 Canadian Stage: BASH!
7 month program explores directorial approaches to large-scale contemporary performance
2009 Nightwood Theatre: Penelopiad Directors Lab
Week-long lab culminating in showcase of 10 female directors’ work
2009 Shaw Festival: Neil Munro Intern Directors Project
8 month program, directed Seán O’Casey’s Bedtime Story and assistant directed two productions
2007 International Theatre Institute / Goethe-Institut: Guest Artist, Berlin
4 month directing Residency at Maxim Gorki Theater. Shadowed Intendant (Artistic Director) Armin Petras on rehearsals for Der Schimmelreiter, Der Biberpelz & Heaven
2006/07 Canadian Opera Company: Intern Stage Director, Ensemble Studio
The Ensemble Studio is a blend of advanced study and practical experience over one year
2005 Lincoln Center Theater: Directors Lab
Intensive 3 week study & collaborative sessions: masterclass, rehearsals, discussions, workshops
2003 Theatre Ontario Professional Theatre Training Grant
Self-directed two month theatre mentorship program; assisted Daryl Cloran at the Shaw Festival
SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS
Shortlisted: Pauline McGibbon Award, 2012
Given to a member of Ontario's professional theatre community in the early stages of his or her career, who has displayed a unique talent and a potential for excellence
Nominee: Dora Mavor Moore Award, Outstanding Direction, 2012
Awards celebrating Toronto's performing arts, nominated for The Ugly One
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholarship
Competitive international scholarship, worth $25,000
Lorne Greene Award, Queen’s University
Presented upon graduation for outstanding achievement in the practical and performing aspects of theatre
