Fw: Press Release Lise Ann Johnson

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Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: Press Release Lise Ann Johnson


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> NAC English Theatre 2001-2002 Season
> Marti Maraden, Artistic Director
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> November 27, 2001
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> The National Arts Centre English Theatre welcomes
> Lise Ann Johnson to new position as
> Artistic Associate and Literary Manager
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> Ottawa - The National Arts Centre English Theatre is delighted to announce
> that Lise Ann Johnson will continue her association with the English
Theatre
> in the new position of Artistic Associate and Literary Manager. Ms.
Johnson
> joined the NAC English Theatre in 1997As Artistic Coordinator of the NACs
> annual play development festival, On the Verge.  She began her tenure in
the
> newly created position of Artistic Associate and Literary Manager in
> September 2001, as part of an internship in artistic direction at the NAC
> English Theatre.  Her internship is supported by the George Cedric Metcalf
> Foundation's Professional Devlopment Internship Programme for the
Performing
> Arts.
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> Artistic Director, Marti Maraden, is delighted that Ms. Johnson will be
> assuming a new role at the NAC, "Lise Ann Johnson brings to her new role
of
> Literary Manager for English Theatre at the NAC an extraordinary depth of
> knowledge and experience in dramatic literature, a keen intelligence, fine
> perception, and a very real passion to help playwrights bring their best
> work to the stage.  These skills make her ideally suited to learn the
scope
> of an artistic director's role in a major theatre."
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> As part of her internship, Ms. Johnson will assist Ms. Maraden in all
> aspects of programming the NAC English Theatre season.  And in her new
role
> as Literary Manager, Ms. Johnson will provide dramaturgical feedback to
the
> Artistic Director regarding work that is currently in development through
> the various programmes of English Theatre, among which most significantly,
> On the Verge..., and the NAC/GCTC Playwrights' Unit.  Ms. Johnson
> coordinates the Playwrights' Unit activities, and manages script
submissions
> to the NAC English Theatre.
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> ...more...
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> Lise Ann Johnson is a Canadian director and dramaturg based in Montreal.
> Her training includes an MA in Drama at the University of Alberta, the
> Directing Programme at the National Theatre School of Canada, an
> International Residency at the Royal Court Theatre in London, and the SITI
> Intensive in New York.  She was the Associate Director of Playwrights'
> Workshop Montreal from 1993-96, the Resident Dramaturg of GCTC from
1996-99,
> and the Interim Coordinator of Exchange Projects at the Centre des auteurs
> dramatiques (CEAD) in Montreal.  Last year, she completed an internship in
> literary management at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Her directing
> credits include Not Spain at Arts Court Theatre, Motherlode at Alberta
> Theatre Projects, Vinegar Tom at Concordia University, That Woman at Arts
> Court Theatre, Time After Time at GCTC, Stories of the Shell for In
> Character Productions, Colonial Tongues at GCTC, Gunmetal Blues at Theatre
> Lac Brome, and Up on the Roof at Ship's Company Theatre.
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> For more information, please contact
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> Laura Denker
> Publicity and Media Relations Coordinator
> NAC English Theatre
> (613) 947 7000 ext. 389
> fax: (613) 996 2828
> ldenker at nac-cna.ca
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