Andrew G. Cooper

ANDREW G. COOPER

Front Row Centre

Cirque Nuit

DIY Theatre

Jupiter Theatre

Morpheus Theatre

Jupiter Theatre

Chimera Theatre, Fringe Tour

Jonathan Christenson/Catalyst Theatre

Festival of Animated Objects

Melissa Purcha/Chimera Theatre

Nancy McAlear/Citadel Theatre

Stafford Arima/Theatre Calgary

Tranquille Tunnel Theatre

Project X Theatre

JAMM Theatre, Hydra Performing Arts Festival

Chimera Theatre

James MacDonald/Western Canada Theatre

Tranquille Tunnel Theatre

Chimera Theatre

Daryl Cloran/Western Canada Theatre

Chimera Theatre

Ulrich/Western Canada Theatre

Western Canada Theatre High-Wire Festival

Tranquille Tunnel Theatre

Chimera Theatre, Victoria Fringe Festival

Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre

Chimera Theatre

Tranquille Tunnel Theatre

Chimera Theatre, Victoria Fringe Festival

Outskirts Theatre Festival

Thompson Rivers University

DIRECTING

Mamma Mia (upcoming)

Époque (upcoming)

Trauma

Mockus

Miracle on 34th Street

FOUR*

The Robber Bridegroom

The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warefare*

Arthur and Morgan*

The Robber Bridegroom*

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly

Mary and Max: The Musical*

Padova: The Untold Story*

The Three Munsch-keteers

Perseus & Andromeda

Frankenstein*

A Christmas Carol*

The Witness*

Knights of the Sun: Medieval Tournament Theatre*

The Cure for Death by Lightning*

Mockus*

Mamma Mia!

The Grind*

The Disordered Mind*

Perseus & Andromeda*

The Wizard of Oz*

Knights of the Sun*

Crossroads*

The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm*

One Day*

The Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda

*World Premiere

Director

Director/Choreographer

Director/Movement Director

Director/Choreographer

Director

Co-Director/Fight Director

Director

Asst. Director

Director/Puppet Director

Co-Director

Asst. Director

Director/Fight Director

Director

Director/Choreographer

Director

Asst. Director/Choreographer

Director/Fight Director

Director/Choreographer

Asst. Director

Director

Asst. Director

Director

Director/Choreographer

Asst. Director/Choreographer

Director/Fight Director

Director

Director/Choreographer

Director

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

King's Shorts Festival

Short + Sweet Festival Sydney

American School of Dubai/Short + Sweet Fest

Paragon Festival/Otherworld Theatre

Chimera Theatre, Fringe Tour Trevor Curran/Newmarket National Play Festival Red Deer Players, Breaking Cover

Common Ground Festival/Hydra Festival Festival of Animated Objects

Elana Bizovie/Theatre New Vintage Play Competition Graham Daley/Theatre New Vintage Play Competition Melissa Purcha/Chimera

New Vintage Theatre, Play Reading Series

Chimera Theatre Tranquille Tunnel Theatre JAMM Theatre, Hydra Performing Arts Festival Rosie Niven/Short + Sweet Sydney

Chimera Theatre Tranquille Tunnel Theatre Chimera Theatre Ashley Plomp/Theatre New Vintage Play Competition Western Canada Theatre High-Wire Festival Tranquille Tunnel Theatre Chimera Theatre, Victoria Fringe Festival Brittany McCarthy/Chimera Theatre Rod Deboice/Kamloops Players Society Chimera Theatre Tranquille Tunnel Theatre Victoria Fringe Festival Wyatt Purcha/Chimera Theatre Brittany McCarthy/TRUDAT Outskirts Theatre Festival

Finalist

Production

Production World Premiere Workshop and Reading Workshop Production Workshop Production Workshop Production Workshop Production World Premiere Reading World Premiere World Premiere Production Production Workshop and Reading World Premiere World Premiere Workshop Production World Premiere World Premiere World Premiere World Premiere Production World Premiere World Premiere Production

World Premiere Production

World Premiere

PLAYWRITING

Dispatch

Disptach

Dispatch

One Day

The Robber Bridegroom

Dispatch

Frankenstein

Other Deaths of the Universe

Arthur and Morgan

Dispatch

Phobia

The Robber Bridegroom

Frankenstein

Padova: The Untold Story

Perseus & Andromeda

The Grind

Frankenstein

The Witness

Knights of the Sun: Medieval Tournament Theatre

The Grind

The Disordered Mind

Perseus & Andromeda

SuperZeroes

One Day

Knights of the Sun

Crossroads

The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm

One Day

CHOREOGRAPHY AND MOVEMENT

Kamloops Mayor's Gala for the Arts

Mosiac Fashion Show

Uncommon Women & Others

SuperZeroes*

The Love of a Nightingale

Lights Out!*

Kamloops Mayor's Gala for the Arts

Seussical Jr.

