Jason C. McLean is a Montreal-based writer, journalist, actor, theatre activist and a co-founder of the Forget the Box Media Collective where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the group's principal site ForgetTheBox.net.
Born in Montreal in 1977, McLean has performed on stage, on film, on Web-TV and in numerous culture jams.
In 2003, he joined Optative Theatrical Laboratories and has since performed with this dramatic collective in the long-running theatre experiment Car Stories, the anti-racist deconstruction Sinking Neptune and various guerrilla theatre performances targeting Starbucks, American Apparel and other companies.
In 2004, McLean co-founded the infringement Festival with fellow Optative members Donovan King and Gary St-Laurent. The festival is currently in five cities. McLean is an organizer of the international circuit and the annual Montreal event.
In 2009, he co-founded the Forget The Box Media Collective. He served as Editor-In-Chief and contributed to the site regularly before its closure. He was also the in-character host of JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat, a comedic web-TV talk show with fictional narrative elements produced by Forget The Box Studios.
McLean holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Concordia University, was the original editor of the now-defunct Indie Theatre Times and Review and has been published in the Montreal Mirror.
McLean is a former member of the Quebec Drama Federation board of directors.
Organization Forget The Box Media Collective 2009 to present infringement Montreal 2004 to 2014 infringement International 2005 to present Optative Theatrical Laboratories 2004 to present
Theatre (limited) Car Stories/sCARe Stories Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Buffalo, New York City (2003–present) Sinking Neptune II Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Guelph, Quebec City (2008) The Mutilation of San Pedro Frente Ampilio Oppositor & Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2007 Sinking Neptune Optative Theatrical Laboratories, Montreal, Halifax, Annapolis Royal (2006) Rachel's Words: The Words About the Words Optative Theatrical Laboratories, 2005 Dead Dolls Cabaret Travesty Theatre, 1999-2005 Mumbo, Jumbo: King Leopold's Opus Travesty Theatre, 2002
Film and Video (limited) JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat Forget The Box, bi-weekly, beginning 2009 Car Stories: The Church of Capitalism Guerilla Video Productions, 2007 American Apparel: Fake Revolution Guerilla Video Productions, 2006 Death by Latte CPO Productions, 2005 The Legend of Jackie Robinson Circle K Productions, 2005
Journalism "Staging Dissent" by Jason McLean, Montreal Mirror, September 2, 2004
References
External links Jason C. McLean's personal website and blog infringement Festival Forget The Box Media Collective Jason C. McLean's bio page on Forget The Box Optative Theatrical Laboratories JC Sunshine's Fireside Chat fansite