Jonathan Seinen - Teaching Acting

Jonathan Seinen (he/him) is an award-winning theatre director, actor, creator, producer, and co-founder of Architect Theatre. Born in BC and raised in Alberta, Jonathan has directed devised theatre works, such as Boys In Chairs Collective’s Access Me (Dora Award for Outstanding Direction) and Saga Collectif’s Dora Award-nominated Black Boys (Buddies In Bad Times Theatre), and new plays, such as Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)’s Governor General’s Award-finalist Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) (Theatre Passe Muraille/Saga Collectif/Architect Theatre). He has acted across the country at the Tarragon Theatre, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Theatre Calgary, and Citadel Theatre, amongst others. After five years in the United States, in 2022 he returned to the prairies as an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina. Jonathan is a graduate of the NTS Acting program and holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from Columbia University, where he trained under Anne Bogart. He was awarded the John Hirsch Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2020.