The Shakespeare Show

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon

Cinderella: The Untold Story

Prior to the Heist*

The Best of Everything

The Seussification of Romeo & Juliet

Sleeping Beauty

The Beaux’ Stratagem

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

The Good Soul of Szechuan

Antigone

*World Premieres

Choreographer

Choreographer Choreographer/Fight Director

Asst. Movement Director Choreographer

Choreographer Choreographer Choreographer Fight Captain Choreographer Choreographer Movement Director Choreographer Choreographer Choreographer Choreographer/Fight Director

Co- Choreographer Movement Director Movement Director

Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops Symphony

Mosiac Fashion Show

Wesley Eccleston/Thompson Rivers University

Brittany McCarthy/Chimera Theatre Wesley Eccleston/Thompson Rivers University Randi Edmundson/Kit & the Kaboodles

Western Canada Theatre, Kamloops Symphony Melissa Purcha/Stage One Theatre School

Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre Heather Cant/Project X Theatre Terri Runnalls/Stage One Theatre School Melissa Purcha/Stage One Theatre School

Mark Neufeld/Chimera Theatre Robin Nichol/Thompson Rivers University Terri Runnalls/Stage One Theatre School Melissa Purcha/Stage One Theatre School

Heidi Verwey/Thompson Rivers University Robin Nichol/Project X Theatre Heidi Verwey/Thompson Rivers University Movement Director

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

PERFORMING

Other Deaths of the Universe*

The Three Musketeers*

Perseus & Andromeda

A Christmas Carol*

The Jungle Book

Munch Upon a Time

The House at Pooh Corner

Perseus & Andromeda*

The Wizard of Oz*

Munch Upon a Time

Francine & Frankie B*

Lights Out!*

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

The Shakespeare Show

The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm*

Making Contact*

The Patron Saint of Stanly Park

Blind Murder Mystery*

Masterpiece Theatre: Redux*

The Tranquillian Soldier*

Alice in Wonderland

The Last of the Dragons

Joey & Julie Get Hitched

The Beaux’ Stratagem

Silent Chap*

Gossip

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Joey & Julie Get Hitched*

Love Bites*

Curse of the Starving Class

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Tempest

Annie’s Solitude*

*World Premiere

Andrew

King Louis XIII/Ensemble Perseus Undertaker/Pocket /Dick Bagheera/Ensemble Professor Pim Tigger/Piglet Perseus Ensemble Professor Pim Frankie B/Puppeteer Mack/Puppeteer Guy of Gisborne

Shakespeare Jacob Grimm Dancer Control/Dispatcher (voice) Ronald Ryder

Greg Johnson James Whitecross

White Rabbit Prince Joey Kazikov Jack Archer Ensemble (film) Peter Bellum Snoopy Rat/Weasel

Joey Kazikov Dancer Taylor

Nick Bottom Caliban Jim Gordan

Common Ground Festival, Hydra Festival

Alyssa Mathieson-Bradac/Project X Theatre JAMM Theatre

James MacDonald/Western Canada Theatre

Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre

Mack Gordan/Project X Theatre, BC Tour

Heather Cant/Western Canada Theatre

Victoria Fringe Festival

Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre Mack Gordan/Project X Theatre Mika Laulainen/Waddle Waddle Productions

Randi Edmundson/Kit & the Kaboodles Heather Cant/Project X Theatre Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre Wyatt Purcha/Chimera Theatre Melissa Purcha/Chimera Theatre

Melissa Purcha/Theatre NorthWest Alan Corbishley/BC Living Arts Heather Cant/Western Canada Theatre High-Wire Festival

Annette McLeod/Tranquille Tunnel Theatre Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre Heather Cant/Project X Theatre Robin Nichol/Collaborative Creations Heidi Verwey/Thompson Rivers University Alan Corbishley/Western Canada Theatre Robin Nichol/Thompson Rivers University Robin Nichol/Project X Theatre

