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Richard GélinasRichard Gélinas

Richard directed the 2009 Torchlight Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing,and has performed for the Fools in Romeo and Juliet,Shakespeare’s Interactive Circus,Twelfth Night,and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Other acting credits include Shining City and the Lieutenant of Inishmore (Seven Thirty Productions); Old Times,Look Back in Anger,and Betrayal(Third Wall Theatre):The Rhyme of the Nicholas Street Gaol,part of the Rideau Project (Théâtre la Catapulte/Magnetic North Theatre Festival Zones Théâtrales);and the Ottawa Fringe Best Venue winner…Comes Around (mutatis mutandis/Absinthe Collective.) Richard has also performed with with Eddie May Mysteries,Dramamuse,and the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival,and is a member of Third Wall Theatre’s resident actor company.

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