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Jason Ferguson
Theatre Administrator and Writer
Recent projects include Google Science Fair and Innovation for the Nation with the agency Blue Flame.
Jason was a finalist in the August 2012 Glimmer Train Short Story Awards.
Outside of his day job, he produces theatre productions. Favorite shows include management of Movin' Out on Broadway and the Old Vic and Punchdrunk co-production Tunnel 228. His recent off-West End production of Ragtime won Offie Awards for Best Ensemble and Lighting Design, and Time Out called it "electrifying".
Early in his career, Jason worked as the personal assistant to Sean 'Diddy' Combs at Bad Boy Entertainment. He learned how to throw a pretty decent party.
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- Director of Public Relations and Social Media at Flat Rock PlayhousePerforming Arts | Greenville, South Carolina Area, USSummary
I have 14 years of experience working in professional theatre and entertainment. I have worked in a variety of roles such as PR, stage management, general management, writing, events and producing.
Highlights of my career include working with maestro Anton Coppola at Opera Tampa, learning how to run a theatre under Judy Lisi at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, seeing how to produce a Broadway show while working for Manny Azenberg on shows like Movin' Out, witnessing Keith Lockhart conduct his first opera at Boston Lyric Opera, working with Sean 'Diddy' Combs at Bad Boy as he balanced celebrity with running an entertainment group, moving to London to work in the West End and with Kevin Spacey's Old Vic Theatre and Punchdrunk, producing a short film, watching children from around the world come to the Google Science Fair, having my short story be a finalist in the Glimmer Train awards, and producing the critically acclaimed Off-West End production of Ragtime.Experience- Mar 2013 - PresentDirector of Public Relations & Social Media / Flat Rock Playhouse
I oversee the public relations and social media for this Equity theatre located outside of Asheville. Flat Rock Playhouse is the State Theatre of North Carolina and is made up of a 500 seat mainstage and a 250 seat downtown studio space.
The Playhouse’s dual mission of producing the performing arts and providing education in the performing arts includes a ten-show professional series; a summer and fall college apprentice and intern program; performances and cabaret series by the YouTheatre; year-round classes and workshops for students from kindergarten through adults. Flat Rock Playhouse now hosts over 90,000 patrons annually and is a major contributor to the local economy and the Arts in North Carolina.
- 2001 - PresentProducer and Writer / Freelance
Writing:
SNOW DAY - A Short Story - Finalist in the August 2012 Glimmer Train Short Story Awards
FOR DUMMIES - Ghostwriting chapters for a bestselling For Dummies book.
BLOGGING - The Producer's Perspective, Smitten By Britain, That Damn Yankee
CLIQUE MAGAZINE - Founding writer for magazine about Tampa nightlife, entertainment and arts.
PR AND COPYWRITING - Freelance PR and copywriting for clients including Visit Las Vegas and Tribeca Salons.Producing:
RAGTIME
Produced the Off-West End revival at the Landor Theatre with John-Webb Carter.
Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Directed by Robert McWhir
*OFFIE AWARD WINNER: Best Ensemble, Best Lighting Design, Best Costume Design
*Time Out magazine called it "electrifying" and named it a Best of 2011.
*Other nominations from Whatsonstage Awards and BroadwayWorld UK Awards.THE BILBAO EFFECT
Produced the workshop production of this new play by Oren Safdie.
Presented at the Architecture Foundation.SILENT BUT VIOLENT
Produced a short film.
Directed and Written by Fionn Groeger.
*OFFICIAL SELECTION: Dingle Film Festival 2008THE SHOW GIRLS
Produced a 'girl group' made up of West End performers.
Engagements at Trafalgar Studios and Arts Theatre London.
Co-produced and Directed by Gary Lloyd.
Education- Birkbeck College, University of LondonCertificate in Creative Writing
- New York UniversityBA in Individualized Study
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Honors:* Glimmer Train Short Story Awards finalist, 2012 * Off-West End Theatre Award, 2011 * Time Out Best of 2011 * Whatsonstage Award nominee, 2011 * BroadwayWorld UK Award nominee, 2011 * Official Selection, Dingle Film Festival, 2008
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Interests:Theatre, Sailing, Writing, Historic Sites, Propaganda Posters, Stephen Sondheim, Pearl Jam, Shakespeare, Woody Allen
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