Lisa Rubin
{{short description|Canadian theatre director (born 1977)}}
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Lisa Rubin (born 12 November 1977) is a Canadian theatre director. She lives in Montreal, Canada and since 2014 she is the Artistic and executive director of Segal Centre for Performing Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Segal+Centre+launches+dream+season+musical+theatre/9669703/story.html|title=Segal Centre launches dream season of musical theatre|last=Donnelly|first=Pat|website=www.montrealgazette.com|language=en-ca|access-date=2019-05-14}}
Biography
Rubin made her professional directorial debut with the production Bad Jews, during the Segal's 2015–16 season which went to tour to Toronto in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/from-punk-to-prom-a-remarkable-2016-in-montreal-theatre|title=From punk to prom, a remarkable 2016 in Montreal theatre |website=Montreal Gazette|last=Burke|first=Jim|date=2016-12-23|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}
At the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Rubin has played a role in the development of new Canadian musicals such as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (2014), the English version of Belles Soeurs: The Musical (2017), Prom Queen (2016), The Hockey Sweater, a Musical (2017) and The Angel and the Sparrow (2018).{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/blogs/cohen_confidential_with_mike_cohen/segal-centre-announces-a-promising---lineup-bringing-back/article_e386e0e2-27df-11e7-aa2c-b76b3ce97935.html|title=Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews|website=The Suburban Newspaper|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}{{Cite web|url=https://myscena.org/pat-donnelly/lisa-rubin-taking-segal-centre-wide-open-cultural-territory/|title=Lisa Rubin: Taking the Segal Centre into wide-open cultural territory|date=2017-12-08|website=my/maSCENA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-14}}
Works directed
- Bad Jews (2016 and 2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/director-lisa-rubin-and-actors-sarah-segal-lazar-and-jamie-elman-on-the-play-bad-jews-1.3574135|title=Director Lisa Rubin and Actors Sarah Segal-Lazar and Jamie Elman on the play 'Bad Jews'|date=May 7, 2016|website=CBC|access-date=May 14, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/blogs/cohen_confidential_with_mike_cohen/segal-centre-announces-a-promising---lineup-bringing-back/article_e386e0e2-27df-11e7-aa2c-b76b3ce97935.html|title=Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews|website=The Suburban Newspaper|language=en|access-date=2019-05-14}}
- Million Dollar Quartet (2017){{Cite web|url=https://www.westmountmag.ca/million-dollar-quartet/|title=Million Dollar Quartet literally rocks|date=2017-04-30|website=Westmount Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-14}}
- Marjorie Prime (2018)
- Indecent (2019){{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-paula-vogels-indecent-takes-a-fresh-look-at-a-century-old-theatrical/|title=Paula Vogel's Indecent takes a fresh look at a century-old theatrical uproar|access-date=2019-05-14}}
- Prayer for the French Republic (2022){{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Janice |date=2022-09-06 |title=Montreal’s Segal Theatre presents plays that range from the provocative to the irreverent this season |url=https://thecjn.ca/arts/montreals-segal-theatre-presents-plays-range-from-the-provocative-to-the-irreverent-this-season/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}}
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Category:Canadian theatre directors