About Evert Houston
An 11th generation Canadian of English, French, Irish and Spanish descent.Evert Houston is an artistic creator dedicated to the invention, innovation and architecture of original story. His multidisciplinary work as a collaborative producer brings together actors, writers, singers, dancers, designers, photographers, technicians, video artists, cinematographers, choreographers and musicians. Houston is inspired by the pursuit and discovery of new artistic forms, which inevitably emerge from these collective assemblies. His individual specializations include acting, writing, directing and producing for theatre, film, photography, original creations, performance art and live cinema.Houston is a graduate of the nation's top arts high school: Canterbury High School for the Arts (Maclean's Magazine). He attained his Fine Arts Certificate and Academic Diploma as an Ontario Scholar with Honours and Distinction, while simultaneously acquiring his Trinity certification from the Ottawa School of Speech and Drama. These examinations in Theatre Arts were supervised and adjudicated by visiting faculty members of Trinity College (London, England) He was then accepted to the University College Drama Program at the University of Toronto with multiple scholarships and began a fully funded mentorship with Soulpepper Theatre Company by the time he was twenty years old.During his undergraduate study, Houston trained with some of the nation's most revered theatrical innovators, including: Robin Philips, Ken Gass, Albert Schultz, Rosemary Dunsmore, Diego Matamoros, Daniel Brooks, David Cronenberg and Veronica Tenant, along with an international influence from artists that included: Laszlo Marton, Herbert Olschok, Jean-Jacques Lemaitre, Matteo Belli and Yoshi Oida.After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, Houston joined the highly regarded acting ensemble at Canada's Shaw Festival. During his 3 years with this prestigious Festival, Mr. Houston performed in seven productions, including Man & Superman directed by Neil Munro and Journey's End directed by Christopher Newton, while earning Multiple Awards and Full Membership to the Canadian Actors Equity Association.In 2007, Mr. Houston won the opportunity to train with LAByrinth Theater Company - one of the most highly regarded Off-Broadway Theatre Company's in New York City, under the Artistic Directorship of Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was also awarded full scholarship to train with Robert Neff Williams from The Juilliard School with Theatre For A New Audience at Playwrights Horizon on Broadway.While in New York, Mr. Houston initiated a creative association with Moises Kaufman, Artistic Director of Tectonic Theatre Projects, to assist in the workshop development of The Dover Project, refine his craft with acting coach Charles Tuthill (voted Best Private Acting Coach in New York City by Back Stage Magazine), while co-founding the Brooklyn born guerrilla art collective - Workgroup 184, where his activities included acting, writing, producing original theatre, film, dance and performance art. During this time, Mr. Houston frequently travelled back and forth from Manhattan to the American Southwest in collaboration with Chief Ray Tsosie for the written development of an Original Navajo Creation on the Navajo Nation in Page, Arizona.Mr. Houston then returned to Canada in 2008 to train at the National Arts Centre with England's Royal Shakespeare Company and the creative team responsible for M...