KRISTA JACKSON Director & Dramaturg she/her/ elle

Photography by Ted Belton
Welcome and thanks for visiting!
I am the current Artistic & Executive Director of Imago Theatre in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Canada. In November, Jimmy Blais and I received the Montreal English Theatre Award META for Outstanding Direction for Imago/Geordie's 2024 production of The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe.
In 2026, I will direct the first new production of the award winning play CRASH by Pamela Mala Sinha for Imago. ​I will then return to the Stratford Festival to direct Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and The Grand Theatre in London to open their 2026/27 season with Dracula: Comedy of Terrors.
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Recently, I directed the world premiere of Margaret Laurence's The Diviners adapted by Vern Thiessen with Yvette Nolan at the Stratford Festival's Tom Patterson Theatre​.
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I have served as Apprentice Artistic Director at The Grand Theatre, Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Play Development at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and founding Artistic Director of zone41 theatre. I trained at TMU in acting, Shaw Festival's Neil Munro Directing Project and Stratford Festival's Langham Director's Workshop and am the recipient of the Jean Gascon Award (Stratford Festival) and the Gina Wilkinson Prize.
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Podcasts: Inside Imago | Ep 5 - October 2024, Stratford Festival Directors Notes Podcast | Ep 12 The Diviners, August 2024, Michael Healey's Just One More | Ep 4 - April 21, 2022, TIP's Book Smart | Ep 6 - Aug 19, 2020, The Performers Podcast | Ep 49, Jan 18, 2016.
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