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Daryl Cloran (born July 30, 1974) is a Canadian
theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
and, currently, the artistic director of the
Citadel Theatre The Citadel Theatre is the major venue for theatre arts in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located in the city's downtown core on Churchill Square. It is the third largest regional theatre in Canada. History It began in a former Salvatio ...
in
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,
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. Formally the artistic director of
Western Canada Theatre Western Canada Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1975 by Tom Kerr under the name Western Canada Youth Theatre. It currently offers seven live performances throughout the s ...
, in Kamloops,
British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
, Canada, he took over as the artistic director of
Citadel Theatre The Citadel Theatre is the major venue for theatre arts in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located in the city's downtown core on Churchill Square. It is the third largest regional theatre in Canada. History It began in a former Salvatio ...
in
Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, AB, Canada, succeeding Bob Baker (director), in September 2016.


Childhood and Education

Born and raised in
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,
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, Daryl Cloran completed his bachelor degree in theatre and education at Queen's University in
Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...
, where he graduated with the Lorne Greene Award for outstanding achievement in practical and performing aspects of theatre .} In 1999, he completed the CFC Media Lab Program, a training institute for interactive and digital creators at the
Canadian Film Centre The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1988. Originally launched as film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for pr ...
. He also studied film at the
New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, ...
.


Career


Theatre Work

Prior to helming
Western Canada Theatre Western Canada Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1975 by Tom Kerr under the name Western Canada Youth Theatre. It currently offers seven live performances throughout the s ...
, Cloran was the Founding Artistic Director of Theatrefront, an independent Toronto theatre company where he directed: ''The Mill'' (four
Dora Awards The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped es ...
, winning one for Outstanding Production ); ''fforward'' (2 Dora nominations); the critically acclaimed ''Our Country's Good'' (2 Dora nominations);''Swimming in the Shallows''; ''The Underpants''; ''
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''; ''
Sweet Phoebe ''Sweet Phoebe'' is an Australian play script by Michael Gow. The 1994 world premiere production starring Cate Blanchett was by Sydney Theatre Company under the artistic direction of Wayne Harrison. Other notable performances of the play include ...
''; and ''I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe''. Most notable of Cloran's work with Theatrefront are the international collaborations, Return (The Sarajevo Project) and Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project). The critically acclaimed ''Return (The Sarajevo Project)'' was created and produced in Bosnia and Toronto by a company of Bosnian and Canadian artists. It garnered five Dora nominations and was published by Playwrights Press Canada. ''Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project)'' was collectively created by Daryl Cloran and an ensemble of Canadian and South African artists. It is a bilingual work combining physical and text-based theatre. It was also published by Playwrights Canada Press. Developed in Toronto and Cape Town, it was produced in South Africa, Halifax, western Canada and Toronto. Daryl Cloran has directed at theatres across Canada and internationally, including: '' Love's Labour's Lost'' (
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) which he adapted to critical and audience acclaim; ''Liberation Days'' (
Theatre Calgary Theatre Calgary, is a theatre company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, established as a professional company in 1968. It was preceded by Workshop 14, a theatre study group founded in 1944 by Betty Mitchell. Calgary's ''Betty Mitchell'' awards are ...
, which garnered seven
Betty Mitchell Award Betty Mitchell Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate and honour outstanding achievement in Calgary's professional theatre community. It is commonly called the Betty Award and is named for Calgary theatre pioneer Dr. Betty Mitchell. Awards The ...
nominations under his direction); the Canadian premiere of ''
Peter and the Starcatcher ''Peter and the Starcatcher'' is a play based on the 2004 novel '' Peter and the Starcatchers'' by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. The play provides a backstory for the characters of Peter Pan, Mrs Darling, Ti ...
'' (
Western Canada Theatre Western Canada Theatre is a professional theatre company located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1975 by Tom Kerr under the name Western Canada Youth Theatre. It currently offers seven live performances throughout the s ...
); the world premiere of ''And All For Love'' (
National Arts Centre The National Arts Centre (NAC) (french: Centre national des Arts) is a performing arts organisation in Ottawa, Ontario, along the Rideau Canal. It is based in the eponymous National Arts Centre building. History The NAC was one of a number of ...
); the world premiere of
Michael Healey Michael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He graduated from the acting programme at Toronto's Ryerson Theatre School in 1985. His acting credits include the plays of Jason Sherman (''The League of Nathans'', ''Reading Hebron'' and ''Thr ...
's ''Generous'' (
Tarragon Theatre The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country.
); ''Afterplay'' (
Shaw Festival The Shaw Festival is a not-for-profit theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It is the second largest repertory theatre company in North America. The Shaw Festival was founded in 1962. Originally, it only featured productio ...
); ''The Last Five Years'' (
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and Manitoba Theatre Centre - four Dora Nominations); ''Educating Rita'' (Theatre Aquarius); ''This is How it Goes'' ( Neptune Theatre); ''A New Brain'' (Acting Upstage - four Dora Nominations, including for Best Director); ''Helen's Necklace'' (Grand Theatre, London); and ''The Play About The Baby'' (
Soulpepper Theatre Company Soulpepper is a theater company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest non-profit theater in the city. History Soulpepper was founded in 1998 by twelve Toronto artists aiming to produce lesser-known theatrical classics. Soulpepper has sinc ...
). Daryl Cloran’s first regional artistic directorship was with Theatre and Company in Kitchener-Waterloo. Next, Daryl took on the role of New Play Development Coordinator at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he also worked as assistant director to Artistic Director
Des McAnuff Desmond Steven McAnuff (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival and director of such Broadway musical theatre productions as '' Big River'', '' The Who's Tommy'' and '' Jersey Boys''. ...
. He was invited back for a second season before being offered and accepting the job as Artistic Director at Western Canada Theatre. In those two seasons, he assisted on ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' and ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''. A drummer himself, Daryl Cloran got a chance to craft the musical spectacular, ''Drum!''. Originally directed by Tim French, Cloran took over, helming the work as it toured across North America. He designed a touring version for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and a subsequent showcase at
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.


