Keileydography: The Symphonic Theatre of Jillian Keiley
I first encountered the name of Jillian Keiley in 1997, when the general manager of Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, where I was artistic director, returned from a PACT meeting singing the praises of a talented young artist from St. John’s. As no one ever says, “No” to Gaylene Buckle for long — I soon...
| Published in: | Canadian Theatre Review |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.128.007 https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.128.007 |
| Summary: | I first encountered the name of Jillian Keiley in 1997, when the general manager of Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, where I was artistic director, returned from a PACT meeting singing the praises of a talented young artist from St. John’s. As no one ever says, “No” to Gaylene Buckle for long — I soon agreed to give Jillian her first opportunity to direct on Newfoundland’s west coast. My friend John Mighton had written a challenging play called Possible Worlds, which I’d wanted to direct for years. Hearing of the intelligence and verve of this young, home-grown director, however, changed my plans, and I assigned her the project. Soon after, I saw her production of Under Wraps in St. John’s, a production so mesmerizing that it remains, with Robert Lepage’s Polygraphe and Carbone 14’s Le Dortoir, on my list of the most significant Canadian theatre productions of the past fifteen years. |
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