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MITCHELL CUSHMAN

MITCHELL CUSHMAN

Director

SOULPEPPER 2024: The Death of Walt Disney (Outside the March), Age is a Feeling 

FOR SOULPEPPER: The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale (Outside the March), I'm Doing This For You, Lessons in Temperament (Outside the March).

Mitchell Cushman is a director, creator and founding Artistic Director of Outside the March. As one of Canada’s leading immersive theatre artists, Mitchell’s work has been seen on stages as large as the Royal Alexandra Theatre and the Stratford Festival, in spaces as intimate as kindergarten classrooms and living rooms, and in locales as far flung as London, Buenos Aires, Edinburgh, Munich, Finland and Japan. Directing credits for Outside the March include No Save Points, Trojan Girls, The Flick, The Tape Escape, Dr. Silver, Jerusalem, TomorrowLove™, Mr. Burns, Vitals, Passion Play, Terminus, Mr. Marmalade. Mitchell is also the Co-Creator of BRANTWOOD, Canada’s largest immersive musical theatre experience, which received the 2015 Audience Choice Dora Award.

Other favourite directing credits include: Treasure Island, Breath of Kings, Possible Worlds (Stratford); The Effect, Hand to God, The Aliens (Coal Mine); Sweeney Todd, I, Claudia, The Last of Romeo & Juliet (TIFT); Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along (YES Theatre). Mitchell has received numerous distinctions for his work, including two Dora Awards for Outstanding Direction, four Dora Awards for Outstanding Production, the Siminovitch protégé award, and the Toronto Theatre Critics’ awards for Best Production and Best Director.