Film Work

After completing his training at the
Canadian Film Centre The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1988. Originally launched as film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for pr ...
, Daryl Cloran cofounded Trapeze Media, a digital production studio, dedicated to developing interactive digital entertainment, while continuing to direct live theatre. Along with Anita Doran and Mateo Guez, Daryl Cloran co-wrote and directed the interactive film, '' Late Fragment''. Each filmmaker took on the creation of one third of the film while working together, with the assistance of Producer Ana Serrano, to weave the story lines and build the structure through which audiences would navigate the film. ''Late Fragment'' premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a perman ...
in 2007. Recognized as North America’s first interactive film, it was produced by the
Canadian Film Centre The Canadian Film Centre (CFC) is a charitable organization founded by filmmaker Norman Jewison in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1988. Originally launched as film school, today it provides training, development and advancement opportunities for pr ...
and the
National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
. He also directed the short film ''P.M.O.'', which premiered at the
Worldwide Short Film Festival The Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), founded by Brenda Sherwood in 1994, was an annual film festival held over several days in Toronto, Ontario in June, at The Annex- Yorkville area venues; including the Bloor Cinema, t ...
.


Teaching

Although he has said his teaching degree from Queens University was something he took to fall back on, Daryl Cloran has taught at the
University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to "Uptown" Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also operates ...
and Queen's University (where he directed a modern adaptation of Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'' as well as an inventively staged ''Macbeth''). He took on the notoriously unstageable ''Peer Gynt'' with the graduating class at
George Brown Theatre School The George Brown Theatre School is a drama school in Toronto, Canada. Providing training in multiple forms and practices of theatre, it is one of the highest-regarded conservatory schools for drama in the country. The school was founded in 1976 as ...
. He has also held teaching positions at
Fanshawe College Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly shortened to Fanshawe College, is a public college in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. One of the largest colleges in Canada, it has campuses in London, Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock ...
,
Sheridan College Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (formerly Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology) is a public polytechnic institute of technology located in the west- Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Founded i ...
and Armstrong Acting Studio, founded by Canadian screen actor
Dean Armstrong Dean Armstrong (born April 24, 1973) is a Canadian actor, producer, and acting coach. Early life Armstrong was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. He attended Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario and graduated with degrees in theater arts and ed ...
offering classes for professional actors.


Personal life

In 2004, Cloran married Canadian stage and screen actress Holly Lewis. They moved from Toronto in 2010 to Kamloops BC and then to Edmonton, where they live with their two sons.


Awards

John Hirsch Prize for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Director from the Canada Council for the Arts Toronto Theatre Emerging Artist Award Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Direction Kamloops Business Magazine’s Top 10 Under 40


References


External links


Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia

Western Canada Theatre

Theatrefront
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