{{Short description|Actor, director, playwright in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Jason Te Kare | image = Jason Te Kare on The Cafe.jpg | caption = Te Kare in 2018 | education = Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2001 }}
'''Jason Te Kare''' is a New Zealand director, playwright and actor.
== Early life and education == Te Kare graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 2001 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz|archive-date=10 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710042217/https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Work == Te Kare played Ty in the premiere Downstage Theatre production of Hone Kouka's ''The Prophet'' in 1994, directed by Nina Nawalowalo.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q106819253}}</ref>
He made his professional debut as Boyboy in the premiere production of Hone Kouka's play ''Waiora'' at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington in March 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Te Kare|first=Jason|date=10 June 2018|title=Loose Canons: Jason Te Kare|url=https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/loose-canons-jason-te-kare|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=Pantograph Punch|archive-date=30 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830044024/https://www.pantograph-punch.com/posts/loose-canons-jason-te-kare}}</ref>
Te Kare co-wrote the play ''Cellfish'' with Miriama McDowell and Rob Mokaraka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cellfish|url=https://www.playmarket.org.nz/bookshop/playmarket-manuscripts/cellfish/|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.playmarket.org.nz|language=en-US|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018010542/https://www.playmarket.org.nz/bookshop/playmarket-manuscripts/cellfish/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Cellfish'', about a woman teaching Shakespeare in a men's correctional facility, opened the Auckland Arts Festival in 2017, and was nominated for a 2017 Adam New Zealand Play Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Opportunities|url=https://www.playmarket.org.nz/opportunities/|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.playmarket.org.nz|language=en-US|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810032549/https://www.playmarket.org.nz/opportunities/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Miriama McDowell {{!}} Auckland Theatre Company|url=https://www.atc.co.nz/auckland-theatre-company/people/miriama-mcdowell/?pageId=4380|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.atc.co.nz|language=en|archive-date=16 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216224455/https://www.atc.co.nz/auckland-theatre-company/people/miriama-mcdowell/?pageId=4380}}</ref> Te Kare directed the production at Q Theatre.<ref name=":1" />
Te Kare played both Theseus and Oberon in the te reo Māori version of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Pop-up Globe in December 2017 to February 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 December 2017|title=Review: Pop-up Globe|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stage-and-theatre/99698140/review-popup-globe|access-date=21 August 2021|work=Stuff|language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821025929/https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/stage-and-theatre/99698140/review-popup-globe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Production Information Midsummer Night's Dream – Theatreview|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=6090|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.theatreview.org.nz|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821025929/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=6090}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM – Bi-cultural dream full of comic energy|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=10803|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.theatreview.org.nz|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821025927/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=10803|url-status=live}}</ref>
In November and December 2020, Te Kare and actress Anapela Polataivao played the lead role on alternating nights in ''Every Brilliant Thing'', a play about mental health and suicide. The play was performed at Fale of Samoa House in Auckland. Te Kare co-directed the play with Danielle Cormack who was stuck in Australia due to COVID-19 border restrictions in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tyson |first1=Jessica |title=Māori and Samoan actors highlight need for mental health awareness |url=https://www.teaomaori.news/maori-and-samoan-actors-highlight-need-mental-health-awareness |access-date=30 August 2021 |work=Te Ao Māori |date=6 November 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127001937/https://www.teaomaori.news/maori-and-samoan-actors-highlight-need-mental-health-awareness |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sills |first1=Ethan |title=Theatre review: Every Brilliant Thing, Silo Theatre |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/theatre-review-every-brilliant-thing-silo-theatre/42EG6PPPQDZKTAB7LFHLTVFGDA/ |access-date=30 August 2021 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830044023/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/theatre-review-every-brilliant-thing-silo-theatre/42EG6PPPQDZKTAB7LFHLTVFGDA/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{As of|2021}} Te Kare is on the board of Playmarket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.playmarket.org.nz/about-us/|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.playmarket.org.nz|language=en-US|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018003048/https://www.playmarket.org.nz/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a drama producer for Radio New Zealand for ten years.<ref name=":1"/>
== Awards and honours == Te Kare received the Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year Award at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards in 1996, for ''Flat Out Brown''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Warrington|first=Lisa|title=Theatre Aotearoa Database|url=https://tadb.otago.ac.nz/theatre|url-status=live|website=University of Otago|access-date=21 August 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128181143/https://tadb.otago.ac.nz/theatre/}}</ref>
At the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards in 2011, Te Kare won two awards, the Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School & Victoria University of Wellington Award for Most Promising Director of the Year, and the Museum Hotel Award for Director of the Year, both for the Hone Kouka play ''I, George Nepia'' at Circa Theatre.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 September 2011|title=Rugby icon George Nepia honoured in play|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/5585340/Rugby-icon-George-Nepia-honoured-in-play|access-date=21 August 2021|work=Stuff|language=en|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821031053/https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/culture/performance/5585340/Rugby-icon-George-Nepia-honoured-in-play|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=5 December 2011|title=THE CHAPMAN TRIPP THEATRE AWARDS 2011 ANNOUNCED – Theatreview|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=953|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.theatreview.org.nz|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821031002/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=953}}</ref>
In 2018 he was appointed an Artistic Associate at the Silo Theatre, a part-time residency, where he directed a production of ''Cellfish''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Q&A WITH JASON TE KARE - TAHI |url=https://silotheatre.co.nz/article/q-a-with-jason-te-kare-tahi |website=Silo Theatre |access-date=30 August 2021 |date=9 May 2018 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830044026/https://silotheatre.co.nz/article/q-a-with-jason-te-kare-tahi |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the Wellington Theatre Awards in 2019, Te Kare received The Grant Tilly Actor of the Year for his performance in ''Cellfish''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 December 2019|title=NGA WHAKARĀKEI O WHĀITAITAI: WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2019 – Theatreview|url=https://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=1689|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2021|website=www.theatreview.org.nz|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804012243/https://www.theatreview.org.nz/news/news.php?id=1689}}</ref>
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