Lawrence, Ruth
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Ruth Lawrence’s work as an actor, writer, and filmmaker has taken her to Ireland, France, the US, and across Canada. She is the artistic director of White Rooster Theatre www.whiteroostertheatre.com. Since 1991, she has performed lead and principal roles in over 100 professional theatre, film, television, and radio projects, mostly original productions, working with directors such as John N. Smith, Bill Glassco, Richard Rose, Mary Walsh, Greg Malone, Lois Brown, Ken Livingstone, Jillian Keiley, James Roy, Paul Schneider, Justin Simms, Kent Stetson, Sherry White, and Donna Butt. Performed with theatre companies including Tarragon Theatre, Sarasvati, Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre (mainstage and second space), Rising Tide Theatre, Wonderbolt Productions, She Said Yes!, White Rooster, c2c theatre, and Newfoundland Young People’s Theatre. Toured Newfoundland & Labrador (extensively), across Canada, and Ireland with various productions. Her award-winning short Talus & Scree was a national semi-finalist in CBC’s Short Film Face Off and was an official selection for the WIFT International Showcase. Her short films have screened across Canada and the US. Ruth won the 2011 Joan Orenstein Best Actress Award for Clipper Gold at the Atlantic Film Festival and the 2011 RBC Michelle Jackson Award for Emerging Filmmaker for Two Square Feet, starring Jeanne Beker. She was named the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s 2011 Artist of the Year and in 2013 was honoured with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal. In 2014, she produced two short films: MJ Award winning short, Before the War, and Quelle Affaire (a short she also wrote and directed). She was the co-creator and director of the 5-episode comedy webseries, Buy the Boards, released in March 2014. www.buy-the-boards.com