Jason Te Kare

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Jason Te Kare
EducationBachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2001

Jason Te Kare is a New Zealand director, playwright and actor.

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Early life and education

Te Kare graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2001 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting). [1]

Work

Te Kare played Ty in the premiere Downstage Theatre production of Hone Kouka's The Prophet in 1994, directed by Nina Nawalowalo. [2]

He made his professional debut as Boyboy in the premiere production of Hone Kouka's play Waiora at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington in March 1996. [3] [4]

Te Kare co-wrote the play Cellfish with Miriama McDowell and Rob Mokaraka. [5] Cellfish, about a woman teaching Shakespeare in a men's correctional facility, opened the Auckland Arts Festival in 2017, and was nominated for a 2017 Adam New Zealand Play Award. [6] [7] Te Kare directed the production at Q Theatre. [4]

Te Kare played both Theseus and Oberon in the te reo Māori version of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Pop-up Globe in December 2017 to February 2018. [8] [9] [10]

In November and December 2020, Te Kare and actress Anapela Polataivao played the lead role on alternating nights in Every Brilliant Thing, a play about mental health and suicide. The play was performed at Fale of Samoa House in Auckland. Te Kare co-directed the play with Danielle Cormack who was stuck in Australia due to COVID-19 border restrictions in New Zealand. [11] [12]

As of 2021 Te Kare is on the board of Playmarket. [13] He was a drama producer for Radio New Zealand for ten years. [4]

Awards and honours

Te Kare received the Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year Award at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards in 1996, for Flat Out Brown. [3]

At the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards in 2011, Te Kare won two awards, the Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School & Victoria University of Wellington Award for Most Promising Director of the Year, and the Museum Hotel Award for Director of the Year, both for the Hone Kouka play I, George Nepia at Circa Theatre. [14] [15]

In 2018 he was appointed an Artistic Associate at the Silo Theatre, a part-time residency, where he directed a production of Cellfish. [16]

At the Wellington Theatre Awards in 2019, Te Kare received The Grant Tilly Actor of the Year for his performance in Cellfish. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Hone Kouka (2006). The Prophet . Wellington: Huia Publishers. ISBN   1-86969-241-1. OL   8649434M. Wikidata   Q106819253.
  3. 1 2 Warrington, Lisa. "Theatre Aotearoa Database". University of Otago.
  4. 1 2 3 Te Kare, Jason (10 June 2018). "Loose Canons: Jason Te Kare". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cellfish". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Opportunities". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Miriama McDowell | Auckland Theatre Company". www.atc.co.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Review: Pop-up Globe". Stuff. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Production Information Midsummer Night's Dream – Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM – Bi-cultural dream full of comic energy". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  11. ↑ Tyson, Jessica (6 November 2020). "Māori and Samoan actors highlight need for mental health awareness". Te Ao Māori. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  12. ↑ Sills, Ethan (16 November 2020). "Theatre review: Every Brilliant Thing, Silo Theatre". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "About Us". www.playmarket.org.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Rugby icon George Nepia honoured in play". Stuff. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "THE CHAPMAN TRIPP THEATRE AWARDS 2011 ANNOUNCED – Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Q&A WITH JASON TE KARE - TAHI". Silo Theatre. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  17. ↑ "NGA WHAKARĀKEI O WHĀITAITAI: WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2019 – Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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