JASON CANNON
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    • Awake and Sing!
    • A Beary Big Adventure
    • The Boy Who Liked Pulling Hair
    • Brooklyn Boy
    • Burt & Me
    • Butler
    • Chesapeake
    • A Clockwork Orange
    • The Comedy of Errors
    • Constellations
    • The Cottage
    • The Crucible
    • Dancing Lessons
    • Deck the Halls
    • The Diviners
    • Doublewide
    • Doubt: A Parable
    • The Dragon vs the Hiccups
    • Fools
    • Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
    • Gidion's Knot
    • Grace
    • Hamlet
    • Hand to God
    • How to Use a Knife
    • Imagination Adventures
    • Into the Woods
    • Joseph...Dreamcoat
    • Killer Joe
    • Last Rights
    • Lend Me a Tenor
    • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
    • Little Women the Musical
    • Love Song
    • The Marvelous Wonderettes
    • Measure for Measure
    • Million Dollar Quartet
    • Moonlight and Magnolias
    • My Name is Asher Lev
    • Noises Off
    • Old Enough to Know Better
    • Once
    • Other People's Money
    • Outlying Islands
    • Peter Pan
    • Peter Pan the Musical
    • Pinocchio
    • Rap-Punzel
    • Relativity
    • Robin Hood
    • Rumplestiltskin
    • Skin in Flames
    • Snow White
    • Stalking the Bogeyman
    • The Velveteen Rabbit
    • Way to Heaven
    • The Wizard of Oz
    • 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
    • Imaginary Theatre Company
    • Various FST Projects
    • Various Freelance Projects
    • Various University Projects
    • University of Missouri-St. Louis
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LOVE SONG

ST. LOUIS ACTORS' STUDIO
Director / 2010
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Jason Cannon treats his actors with a light, effective hand. [Actors Aaron] Baker and Sarah Cannon soar… Thanks to [Lavonne Byer’s] comical, unostentatious performance, Jason Cannon can let the playwright's imagination shine… In an ordinary play about a woman who grows through family challenges (such as a mental illness), Joan would be a heroine. In "Love Story," Kolvenbach, Cannon and Byers persuade us that she's simply a person. That's a harder, more satisfying job.    

RiverFront Times:  [Cannon’s} deft handling of the penultimate scene between Beane and Joan is a tender and sharply honest moment between siblings who at last see and understand each other.    

Two on the Aisle:  A charming production… Jason Cannon's direction is very sensitive to the script's changes in tone, and he keeps the action moving crisply… I really enjoyed this play and this production, and I recommend them both very highly.    

Joe Pollack stlouiseats:  Lavonne Byers and John Pierson are delightful, their arguments showing a good ear for dialogue by Kolvenbach and fine direction by Jason Cannon… a strong portrayal by Aaron Orion Baker… richly developed… an interesting play that is quite thought-provoking, with solid direction and acting.  


Ladue News:  Director Jason Cannon elicits finely etched performances by his clever cast.  
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Broadwayworld.com:  The St. Louis Actors' Studio's current production is a charming and provocative delight, buoyed by a talented cast and sharp direction… Jason Cannon's direction is smartly conceived, and the cramped confines of the stage actually work to enhance the mood, literally closing in on Beane at one point. Cannon keeps the banter lively, but also finds the heart at the center of this material… a funny and thoughtful presentation.    
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