MEET THE PLAYING COMPANY
In Renaissance-era London, a playing company was the usual term for a company of actors, made up of a core team of actors called 'sharers'.
Jean Parker
Senior Actor / Sharer
Theatre includes: 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)
Catch Jean next hamming it up in Clue and High Noon; a monthly improv show at The Social Capital Theatre in Toronto!
David Baker
Senior Actor / Sharer
Theatre includes: Kipp in No Traveler Returns, King Lear in ShakesBeer Rides Again and in Bridge Street with Theatre Roulant. He also recently staged and performed in the one man show MONSTER by Daniel MacIvor with his own theatre company, No Name Theatre.
Trained at: David is a graduate of the University of Windsor's BFA - Acting program.
James Fraser
Creative Director / Founder
Senior Actor / Sharer
Theatre includes: 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 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 studied at the Oxford School of Drama.
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