past productions
Kim's convenience
by-Ins Choi
"...Jun has revealed a rare talent for getting that difficult balance expected between the past and present just right."
- Intermission
Directed by: Esther Jun
Set and Costume Design: Julia Kim
Lighting Design: Jareth Li
Photo by: Dahlia Katz
Les Beles-Soeurs
by - Michel Tremblay
"And now it's getting a lively, crowd-pleasing production ...featuring what must surely be the most diverse cast the script has ever had." - The Globe and Mail
Director: Esther Jun Set Designer: Joanna Yu. Costume Designer: Michelle Bohn
Lighting Designer: Louise Guinand. Composer and Sound Designer: Maddie Bautist Supervising Fight Director: Geoff Scovell. Movement Director: Alyssa Martin
Script Consultant: Lydie Dubuisson. David Hou @david_hou_photography
Between a Wok and a Hot pot
by - Amanda Lin
“Between a Wok and a Hot Pot”...is smarter than it first appears, transforming into a subversive critique of the “identity play” genre it initially sets itself up to be.
- The Star
-Set & Lighting by Echo Zhou/ -Costumes by Sarah Yuen/ Projections- Emily Jung/- Photos by Michael Yaneff
the great leap
by-Lauren Yee
"The characterizations are finely etched, the pacing nicely ebbs and flows with the energy of the writing, and the technical aspects are perfectly sewn into the production”
- Broadway World
Scenic Design by Yu Shibagaki/ Costumes- Samantha C. Jones/ Lighting by Michael Boll/ Projections by T. Paul Lowry/ -Photos Roger Mastroianni
little women
by-Jordi Mand
"A careful balance of the melancholy with flashes of joyful exuberance, Little Women could well be the sleeper hit of the Stratford Festival’s 2022 season."
-Village Media
Set by Terea Przybylski/ Lighting by Kaileigh Krysztofia/ Costumes A.W Nadine Grant
-Photos by David Hou
I am william
by-Rebecca Déraspe
“Director Esther Jun’s production is pretty much pitch-perfect and her four performers seem to have great fun time acting in this Elizabethan travesty.”
- The Globe and Mail
Stratford Festival 2021- Set & Costumes by Michelle Bohn & Samantha McCue
-Photos by David Hou
pal joey
Book by John O' Hara, Music by Rodgers & Hart
“In [Esther's] hands and those of her able cast, Pal Joey feels like a musical far ahead of its time. Its depiction of a grasping, superficial world anticipate the even darker worlds of musicals like Kander and Ebb’s Chicago (1975) or Sondheim’s Assassins (1990).”
-Stage Door
Talk is Free Theatre 2019- Set & Lighting by Joe Pagnan /Costumes by Michelle Bohn
-Photos by Scott Cooper
the gamblers
by-Nikolai Gogal
“It’s always a pleasure to see the work of this gifted director—it gets better and better.”
-The Slotkin Letter
Talk is Free Theatre 2019- Set & Lighting by Joe Pagnan /Costumes by Michelle Bohn
-Photos by Scott Coope
theory
by-Norman Yeung
“Theory punches up hard with its social commentary, but while all this is happening a tense thriller edges its way on to the stage and into the recesses of your mind.”
- Mooney on Theatre
Tarragon Theatre 2018- Set & Lighting by Joe Pagnan /Costumes by Michelle Bohn/ Video Design by Cameron Davies
-Photos by Cylla von Tiedermann
Girls like that
by-Evan Placey
“A show laden with wisecracks and wisdom that can engage both a teenage and adult audience”, “The sequences are high-energy and edgy, flaunting the cast’s obvious talent.”
-NOW Magazine
Tarragon Theatre 2018- Set by Shannon Lea Doyle/ Lighting by Kaileigh Krysztofiak/ Costumes by Ming Wong
-Photos by Cylla von Tiedermann
amadeus
by-Peter Shaffer
“A stunning production directed by Esther Jun who so serves the play in spades with sensitive, intelligent direction, with fine acting, a breathtaking design resulting in brilliant theatre. Its beating heart is beautiful.”
-The Slotkin Letter
Talk is Free Theatre 2018- Set & Lighting by Joe Pagnan/ Costumes by Michelle Bohn
-Photos by Luca Ragogona