“Paterson needed to be spot-on… He carried the ball over the goal line…I knew he was winning when I recognized myself…”
The Prince George Citizen

The Patron Saint of Stanley Park, Kevin, Theatre Northwest Dir. Melisa Thomas

The Ugly One, Scheffler, Plan B Collective  Dir. Richard Wolfe

The Blue Light, Hitler/ Disney, The Firehall Arts Centre  Dir. Donna Spencer

The Oresteia: The Agamemnon, The Chorus, Pal Benefit  Dir. Torquil Campbell

The Party, Hitler in a Dress, One Crazy French Man  Dir. Jacques Lalonde

Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Soranzo, The Ensemble Theatre Co.  Dir. Tariq Leslie

The Rivals, Acres, The Restoration Project  Dir. Bill Millerd

A Streetcar Named Desire, Pablo, Chemainus Theatre Festival  Dir. Jeremy Tow

Cymbeline, Iachimo, Savage God’s Bardathon  Dir. Donna Spencer

The Shakespeare Projects, 16 projects, Savage God  Dir. John Juliani

Of Mice and Men, Slim. M & M Equity Co-op  Dir. Bert Steinmanis

Othello, Various, The Arts Club  Theatre  Dir. John Cooper

The Lesson: Marathon, The Professor, Random Productions Dir. Amanda Lockitch

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Butcher, Ragg, The Mentors Co-op  Dir. Tom Kerr

The Dumb Waiter, Ben, Random Productions  Dir. Amanda Lockitch

Motifs & Repetitions, Ade, Random Productions  Dir. Amanda Lockitch

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Puck, Mad Duck Theatre  Dir. Jack Paterson

Dancing At Lughnasa,  Michael, CitS Ensemble  Dir. Stephen Porter

The Balcony  The Judge  Full Circle Players  Dir. Ted Mann

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bottom, Lysander and Moth, CitS Ensemble  Dir. Ed Berkley

Under Milkwood, NoGood Boyo, CitS Ensemble  Dir. Ted Mann

SPECIAL SKILLS:
Dialects: Standard American, British, Irish, Scottish
Stage Combat: Armed & Unarmed
Passports: Canada, Great Britain (European Communities)

TRAINING:
Circle In The Square Theatre School – N.Y. 2 yr. Diploma, 1 yr. Performance
Voice & Speech: Andrea Haring
Dialects: K.C. Ligon
Dance: Nora Kasarda
Movement/Mask: Moni & Mina Yakim
Stage Combat: B.H. Barry
Shakespeare & Text Analysis: Ed Berkeley
Acting Technique & Scene Study: Allan Lagndon, Teresa Hayden & Jon Stix

SELECTED PRESS QUOTES

The Patron Saint of Stanley Park, Theatre North West
“Paterson needed to be spot-on… He carried the ball over the goal line…I knew he was winning when I recognized myself…”
The Prince George Citizen

“… his appearance and visit with his children and wife, give us some of the more moving and memorable parts of the play.”
Prince George Free Press

The Ugly One, Plan B Collective
“…a great cast…Jack Paterson’s performance made the darkness and the comedy reverberate”
David C. Jones, Out TV

“…The four actors created a strong ensemble…excellent production…”
Allyson McGrane, Plank Magazine

The Blue Light, The Firehall Arts Centre
“Among the most interesting performances is Jack Paterson’s Hitler.”
Gillian Lockitch, http://www.Immediatetheatre.com

“..attracts the attention of ..Hitler (beautifully understated by Jack Paterson)”
Jerry Wasserman, The Province

“It’s genuinely creepy…Jack Paterson as the despotic fuhrer capably conveys the sad fact that these creatures were all to human.”
Peter Bernie, The Vancouver Sun

Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Ensemble Theatre Co.
“Paterson’s Soranzo is a complicated blend of charm and sleaze.”
Jo Ledingham, The Courier

“Paterson’s sleazy Soranzo..take(s) hounours among the men.”
Jerry Wasserman, The Province

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mad Duck Theatre
“…director Paterson also distinguished himself by ably taking the role of Puck, substituting for…”
Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight

The Street, Theatre in the Raw
“Suave, slick and persuasive is John Paterson in the role of the scum-bucket pusher Duke.”
Jo Ledingham, The Courier