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Artistic Producer
Andrew G. Cooper is a Canadian theatre creator, director, and playwright whose award-winning work has spanned stages and screens around the world for over a decade. As the founding artistic producer of Jupiter Theatre, Andrew’s focus is on the creation of new works of Canadian theatre with an emphasis on interdisciplinary art and storytelling through non-verbal mediums such as movement, puppetry, mask, and stage combat.
Andrew has created over twenty-five world premiere stage productions with companies such as Le Cirque de la Nuit, The Calgary Stampede, Project X Theatre, Tranquille Tunnel Theatre, Ghost River Theatre, Youth Theatre Canada, Chimera Theatre, and Jupiter Theatre. He’s had the fortune to work at major theatre companies across Canada including Theatre: Calgary, Citadel Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, and Catalyst Theatre. His stage productions have been seen across North America, from Victoria to Chicago to Halifax, and around the world as far as Australia and Dubai.
Andrew holds their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Thompson Rivers University and is the recipient of the Kamloops Mayor’s Emerging Artist Award as well as a nominee of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award. Andrew is a lover of astronomy and animals. He’s very excited to be making theatre with the incredible artists at Jupiter Theatre in Calgary, AB.