Mitchell Cushman

 
Mitchell Cushman is a director, producer, playwright, teacher and founding artistic director of Outside the March, a Toronto-based site-specific theatre company. He was born in London, England, but has lived, trained and worked all over Canada, including Toronto, Halifax and Edmonton.

Born in: 

London, England

Based out of: 

Toronto, Canada

Training: 

Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the University of Alberta; Undergraduate Degree from the University of King’s College

For BeMe Theatre: Possible Worlds

Selected Theatre Credits: Passion Play (OtM, Toronto); Terminus (OtM/Mirvish, Toronto); Mr. Marmalade (OtM, Toronto); The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (and the Repudiation and Redemption of Mike Daisey) (OtM, Toronto); Oh the Humanity and Other Good Intentions (OtM, Toronto); Possible Worlds (Talk is Free Theatre, Barrie); The Cripple of Inishmaan (Studio Theatre, Edmonton); Oh My Irma (Edmonton Fringe).

Awards/Honours: Dora Award for Outstanding Production (Mr. Marmalade); Toronto Theatre Critics Awards for Best Director and Best Production (Terminus); Ken McDougall Award; SummerWorks Prize for Production Award (Terminus); SummerWorks Emerging Artist Award (Mr. Marmalade); NOW Magazine’s #3 theatre artist of the year (2012).

Other Interesting Tidbits: Mr. Cushman hosts a regular storytelling podcast, The Spoke, available for download on iTunes.