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Algonquin College

Artists in Schools Program

Avisé Productions

Broadway North

Café des Artistes

Chum Television

Club Cabaret

The Clomedy Cub

A Company of Fools

Crimestoppers

CTV

Educarium

Elmwood School Theatre

Episodes

The Institution

Invisions Inc.

Kevin Sullivan Productions

Korah Collegiate Theatre Program

MCTV

Mountain Road Productions

Music Call Productions

National Arts Centre English Theatre

NAC Orchestra

The New RO

Northstar Entertainment

Ocnus Productions

Odessa Films

Ogilvie & Mather Advertising

On The Spot Improv

Oshawa Little Theatre

The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama

Ottawa Theatre School

Pickering

Dinner Theatre

Rogers Television

Sault Opera Society

Scarborough Music Theatre

Scratchcard Productions

The Second City

Stage Centre Productions

Stagecraft Studio

Stephen Leacock Theatre

Theatre 48

Theatresports

Vancouver Realities

Vision Theatre

Whitby Theatre Company

The Whitham School for the Performing Arts

WTS Entertainment

Zucchini Grotto Theatre Company

"Ken has positively touched so many people's lives and careers. He's helped us creative types pursue our dreams by giving us the training and the opportunities that we needed. He's an amazing actor, an inspirational teacher, and a kick ass improvisor!"

               -- Travis Gordon, Director, W.T.S Entertainment

"...  the Award for Acting Excellence for a nuanced multi-leveled, perceptive portrayal of a man deperately trying to do and say the right thing in a difficult situation: Ken Godmere as Sam in The Soldier Dreams, Toto Too Theatre, Ottawa."

                -- John Lazarus, Adjudicator, Eastern Ontario Drama League Festival

"Ken was an integral part of the 2003 Juno Awards, which was a huge success on CTV. The Red Carpet production took on a new life that year with the integration of a live audience. It was due to his skill working with the crowd and the DJ that truly made our live television special an event to remember."

                -- Shelley Ayres, CTV Television

"He invites me to join him for an improv class at The Ottawa School of Speech and Drama. ... We go through a number of demanding exercises. It is somewhat cathartic. It really makes you think. Improv is no laughing matter. ...he’s on his game, and the participants are completely engaged."

               --Melanie Scott, Ottawa Magazine

"Ken Godmere’s direction is also solid, especially his effective use of the stage.  One scene in particular – where both characters are speaking in a simultaneous monologue – is quite powerful.  It’s a beautiful piece of poetry inserted into the performance, and the play [No Exit Upstage] is worth seeing for that moment alone."

               -- Wayne Current, (cult)ure Magazine

"The remount of 'I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!' playing at the NAC studio is a joy from start to finish. Director Ken Godmere makes extremely good use of the expanded performance space  ...there is still a sense of intimacy. The opening night performance was greeted with a standing ovation, of course, but it wasn’t the standard one, as it was accompanied by the kind of yelps and cheers you usually hear at a playoff hockey game."

               -- Catherine Lawson, The Ottawa Citizen

"Directed by Ken Godmere, the production [of ‘The Last Five Years’] is small and, despite being on a tight budget, doesn’t feel at all constrained. Godmere is the guy who put the new company on the national theatre map with 'I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!' He welds the same magic here."

               -- Denis Armstrong, Ottawa Sun

"Godmere and his four equally whimsical performers set the stage on fire..."

               -- Ottawa XPress

"The buffoon interaction between Godmere and Cochrane makes for some grabbing guffaws, ...reminiscent of the Kids in the Hall..."

               -- Fateema Sayani, Capital City

"...the most original type of comedy you’re ever going to find in the capital."

               -- Elissa Lansdell, News Six Ottawa

"Crime Stoppers was looking to have a unique event to bring the message home of choices in one's lifestyle. The setting was a talk show, ... Ken had the young people thinking, empowered, and participating. It was recorded by local cable and distributed to each school across Renfrew County and re-airs on Valley cable stations now and again. An excellent event, everyone had a great time. He touched 350 young people with a message and it was well received."

               --Sean Allen, Ottawa Valley Crime Stoppers

"...Ken Godmere knows how to keep it fun for cast and audience alike. Godmere and the cast made up of four other performers succeeded in splitting sides for the majority of the evening. ...Godmere is a real pro. He is completely comfortable on stage and while a lot of improv actors are just trying hard not to look stupid on stage, he has an amazing ability to not only be suave but to take the audience by surprise with his antics."

               -- Jennifer Hartley, Metro

"The Institution could not have existed through these many years and incarnations except for the passion and drive of Mr. Godmere. It’s that energy we, as audiences, show up for. How else would I know about people like Kris Joseph, Greg Cochrane, Jon Dore, Andrea Jensen and Ajay Fry was at Ken's. Ken is the heart and soul of Ottawa improv, as well as so many other important initiatives and causes in this city."

               -- Richard Kaulbars, The Ottawa Comedy Resource

"Over the years Ken made clear to me the underpinnings of the art... or at least, those that also directly apply to music. The ability to recognize when you can "let go" and just float and do no wrong in a creative situation is a pretty amazing thing. It's hard not to be eternally grateful for that kind of enlightenment."

               -- Graham Collins, Musician

"I had written a film called Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter, and the script called for a big song and dance sequence to herald the protagonist's arrival to Ottawa. Ken took over from that point, organizing an open call for talent, screening volunteers, assigning parts and helping us build an entire sequence from scratch. On the day of filming, he wrangled dozens of extras, turned our lead actor into a veritable Donald O'Connor, and made sure one of the most elaborate sequences we had ever attempted came off without a hitch."

               -- Ian Driscoll, Writer

"...what has transpired over these last several months, is something even more important than the creation of a professional presentation by a group of teenagers. ...The cast has an enormous respect for Ken. That respect has been well earned. His calm, thoughtful and respectful approach with these young people has taught them a great deal about collective creativity, about working together, sharing difficulties as well as triumphs together."

               -- David Warner (M.P.P)

"Carousel was a delight to the eyes ...and had a slick, professional quality that surpassed expectations of a ‘local production’. The set design was outstanding, at times giving the play an eerie, surreal quality, especially during the heaven scenes. While the cast was ‘on earth’ the sets were like Norman Rockwell paintings, capturing the quaintness of New England. Ken Godmere deserves much praise for his technical work on the staging, and the scene which involves a ship, was one of the finest to ever grace a local stage."

               -- Ann Sarich, The Sault Star

"Cabaret a snap-brim fedora of a show. ...In other words, this show has a sense of style and isn’t afraid to show it. ...and I thank the director, Ken Godmere, for reminding me why some of these songs are timeless."

               -- Wm. Dyke Justin, Sault Sunday

"As a magazine editor who has to cover dozens of beats every month, I regularly speak with and interview people who come from all kinds of unconnected areas - restaurant people, art people, music people, retail people, sports people, theatre people, and funny people. And the most refreshing funny person I have ever interviewed and taken pictures of is, bar none, Ken (and I've interviewed some pretty famous funny people)."

               -- Melanie Scott, Editor, Where Ottawa