Jason C. McLean explained
Jason C. McLean |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1977 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Jason C. McLean is a Montreal-based writer, journalist, actor, theatre activist and a co-founder of the Forget the Box Media Collective where he currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the group's principal site ForgetTheBox.net.
Born in Montreal in 1977, McLean has performed on stage, on film, on Web-TV and in numerous culture jams.
In 2003, he joined Optative Theatrical Laboratories and has since performed with this dramatic collective in the long-running theatre experiment Car Stories, the anti-racist deconstruction Sinking Neptune and various guerrilla theatre performances targeting Starbucks, American Apparel and other companies.
In 2004, McLean co-founded the infringement Festival with fellow Optative members Donovan King and Gary St-Laurent. The festival is currently in five cities. McLean is an organizer of the international circuit and the annual Montreal event.
In 2009, he co-founded the Forget The Box Media Collective. He currently serves as Editor-In-Chief and contributes to the site regularly and hosts the site's bi-weekly podcast. He was also the in-character host of JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat, a comedic web-TV talk show with fictional narrative elements produced by Forget The Box Studios.
McLean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Concordia University, was the original editor of the now-defunct Indie Theatre Times and Review and has been published in the Montreal Mirror.
McLean is a former member of the Quebec Drama Federation board of directors.
Organization
Theatre (limited)
- Car Stories/sCARe Stories Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, New York City (2003–present)
- Sinking Neptune II Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Guelph, Quebec City (2008)
- The Mutilation of San Pedro Frente Ampilio Oppositor & Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2007
- Sinking Neptune Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Halifax, Annapolis Royal (2006)
- Rachel's Words: The Words About the Words Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2005
- Dead Dolls Cabaret Travesty Theatre, 1999-2005
- Mumbo, Jumbo: King Leopold's Opus Travesty Theatre, 2002
Film and Video (limited)
- JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat Forget The Box, bi-weekly, beginning 2009
- Car Stories: The Church of Capitalism Guerilla Video Productions, 2007
- American Apparel: Fake Revolution Guerilla Video Productions, 2006
- Death by Latte CPO Productions, 2005
- The Legend of Jackie Robinson Circle K Productions, 2005
Journalism
References
- News: Bottenburg . Rupert . Bad taste on the bill . . 2001-03-15 . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070814005228/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/031501/cover.html . 2007-08-14 .
- News: Nerstruck . J. Kelly . When the Fringe becomes the main event . . 2004-06-15 . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061219043629/http://www.infringementfestival.com/press/whenthefringe.htm . 2006-12-19 .
- News: Delisle . Rania . Wild car ride more fringe than Fringe . . 2005-07-08 . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106103716/http://optative.net/carstories/comments/citizen0708.jpg . 2007-01-06 .
- News: Interview with Jason C. McLean (MP3 format) . CKUT-FM (McGill University's radio station) . 2005-06-06 . MP3 format . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070814123329/http://www.infringementfestival.com/ckut_interview.mp3 . 2007-08-14 .
- News: Native Solidarity News interview with Donovan King and Jason C. McLean . CKUT-FM (McGill University's radio station) . 2006-12-05 . MP3 format . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721152854/http://www.optative.net/neptune/nativesolidaritynews.mp3 . 2011-07-21 .
- News: Lejtenyi . Patrick . Main Claim . . 2007-03-08 . 2007-11-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071130073800/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/030807/front.html . 2007-11-30 .
- News: Smith . Wendy . Ad trucks leave trail of exhaust and controversy in their wake . The Tempest (blog) -- "Climate Change News from Journalism Students at Montreal's Concordia University" . 2007-03-21 . 2007-11-10 .
- News: Lejtenyi . Patrick . Covering up the Main . . 2007-08-07 . 2008-08-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100227203800/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2008/080708/news1.html . 2010-02-27 .
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