Louise Fagan
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Patricia Louise Fagan is a Canadian
director and producer. She is the founder of Louise Fagan Productions, located in London, Ontario
.
. She obtained a degree in English and dramatic literature from the University of Western Ontario. After graduation, she became an independent theatre director, working on musical story-telling, television and film. Fagan has two children.
. Other most recent CD releases include Noted! and In Good Company.
Fagan's theater directing credits include the Vagina Monologues, Hearts Made Great and The World Awaits. She owns her own film production company, Phat Puppy Productions, and co-founded Femme Fatale, a London-based theatre company. Femme Fatale's production of one-woman shows, titled Portraits (featured in the February 2006 issue of Oprah magazine), opened in 2006 with shows at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Additional performances took place at Urban Stages, New York City
, and The University of the South, Sewanee
, Tennessee
. Shows in the production directed by Fagan included Jazzabel, The Shimmering Verge (with Molly Peacock
) and Nona. Fagan also directed the short film Father's Touch, an adaptation of the first chapter of a book of the same name by Donald D'Haene. The film won a top 50 placement in the Kevin Spacey
conceived, worldwide Online film festival, Triggerstreet.
Fagan is the Creative Director of "Under an African Sky", held each December, featuring UN Envoy to Africa Stephen Lewis
, a fundraiser in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation to combat AIDS
in Africa
. She is also the Artistic Producer for the "In Good Company" festival, a month long, multi-arts festival in London.
In 2008, Fagan was named President of Goodnight Angel Productions, a not-for-profit corporation based in New York, dedicated to outfitting pediatric hospital beds worldwide with digital music capabilities, in order to provide hospitalized children with recorded stories and lullabies. She also composed the score for the full length feature, The Likes of Us. In 2009, she was the Creative Director for the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Victoria Park in London. Fagan is also the Executive Producer of the Bach Music Festival of Canada, an international festival in southern Ontario honouring Johann Sebastian Bach
to take place in the summer of 2011.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
director and producer. She is the founder of Louise Fagan Productions, located in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
.
Personal life
Born in London, Ontario, Fagan is the daughter of choral conductor Gerald FaganGerald Fagan
Gerald Richard Fagan, is considered one of Canada's premiere choral conductors. He is currently Conductor and Artistic Director of Fanshawe Chorus London, The Gerald Fagan Singers, and the Concert Players Orchestra. He has been married to Marlene Fagan since 1961...
. She obtained a degree in English and dramatic literature from the University of Western Ontario. After graduation, she became an independent theatre director, working on musical story-telling, television and film. Fagan has two children.
Career
Fagan has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including producing and directing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2001 Canada Summer Games. In the summer of 2002, she was the show co-ordinator for The Way of the Cross, which celebrated the Pope's visit to Toronto. She studio produced the orchestral recording River, commissioned by Wellspring Cancer Support Centre, to mirror the emotional journey of a cancer patient and was executive producer for the soundtrack to Jazzabel, produced by legendary Canadian producer Jack RichardsonJack Richardson (record producer)
Jack Richardson, CM was a Juno Award-nominated Canadian record producer and Order of Canada recipient. He is perhaps best known for producing the biggest hit records from The Guess Who from 1969 to 1975...
. Other most recent CD releases include Noted! and In Good Company.
Fagan's theater directing credits include the Vagina Monologues, Hearts Made Great and The World Awaits. She owns her own film production company, Phat Puppy Productions, and co-founded Femme Fatale, a London-based theatre company. Femme Fatale's production of one-woman shows, titled Portraits (featured in the February 2006 issue of Oprah magazine), opened in 2006 with shows at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Additional performances took place at Urban Stages, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and The University of the South, Sewanee
Sewanee
Sewanee may refer to:* Sewanee, Tennessee* Sewanee: The University of the South* Sewanee Review* Sewanee Natural Bridge* Saint Andrews-Sewanee School-See also:* Suwanee * Suwannee * Swanee...
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. Shows in the production directed by Fagan included Jazzabel, The Shimmering Verge (with Molly Peacock
Molly Peacock
Molly Peacock is an American-Canadian poet, essayist and creative nonfiction writer. She is an alumna of Binghamton University.-Career:...
) and Nona. Fagan also directed the short film Father's Touch, an adaptation of the first chapter of a book of the same name by Donald D'Haene. The film won a top 50 placement in the Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey, CBE is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television...
conceived, worldwide Online film festival, Triggerstreet.
Fagan is the Creative Director of "Under an African Sky", held each December, featuring UN Envoy to Africa Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
, a fundraiser in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation to combat AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. She is also the Artistic Producer for the "In Good Company" festival, a month long, multi-arts festival in London.
In 2008, Fagan was named President of Goodnight Angel Productions, a not-for-profit corporation based in New York, dedicated to outfitting pediatric hospital beds worldwide with digital music capabilities, in order to provide hospitalized children with recorded stories and lullabies. She also composed the score for the full length feature, The Likes of Us. In 2009, she was the Creative Director for the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration in Victoria Park in London. Fagan is also the Executive Producer of the Bach Music Festival of Canada, an international festival in southern Ontario honouring Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
to take place in the summer of 2011.