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Canadian actor (born 1977)

Jason C. McLean
Jason C. McLean in 2014
Born	(1977-05-09) May 9, 1977 (age 47) 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

Forget The Box Media Collective 2009 to present
infringement Montreal 2004 to 2014
infringement International 2005 to present
Optative Theatrical Laboratories 2004 to present

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

"Staging Dissent" by Jason McLean, Montreal Mirror, September 2, 2004

References

Bottenburg, Rupert (2001-03-15). "Bad taste on the bill". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
Nerstruck, J. Kelly (2004-06-15). "When the Fringe becomes the main event". National Post. Archived from the original on 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
Delisle, Rania (2005-07-08). "Wild car ride more fringe than Fringe". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
"Interview with Jason C. McLean (MP3 format)". CKUT-FM (McGill University's radio station). 2005-06-06. Archived from the original (MP3 format) on 2007-08-14. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
"Native Solidarity News interview with Donovan King and Jason C. McLean". CKUT-FM (McGill University's radio station). 2006-12-05. Archived from the original (MP3 format) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
Lejtenyi, Patrick (2007-03-08). "Main Claim". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
Smith, Wendy (2007-03-21). "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". Retrieved 2007-11-10.
Lejtenyi, Patrick (2007-08-07). "Covering up the Main". Montreal Mirror. Archived from the original on 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2008-08-09.

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