Mitchell Cushman

Stratford debut: Assistant director of The Merchant of Venice. Elsewhere: Directing: Terminus (Mirvish/Outside the March); Mr. Marmalade, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions (Outside the March); The Cripple of Inishmaan (Studio Theatre, Edmonton); Oh My Irma (Edmonton Fringe); Seeds (touring director, Crow's Theatre); A Skull in Connemara (Obstructed View). Assistant Directing: Travesties, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Month in the Country (Soulpepper); Them & Us (TPM); Cellular (Luminato). Training: Graduate of the University of Alberta's MFA Directing Program. Awards: Prize for Production (Terminus, SummerWorks 2012), Theatre Passe Muraille Emerging Artist Award (SummerWorks 2011). Et cetera: Founding Co-Artistic Director of Outside the March; associate producer, Crow's Theatre; resident artist, Theatre Passe Muraille; director of artistic programs, Paprika Festival; faculty member, Act 2 Studio at Ryerson. Upcoming: Possible Worlds (Talk Is Free Theatre).