Arne MacPherson (Nash) is a Winnipeg-based director and actor. Saskatchewan- born and Edmonton-bred, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) from the University of Alberta in 1985, and moved to Winnipeg in 1991. Arne has worked as an actor extensively in Winnipeg, including at the Manitoba Theatre Centre (The Crucible, King Lear, Our Country’s Good and others), Shakespeare In the Ruins (most recently Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet, Richard III, Mercutio, Malvolio and others), Prairie Theatre Exchange (Unity (1918), Fox, InQuest), and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (Sight Unseen). At the 2006 Winnipeg Fringe, he appeared onstage with his two kids Gislina and Solmund in Candy From a Baby, penned by his partner Debbie Patterson.
Arne’s work as a freelance director includes productions for Shakespeare In the Ruins (Head, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, , Macbeth and The Threepenny Opera) ,Theatre Projects Manitoba (Noble Savage, Savage Noble, Cruel and Unusual Punishment), Prairie Theatre Exchange (Mmm-Munsch!, Munschapalooza), and the Manitoba Theatre for Young People (Romeo and Juliet). Upcoming this fall, he will be directing the premiere production of Stretching Hide for Theatre Projects Manitoba As an educator, he has directed four productions for PTE school’s Young Company (most recently Top Girls by Caryl Churchill) Shakespearean text workshops to professional actors and high school students, and has taught at the University of Winnipeg and MTYP school.
