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Mitchell Cushman

Mitchell Cushman is the founding and current artistic director of Toronto's site-specific theatre company Outside the March. He has received the Siminovitch Prize protégé award, four Dora Mavor Moore awards, and fourteen Toronto Theatre Critics Awards.

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Mitchell Cushman is the founding and current artistic director of Toronto's site-specific theatre company Outside the March. He has received the Siminovitch Prize protégé award,1 four Dora Mavor Moore awards,2 and fourteen Toronto Theatre Critics Awards.3

With Outside the March, Cushman has directed over twenty productions including: Jerusalem starring Kim Coates,4 Mr. Marmalade5, and Haley McGee's The Ex-boyfriend Yard Sale.6 Other directing credits include work at the Stratford Festival,7 Talk is Free Theatre,8 and the National Arts Centre.9

Personal life

Cushman is the son of former National Post theatre critic, Robert Cushman.10 He is also a triplet.11

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References

  1. "Mitchell Cushman – Siminovitch Prize in Theatre". Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. "TAPA - Recipients Announced for 42nd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards!". TAPA. 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  3. "Mitchell Cushman — Factory TheatreFactory Theatre". Factory Theatre. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. "Review | Kim Coates makes a remarkable return to the stage as Rooster Byron in Jerusalem". thestar.com. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  5. "Mr. Marmalade returns to Toronto". thestar.com. 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  6. "Review | 'The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale' at Soulpepper is as good as its title and just as charming". thestar.com. 2022-10-23. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  7. "Possible Worlds at Stratford Festival is intoxicating: review". thestar.com. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  8. Murphy, Aisling (2022-06-13). "REVIEW: Sweeney Todd at Talk Is Free Theatre -". Intermission. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  9. "[Video] ▸ Grand Acts of Theatre: Something Bubbled, Something Blue". nac-cna.ca. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  10. "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Cushman, Robert". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  11. "Mitchell Cushman | University of King's College". University of Kings College | Halifax, Nova Scotia. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2023-05-25.