RESUME

Directing

2024

• De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail by Gregory Prest, Mike Ross & Sarah Wilson / Soulpepper Theatre

2023

• The Walk-Up by the Soulpepper Academy Collective / Soulpepper Theatre

• Bremen Town by Gregory Prest / Next Stage Festival

2022

• Spring Awakening by Paolo Santalucia based on Frank Wedekind / Toronto Metropolitan University (Co-Director)

2021

• De Profundis (Workshop) by Sarah Wilson, Mike Ross, & Gregory Prest, based on Oscar Wilde / Soulpepper Theatre

• Signature Soulpepper: From Where You Are - Online Fundraiser Gala / Soulpepper Theatre

2020

• The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter (workshop reading) / Talk Is Free Theatre

• Domestic Unrest of the Upper-Middle Class by Rebecca Lashmar / Driftwood Theatre Group Trafalgar 24

2019    

• Rose: A New Musical by Sarah Wilson & Mike Ross based on Gertrude Stein / Soulpepper Theatre

• Signature Soulpepper Fundraiser Gala by Paula Wing & Mike Ross / Soulpepper Theatre

2018    

• Punk Rock by Simon Stephens / The Howland Company

• Prohibition: The Concert by Richard Ouzounian & Mike Ross / Soulpepper Theatre

• Signature Soulpepper Fundraiser Gala by Paula Wing & Mike Ross / Soulpepper Theatre

2017    

• Spring Awakening: Workshop Production by Paolo Santalucia based on Frank Wedekind / Soulpepper Theatre

• Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee adapted by Ins Choi, Raquel Duffy, Mike Ross, Ken MacKenzie & Gregory Prest / Soulpepper Theatre, Persephone Theatre, Vertigo Theatre, Manitoba Theatre For Young People, Signature Center NYC

2016    

• Hosanna by Michel Tremblay / Soulpepper Theatre

• The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein / Soulpepper Theatre

• Voyager Golden Record: The Concert by Anthony McMahon & Mike Ross / Soulpepper Theatre

2015    

• Movable Maritime Feast by Mike Ross & Gregory Prest / Soulpepper Theatre

2013    

• Exorcism by Eugene O’Neill, Workshop Production / Soulpepper Theatre

2007   

• Paper Cuts by David Yee / Diaspora Dialogues/Luminato

2004   

• Fish Eyes by Anita Majumdar / Theatre Passe Muraille, Harbourfront Centre, The Other Festival, Neworld Theatre, Victoria Playhouse

Recognition

2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award, Outstanding Direction (Rose: A New Musical)

2018     Listed in Top Ten Theatre Artists of 2018, Now Magazine

            Shortlisted for the Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director

2013 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination – Outstanding Direction for the Ensemble (Alligator Pie)

            Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination – Best New Play (Alligator Pie)

2011     Listed in Top Ten Theatre Artists of 2011, Now Magazine

            Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination – Best New Musical/Opera ((re)birth: ee cummings in song)

2004    Leo Ciceri Guthrie Award – Stratford Festival/National Theatre School of Canada

Teaching

2023 Soulpepper Academy (Collective Creation)

City Youth Academy (Scene Study)

Queer Youth Cabaret at Soulpepper (Acting)

Toronto Metropolitan University (Poetic Scene Study)

2022 University of Toronto Mississauga (Guest Instructor)

Soulpepper Academy (Scene Study)

Toronto Metropolitan University (Guest Director)

City Youth Academy (Scene Study)

2019-2020  Soulpepper Training Room

2017             Soulpepper Academy (Guest Director)

2010-2019  The 519 Community Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Central Technical School, Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Market Lane Junior School

2006           National Theatre School of Canada (Guest Instructor)

2005           Imperial Theatre, Saint John

2002           Neptune Theatre School, Halifax

Education

2019     Consent Framework for Working with Youth – Soulpepper

            Acting Educators Conference – Got Your Back

2017     Working with Queer and Trans Youth – 519 Community Centre

2011     Soulpepper Academy – 2-year paid training residency

2004    Diploma in Acting – National Theatre School of Canada

2001     Bachelor of Arts in Theatre – Acadia University