MEET THE PLAYING COMPANY
In Renaissance-era London, a playing company was the usual term for a company of actors.
Jean Parker
Senior Actor / Director of Development
Theatre includes: Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest (Marysburgh Mummers), Lady Macbeth, Rosa and Brutus in ShakesBeer Rides Again (Theatre Roulant), Maggie in Taking Care of Crumley (Ontario Street Theatre), Becky in Summer Ballyhoo (Process Theatre) Juliet in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (Festival Players), Sissy in This is a Play (Belleville Theatre Guild), Stanley in Elizabeth Rex (Festival Players), Brooke in Noises Off (Belleville Summer Theatre) and Pisano in Cymbeline (Victoria Shakespeare Society).
TV & Film includes: Martha in Unwrapping Christmas (Hallmark), Kit in Law and Order Toronto (Citytv)
Trained at: Jean is an honours graduate of the Humber College Theatre Performance program.
Catch Jean improvising every Thursday night at the Social Capital Theatre in Toronto!
James Fraser
Creative Director / Founder
Senior Actor
Theatre includes: Algernon Moncrieff (The Importance of Being Earnest), The Great Prospero (No Traveller Returns), Marc Antony (Julius Caesar), Jack Point (The Yeomen of the Guard), Bottom (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Edward II (Edward II), Jesus (Godspell), Karsten Bernick (Pillars of Society), Semyon (The Suicide), Tom (A Poster of the Cosmos) and Seymour Krelborn (Little Shop of Horrors). James has been lucky enough to perform in a variety of venues in the UK from open air Shakespeare to the Bristol Old Vic and the National Theatre’s Olivier Theatre. Directing credits include The Importance of Being Earnest, Pinter's Betrayal, West Side Story, The Investigation, The Importance of Being Earnest and Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience.
TV & Film includes: The Fire Inside, Departure, Brother and Murdoch Mysteries.
Trained at: James graduated from the Oxford School of Drama with a post-graduate degree in acting.
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