Seán Cummings is a Canadian film and television industry professional and former playwright, actor, producer, and director from

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. He was born in

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on January 17, 1968. Cummings' first full-length play, "Chasing Home" was produced at the Vancouver Playhouse by the Frank Theatre Company and the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company in Vancouver, BC in 2012. His first published work appears as the preface to C.E. Gatchalian's "Crossing" and other Plays - Lethe Press (Feb. 6 2011). He is a founder of Meta for Theatre Company and served as co-artistic director from 2004 to 2008, later serving as artistic director of

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from 2008 to 2012. In 2012 he returned to Meta for Theatre as the company's Artistic Producer. As a director, Cummings is known as the director of the stage versions of

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nominee C. E. Gatchalian's plays ''Crossing'', ''Broken'' and ''Falling In Time''. As an actor, his roles have included Jason in ''

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'' and Bertram in ''

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'' In late 2007, he delivered a critically acclaimed performance in the

production of '' Bent'', a play about homosexuals in Germany under the Nazis. In early 2008, he played David in a revival of

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's ''Poor Super Man''.

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