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Ferry, David

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David Ferry

Ontario -based actor and director, with extensive experience in theatre, television, film and radio. He studied at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (1968-70) and graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1973, and from the University of Victoria in 2003 with an MFA.

David Ferry has played in most of the country's major houses including the Stratford Festival , the National Arts Centre , Centaur Theatre , the Royal Alexandra Theatre , Tarragon Theatre , Toronto Free Theatre , the Citadel Theatre , Vancouver Playhouse , Theatre New Brunswick and the Banff Centre for The Arts . He has also worked Off-Broadway and in Los Angeles.

An intense actor, he has played leads in David Mamet's controversial Oleana, as well as in Children of a Lesser God, The Subject was Roses and Billy Bishop Goes to War . More recently he performed in the Canadian Stage production of Tillsonburg (October, 2001).

He has also served with Actors' Equity as vice-president, and ACTRA as the national chair for the Performers section.

He has directed (Fire, Perfect Pie, Hank Williams; The Show He Never Gave, alterNatives among others, and was the Artistic Director of Bluewater Summer Playhouse from 1996-2001. In 2006-07 he was Consulting AD of Resurgence Theatre Company .

He has taught at George Brown College and the National Theatre School, and has served as dramaturge on many new Canadian works. Recently he has edited playtexts for Playwrights Canada Press, including He Speaks, a collection of monologues for men, and a collection of plays by James Reaney .

Anne Nothof, Athabasca University

Last updated 2010-04-28