Louise Fagan

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birthname = Patricia Louise Fagan
birthdate = May 4
location = London, Ontario
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nationality = Canadian
area = Director, Producer
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Louise Fagan enjoys a dynamic career that spans theatre, music and film. She is the founder of Louise Fagan Productions [cite web |url=http://www.louisefaganproductions.com/|title=Louise Fagan Productions] which is located in London, Ontario. The daughter of choral conductor Gerald Fagan, she obtained a degree in English and dramatic literature from the University of Western Ontario and then became an independent theatre director, piling up experience in production, musical story-telling, television and film. [cite web |url=http://www.lfpress.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=106678&x=articles&s=womenonmove|title=London Free Press]

Fagan has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including producing and directing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2001 Canada Summer Games. In the summer of 2002, she was hired as show co-ordinator for The Way of the Cross, which celebrated the Pope's visit to Toronto. [cite web |url=http://www.lfpress.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=106678&x=articles&s=womenonmove|title=London Free Press] She studio produced the orchestral recording "River", commissioned by Wellspring Cancer Support Centre, to mirror the emotional journey of a cancer patient and was executive producer for the soundtrack to "Jazzabel", produced by legendary Canadian producer Jack Richardson. Other most recent CD releases include "Noted!" and "In Good Company".

Fagan's theater directing credits include the Vagina Monologues, Hearts Made Great and The World Awaits. She owns her own film production company, Phat Puppy Productions, and co-founded Femme Fatale, a London-based theatre company. [cite web |url=http://www.louisefaganproductions.com/|title=Louise Fagan Productions] Femme Fatale's production of one-woman shows, titled "Portraits" (which was featured in the February 2006 issue of Oprah magazine) [cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/omag_200602_femme|title=O Magazine] , opened in 2006 with shows at The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Additional performances took place at Urban Stages, New York City, and The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Shows in the production included Jazzabel, The Shimmering Verge (with Molly Peacock) and Nona. [cite web|url=http://www.mollypeacock.org/shimmeringverge/history.html|title=Molly Peacock.org] Ms. Fagan also directed the short film "Father's Touch", which was an adaptation of the first chapter of a book of the same name by Donald O'Haene. The film won a top 50 placement in the Kevin Spacey conceived, worldwide Online film festival, Triggerstreet. [cite web |url=http://www.louisefaganproductions.com/projects/phat_puppy.html|title=Phat Puppy Productions]

Louise is the Creative Director of "Under an African Sky", held each December, featuring UN Envoy to Africa Stephen Lewis, a fundraiser in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation to combat AIDS in Africa. [cite web |url= http://www.louisefaganproductions.com/Upcoming/index.html|title=Louise Fagan Productions] Ms. Fagan is also the Artistic Producer for the "In Good Company" festival which is a month long, multi-arts festival in London. [cite web |url= http://www.in-good-company.ca/|title=In Good Company Website]

Ms. Fagan has recently been named President of Goodnight Angel Productions. She has two children, Nathaniel and Gillian.

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