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justin shaw
THE WRESTLING PLAY
2017 The Island Fringe Festival (PATRON’S PICK WINNER); 2017 Alberta Culture Days; 2019 Nextfest Arts Festival; 2019 Midnight Madness YMM Food Fest; Funded by a TEC (Theatre Engaging Communities) Grant.
Charles is a discontent English teacher whose wanderlust is only matched by his deep-seated love for professional wrestling. After a life-altering decision to chase his dream of becoming a pro-wrestler, Charles finally steps out of his comfort zone, and into the great unknown.
HALF A STAR
With Benton Hartley
2018 Island Fringe Festival
A half a star review of their theatre performance rips apart two best friends and collaborators who, after a strange turn of events, must reunite and bring the show back on its feet.
MIDNIGHT BABY
2021 Halifax Fringe; 2021 Hamilton Fringe (on-demand); Presented by Desert Island Theatre Co. at Harmony House Theatre & King’s Playhouse.
Midnight Baby is a stand-up comedy experience performed by comedian Justin Shaw. In this hour-long performance, Shaw shares a collection of ridiculous (and painfully true) stories from his adolescence and how they shaped his worldview.
NOOK & CRANNY: TWIN DETECTIVES
2024 Hamilton Fringe Festival
A pair of estranged former kid detectives reunite to solve the murder of the century.
RITE OF THE RABBIT
2019 igNITE Festival
The Rite of the Rabbit tells the story of three mischievous rabbits who attempt to perform the Rite of the Rabbit by telling what they believe to be the true origin of the moon rabbits.
SPARE CHANGE
2018 YMM Magazine Comedy Show of the Year - Funded by Suncor.
In this hour long comedy presentation, Justin Shaw takes his audience on a mad-cap journey on what it means to let go admit that they have no idea what they are doing, while challenging what it really means to listen and be present with someone in need. This show was presented as a fundraiser raising over $5000.00 for Some Other Solutions Society for Crisis Prevention.
MOODA & TULA GO CAMPING
With Pattie Dwyer - Presented at the 2018 Alberta Drama Festival; Winner of
Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Actress, and Outstanding Production
Clowns Mooda & Tula Go Camping and hell breaks loose.
EXHALE
2017 Keyano One Act Wonders
exhale is a collection of monologues and scenes reflecting a different phase of the grief cycle in an effort to highlight the contrasting and chaotic feelings that commonly occur after a moment of shock. In this play, the death of the father impacts a family unit in profoundly different ways.
A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
With Diana Moser - presented by Theatre; Just Because in support of Waypoints Family Crisis Centre (2018)
Eleanor is a young peasant girl with has taken on the arrogant king's challenge of slaying the dragon that threatens the kingdom. What she does not realize is that the real threat to the kingdom rest solely at the throne...​
AHOY! A Pirate’s Life For Me
presented by Theatre; Just Because in support of Waypoints Family Crisis Centre (2019)
Captain Truman is excited for the inaugural voyage of the S.S Mortas, a former warship turned cruise ship, that is set to take on the high seas. However, with the unexpected arrival of menacing pirates, Truman soon discovers that his past has a way of catching up with him...
PEI FAMOUS: REINDEER GAMES
Feast Dinner Theatre 2023 Holiday Production
3 Islanders vie for holiday supremacy on PEI’s favourite gameshow, but past tensions may hijack the evening’s proceedings!
THE SHELLFISH MYSTERY
Feast Dinner Theatre 2024 Summer Production
Dinner is served! And so is… murder? A family of siblings is caught up in a surprise murder plot as they are interrogated for the alleged attempted murder of their larger-than-life celebrity chef father.
STORM’S A’BREWING
Feast Dinner Theatre 2024 Holiday Production
One mother gets more than she bargained for when a holiday wish leads her and her family into a world of unexpected surprises this holiday season.
