Lisa Rubin

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.[1]

Lisa Rubin in the red theatre seats at the Segal Centre
Lisa Rubin at the Segal Centre (photo by Leslie Schachter)

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.[2]

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).[3][4]

Works directed
  • Bad Jews (2016 and 2017)[5][6]
  • Million Dollar Quartet (2017)[7]
  • Marjorie Prime (2018)
  • Indecent (2019)[8]
  • Prayer for the French Republic (2022)[9]

References
  1. Donnelly, Pat. "Segal Centre launches dream season of musical theatre". www.montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Burke, Jim (2016-12-23). "From punk to prom, a remarkable 2016 in Montreal theatre". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  3. "Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  4. "Lisa Rubin: Taking the Segal Centre into wide-open cultural territory". my/maSCENA. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  5. "Director Lisa Rubin and Actors Sarah Segal-Lazar and Jamie Elman on the play 'Bad Jews'". CBC. May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
  6. "Segal Centre announces a promising 2017-2018 lineup bringing back Bad Jews". The Suburban Newspaper. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  7. "Million Dollar Quartet literally rocks". Westmount Magazine. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  8. "Paula Vogel's Indecent takes a fresh look at a century-old theatrical uproar". Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  9. Arnold, Janice (2022-09-06). "Montreal's Segal Theatre presents plays that range from the provocative to the irreverent this season". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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