Jason C. McLean is a

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-based writer, journalist, actor, theatre activist and a co-founder of the Forget the Box Media Collective where he currently serves 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

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s. In 2003, he joined

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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

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with fellow Optative members

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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 currently serves as Editor-In-Chief and contributes to the site regularly and hosts the site's bi-weekly podcast. 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

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, was the original editor of the now-defunct Indie Theatre Times and Review and has been published in the

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. McLean is a former member of the Quebec Drama Federation board of directors.

Organization

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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

References

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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Jason C. Living people 1977 births Canadian male journalists Canadian male non-fiction writers Canadian male stage actors Journalists from Montreal Male actors from Montreal Writers from Montreal Concordia University alumni