Melissa Purcha/Project X Theatre Robin Nichol/Collaborative Creations Corrie Tucker/Kamloops Burlesque

Wesley Eccleston/ Thompson Rivers University Heidi Verwey/Thompson Rivers University

James Hoffman/Thompson Rivers University Gayle Heinrich/Villain and Vittles Theatre

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

20142014

2014

20142014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

DESIGNING

Trauma

Arthur and Morgan

Peter & Wendy

The Robber Bridegroom

The Three Munsch-keteers

Perseus & Andromeda

The Grind

Perseus & Andromeda

The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm

One Day

Set/Costume Designer

Puppet/Sound Designer

Puppet Designer

Composer

Sound Designer

Sound/Costume Designer

DIY Theatre

Festival of Animated Objects

Kamloops School of the Arts

Chimera Theatre, Fringe Tour

Project X Theatre

JAMM Theatre, Hydra Performing Arts Festival

Western Canada Theatre High-Wire Festival

Chimera Theatre, Victoria Fringe Festival

Outskirts Theatre Festival

2020

2019

2018

2016

2015

2014

WORKSHOPS AND READINGS

Imperfect Symetry

The Way We Burn

The Three Musketeers

Yes, Mistress

King of the Road

Allen’s Nine Murders

Mockus

Go Nuts 4 Donuts

The Tragical Comedy of Punch & Judy

Dramaturge

Director/Dramaturge

King Louis XIII/Ensemble Dramaturge Greg Director/Dramaturge Director/Dramaturge Chimera Theatre New Play

Joey the Clown

Jupiter Theatre New Play Development Series

Robin Nichol/Chimera Theatre New Play Series

Dan Ondang/Chimera Theatre New Play Series

Taylor McCallum/Chimera Theatre New Play Series

Brooke Ballam/ Chimera Theatre New Play Series

Chimera Theatre New Play Series Chimera Theatre New Play Series

Courtenay Dobbie/Caravan Farm Theatre

2020

2018

2017

2016

2015

2013

TRAINING

Stilt Walking and Mask Intensive

Stage Combat Intensive (rapier, unarmed)

Musical Theatre Workshop

Full and Half Mask Intensive

Monologue Intensive

Dagger vs. Sword Workshop

Audition Workshop

Aerial Hoops and Aerial Silks Classes

Meisner Technique Workshop

The Actors’ Intensive

Banff Puppet Theatre Intensive

Introduction to Improvisation

Audition Workshop

Stage Combat Workshop

Shakespearean Scene Study

Acrobatic Arts Level 2

Puppetry Workshop

Ballet Intensive

Shakespearean Scene Study

Voice and Dialect Master Class

Derek Paulich/Green Fools Theatre

Larissa Yanchak/Fight Directors Canada Tracey Powers Steve Jarand/Loose Moose Theatre James MacDonald Roland Cooper/Academie Duello Heather Cant and Melissa Purcha

Shelley Appel, Studio X

Glen Cairns/The Other Theatre Company

Holly Lewis Peter Balkwill/Old Trout Puppet Workshop Melissa Purcha/Chimera Theatre

Heather Cant, Melissa Purcha, and Holly Lewis

Melissa Purcha/Fight Directors Canada

Christopher Weddell/ShakeScenes Katie Bickerton/The Academy of Dance

Randi Edmundson/Waddle Waddle Productions

Kirsten Pickell/Bishop Dance Productions Christopher Weddell/ShakeScenes

Heidi Verwey

2018

2017

20172017

2017

20162016

2015

2014

AWARDS AND GRANTS

The Puppet Creation Fund

Best of Fest – Perseus & Andromeda

Best Show Design – Perseus & Andromeda

Mayor’s Award for Emerging Artist of the Year

BC Festival of the Arts Legacy Fund

Best Show Design – Perseus & Andromeda (runner up)

Mayor’s Award for Emerging Artist of the Year (shortlisted nomination)

Community Project Grant

Best New Play – The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm (nomination)

Best Comedy – The Untold Tales of the Brothers Grimm (nomination)

Outstanding Choreography Award

Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry

Hydra Performing Arts Festival

City of Kamloops

Victoria Fringe Festival

City of Kamloops

Kamloops Arts Council

Victoria Fringe Festival

Vibe Dance Competition

The Great Canadian Dance Challenge

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2010 - present