Shannon Kook-Chun

Represented by Brad Garrick

Resume

FILM AND TELEVISION:

Durham County (Season 3)

Recurring

TMN/Movie Central/Global; Dir: Various

Degrassi TNG

Recurring

Epitome Pictures; Dir: Eleanore Lindo

Aaron Stone

Guest Star

Shaftesbury; Dir: David Wu

Being Erica

Guest Star

Temple Street Productions; Dir: Chris Grismer

The Border

Guest Star

CBC; Dir: Eleanore Lindo

Crash and Burn

Principal

Whizbang/Showcase; Dir: Ken Girotti

3 Mothers

Actor

Blind Dog Films Inc; Dir: Rafal Sokolowski

 

THEATRE:

The Madness of the Square

Ding Ding

Cahoots Theatre Projects; Dir: Ruth Madoc-Jones

The Forbidden Phoenix

Lao San

Citadel/LKTYP/MTYP; Dir: Ron Jenkins

Saint Frances of Hollywood

Leif Erickson

Dovercourt House; Dir: Rosanna Saracino

Agamemnon

Paris

Mears Hall; Dir: Carol Fields

The Pirates of Penzance

Major General Stanley

Mears Hall; Dir: Ingrid Wild

Into the Woods

Cinderella’s Prince

Brescia House; Dir: Glenda Gladwynn

Eye of the Hurricane

Director and Ensemble

Wits University and St. Stithians Arts Festivals

 

NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS:

John…Sudden Death

Bob

NTS; Dir: Richard Greenblatt

Major Barbara

Charles Lomax

NTS; Dir: Jim Mezon

Restoration

Gabriel Hedges

NTS; Dir: Alisa Palmer

Precipice – The Radio Project

Performer

NTS; Dirs: Paula Danckert and Stephen Lawson

The Clown Project

Clown

NTS; Dir: Leah Cherniak

Macbeth

Bloody Captain, Young Seyward, Murtherer

NTS; Dir: Nick Hutchinson

Golden Boy

Joe Bonaparte

NTS; Dir: Ted Dykstra and Kate Hennig

Much Ado About Nothing

Don John, Dogsberry

NTS; Dir: Marti Maraden

The Cherry Orchard

Gaev

NTS; Dir: Jane Heyman

The Citizens

Ensemble

NTS; Dir: Ker Wells

Solo Show

Performer

NTS; Dir: Kelly Thornton

The Ark (NAC)

Various

NTS; Dir: Peter Hinton

Problem Child

R J

NTS; Dir: Sherry Bie

Beauty and the Beast

Ensemble

NTS; Dir: Jillian Keiley

 

NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL TRAINING:

Acting: Sherry Bie, Kate Hennig, Ted Dykstra, Jane Heyman, Nick Hutchinson, Marti Maraden

Acting for the Camera: Sheila McCarthy, Rafal Sokolowski

The Ark (NAC): Peter Hinton, Suzie Turnbull, David Dean

Classical Text/Shakespeare: Nick Hutchinson, Suzie Turnbull, Andrew Wade

Voice/Speech: Stan Brown, Kate Hennig, Julia Lenardon, Andrew Wade

Movement: Leslie Baker, Judith Koltai-Peavy, Jo Leslie, Kin Snelling, Tedi Tafel

Singing: Linda Morrison, Keith Thomas

Voice Animation: Sunday Muse

Dramatic Combat: Jean-Francois Gagnon

Gumboots: Sipho Ndlela

 

RELATED TRAINING

The Players (under the direction of Anna MacKay-Smith); Equity Showcase, Toronto

The Players Academy (Voice: Rae Ellen Bodie & Danielle Wilson; Stage Combat: Simon Fon; Movement: Melanie Windle & Sallie Lyons; Creating from the Heart: Victor Gomez; Film & TB: Janet Laine Green; Clown: Mike Kennard; Mask: Paul Lampert; Stage Craft:

Tedde Moore; Acting: Anna MacKay-Smith, Melanie Windle; Audition Technique: Richard Quesnel)

Seneca College Acting I and II (Rose Dubin, Liza Balkan, Lynn Weitraubb); York University, Toronto

 

RELATED SKILLS AND/OR INTERESTS:

Languages: English, conversational Afrikaans, French

Dialects: South African, Afrikaans, African and Cape Coloured (Mihaleto), North American/Canadian, British RP, Norfolk, New York, Chinese, Japanese, Indian

Singing, piano, guitar, harmonica, jembe drums, gumboot dancing, hip hop, krump, bboying and salsa with some prior competitive Ballroom and Latin-American dancing (3rd in RAMA South African Gauteng provincials in Bronze Youth Section 1999). Beat boxing,

karate (Green 2), stage combat bronze certificate 2005, some juggling and balloon animals, photography, tennis, volleyball, swimming, rugby, cricket, basketball, writing, drawing (comic art)