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Jamie Douglas

Jamie has been a member of The Powergoats since December 2007.
Jamie has been a troupe member of The Balcony Puppeteers since August 2005.
Jamie was a regular cast member of BigTime Murder Productions from Sept. 2000 to Mar. 2005.

Training
Noreen Young – ‘Sculpted Rubber Puppets’. Creating rod puppets with flexible rubber faces. Sculpting heads,
creating and casting molds, painting, wigging and costuming puppet ready for the stage.
Bob Stutt – ‘Puppet Manipulation’. Manipulation techniques needed to bring
puppets to life including the ‘puppet vocabulary of movement’, mouth synch, puppet voices and working with TV cameras and monitors
A.C.T. (Acting for Cinema and Television) - Scene Study & Audition Technique with Peter Dillon and Claudia Jurt. No kidding.
Second City - Improvisation Workshops, Various Improv Exercises and Training, London, Ontario.
Oakridge Secondary School - Advanced Theatre Arts with Art Fiddler (Mime, Characterization, Improvisation, Monologue Study, Scene Study).

Special Skills and Talents/Additional Experiences
Puppeteer: See training and above resume.
Musician: Vocalist, Guitar (Electric, Acoustic, Slide), Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Dulcimer, Percussion.
Sports: Horseback Riding (English and Western), Karate (Red Belt, East Wind Budo), Archery (Blue Level), Shooting (12 Gauge Clay Skeet, 22mm Target),
Canoeing (OCA Masters), Swimming (Bronze Cross), Skiing (Alpine and Country), Cycling, Driving Automatic (Licensed).
Vocal Skills: Extremely gifted and versatile singer/entertainer.  Extensive convincing impersonations of singing/speaking voices. Countless original voices, accents & dialects.

Songwriter - Music/Lyrics, The Powergoats. CD Chrome Libido released Spring 2008, Jampops Records.

Writer -  Broken House Chronicles, Season 3, 2003 - 2004.  Mountain Road Productions, 416A Richmond Road, Suite 2, Ottawa, ON, K2A 0G2, 613-237-4447
· Wrote Comical Intros, Cutaway Skits, Songs and Outros for all 13 episodes of Season 3.
· Worked intensely with the show's two hosts to facilitate the meeting of deadlines.
· Wrote on set, during shooting, to insert additional comedic material for hosts and guests.
* 'Broken House Chronicles' 2002 Gemini Winner – Best Practical Information Series.
* 'Broken House Chronicles' 2004 Gemini Nomination for Best Hosts for episode 'Riley's Revenge', conceived and co-written by Jamie Douglas.

Writer - BigTime Murder Productions, 2000 – 2005, 1191 Adirondack Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2C 2V4, 613-723-8900
· Wrote comedic and musical material for the Canadian Forces Show Tour in the Persian Gulf, February 2003.
· Written countless script improvements and song parodies, often within minutes of performing the new material.

Writer - Roots Canada, 2003
· Wrote, produced and performed a 30 second in-store closed radio promotion for Roots Canada celebrating the company's
30th Anniversary entitled “Beaver Fever”.

Writer - Remote Planet, Season 4, CKCU, 2002 - 2003
· Wrote script for episode 102 entitled ‘The Tent’ and co-wrote episode 89, ‘The Definitive Guide’, and episode 96 ‘Mushroom Cloud’.
Also provided post production editing and mixing for the aforementioned episodes utilizing ACID Music software.

Instructor / Developer - Tapping Into Improv, 2002 - 2003. A.C.T (Acting for Cinema and Television), Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa ON, 613-565-2107
· Created two improvisation courses, novice and advanced, for adults.
· Each weekly class lasting 1 ½ hours over six weeks.
· Exploring self awareness, role playing, body language, and most importantly feeding, finding and mining.

Instructor / Developer – ‘Theatre Arts Camp’ and ‘Motion Picture Academy’, 1994 - 1996. Dovercourt Centre, 411 Dovercourt Avenue, Ottawa, ON, 613-798-8950
· Created drama course for children ages 6-14 where children were coached to write and produce an original
20 minute play performed on the session's last day.
· Created movie courses for children ages 6-14 where children were coached to write and produce an original
20 video production screened on the session's last day.
· Each daily class lasting 6 hours over 5 weekdays.

Instructor – Head of Drama Department, 1992-1993. The Taylor Statten Camps, Winter Address: 59 Hoyle Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4S 2X5, (416) 486-6959
· Developed drama training activities and improvisation courses for children ages 6-16.
· Directed one 90 minute musical production each summer for children ages 15-16.
· Each regular drama class lasting 1 hour, six classes per day for 52 days.
· Each musical production utilizing evening time for pre production and rehearsals.