HIGH SCHOOL HORROR STORY
2018-19 Youth Play Production - Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts
Inspired by R.L. Stein’s Goosebumps book franchise, and the classic 1980s film The Breakfast Club. High School Horror Story tells the story of a group of teenagers who are partners on a science project and find themselves locked in the school after hours on the night of a thunderstorm. To pass the time, the youths decide to tell each other scary stories to pass the time. With each story more elaborate after the other, the youth soon discover they have more in common than they realize.This family-friendly all-ages comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences with cheers and chills!
A KID SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
2017-18 Youth Play Production - Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts
This story is a kid-friendly (and very silly) adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream designed to engage and challenge young performers (youth in grades 6-9.)
SALT WATER MOON
By David French (Justin Shaw as JACOB)
It’s a splendid, moon-filled night at Coley’s Point, Newfoundland in August, 1926. Eighteen-year old Jacob Mercer has returned from Toronto to the tiny outport, hoping to win back his former sweetheart, Mary Snow. But Mary has become engaged to wealthy Jerome McKenzie, and she is still hurt and bewildered by Jacob’s abrupt departure a year earlier. She will not be easily wooed.
CULTURE SHOCK
By Lorne Elliott (Justin Shaw as Hillyard)
Culture Shock is a full cast comedic performance by three actors, Lorne Elliott, Paul Broadbent, and Justin Shaw, playing nine characters in this hilarious tale. It’s the tale of Hillyard Philpott, a lad from Newfoundland who, bored with life in his outport, hits the road for Montreal to seek fame and fortune armed only with his wits. Hillyard's wits being what they are, one could expect nothing but trouble. However, things are never what they seem...
IMPROV EXPERIENCE
Popalopalots Live Improv Comedy (2012-14)
ThunderStruck Improv (2015)
Mockery of the Movies Live Improv Comedy (2025-present)
EDUCATION
National Theatre School of Canada (Acting 2017)
University of Prince Edward Island (Theatre Studies 2014)
Young Creators Unit (Playwrights Workshop Montreal 2015-17)
Clown Training with Jon Davidson (Calgary Clown Festival 2019)
ALERT Young Producers Unit (Hamilton Fringe Theatre Co. 2021)
Creative Entrepreneurs (Creative PEI 2021)
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TEACHING
Theatre; Just Because | Youth Play Production - Shakespeare | 2017-18 | Instructor​
​Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts | Triple Threat Academy | 2018-19 | Instructor​
​Theatre; Just Because | Youth Play Production - Collective Creation | 2018-19 | Instructor​
​Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo | Artist in Residence | 2018 | Instructor​
​Watermark Theatre | Youth Acting Conservatory | 2019 | Instructor
AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS, & NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Works presented by:
2025 Charlottetown Festival - Have Jokes, Will Travel
Replay Storytelling (2025) - Have Jokes Will Travel
2025 Brave New Works Festival - Have Jokes, Will Travel
Theatre Aquarius (2025 Special Presentation) - Have Jokes, Will Travel
2024 Charlottetown Festival - The 70 Mile Yard Sale
2024 Live @ The Centre - A Creature Is Stirring
Here For Now Theatre (2024) - The 70 Mile Yard Sale
Blyth Festival Theatre (2024) - A Creature Is Stirring
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Artistic Director of Theatre; Just Because (Fort McMurray, Alberta independent theatre company, 2017-19) 2018 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Artists In Residence - 2018
Alberta Culture Days Event Planning Committee Member
Recipient of two Theatre Engaging Community grants from National Theatre School of Canada (The Wrestling Play, 2017, Salt-Water Moon, 2019, The 70 Mile Yard Sale, 2022)
Recipient of Ontario Arts Council Recommender Theatre Creator Grant (Blyth Festival, 2025)
Theatre Award – Wood Buffalo Excellence in Arts Awards, Fort McMurray, AB (2018)
Top 50 Under 50 – Your McMurray Magazine, Fort McMurray, AB (2018)
Artpreneur Gold Star Awards – Chamber of Commerce, Fort McMurray, AB (2018)
Patron’s Pick (The Wrestling Play) – 2017 Island Fringe Festival, Charlottetown, PE (2017)