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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610120090104-9QLZJR9TVFLJO9BH8FPI/image-asset.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - Jhon Amini Jhon Amini was born in Ajax, Ontario and soon after his birth moved to Toronto. Jhon demonstrated a passion for music at a young age. Starting at 3 years old, rhythm seemed to be his way of communication, from tapping tables with forks and spoons playing grooves until they would break, to yelling catchy tunes until his parents would join in. His drive for performing arts grew like wildfire when he auditioned and got into a specialized highschool, Wexford collegiate school for the arts. There performing was like a second home, from dance, music theatre and drama. Jhon did countless shows throughout his four years there and could not get enough of sharing his passion. He is now pursuing an education in Theatre at York University. In his freetime he produces original songs. Every instrument in his songs are played by himself, although he plays with bands whenever he has the chance. Jhon uses his knowledge from his time doing music theatre, and listening to some of the greatest musicians to influence his creative process. His music reflects his own past experiences, Jhon believes music is therapeutic and is most enjoyable with an emotional connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610120090104-9QLZJR9TVFLJO9BH8FPI/image-asset.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - Jhon Amini Jhon Amini was born in Ajax, Ontario and soon after his birth moved to Toronto. Jhon demonstrated a passion for music at a young age. Starting at 3 years old, rhythm seemed to be his way of communication, from tapping tables with forks and spoons playing grooves until they would break, to yelling catchy tunes until his parents would join in. His drive for performing arts grew like wildfire when he auditioned and got into a specialized highschool, Wexford collegiate school for the arts. There performing was like a second home, from dance, music theatre and drama. Jhon did countless shows throughout his four years there and could not get enough of sharing his passion. He is now pursuing an education in Theatre at York University. In his freetime he produces original songs. Every instrument in his songs are played by himself, although he plays with bands whenever he has the chance. Jhon uses his knowledge from his time doing music theatre, and listening to some of the greatest musicians to influence his creative process. His music reflects his own past experiences, Jhon believes music is therapeutic and is most enjoyable with an emotional connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854882442-TASVTCK6HW0P4QFZ6O2G/Jordan+M+Burns_Headshots+By+Andrew.jpg RAK ARTISTS - Jordan M. Burns Jordan M. Burns is a disabled, Indigenous, multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto. Recently working as an Assistant Director of The Humans and TomorrowLove, Jordan continues to expand his artistic practice after graduating with honours from Humber College’s Theatre Performance program in 2019 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Devised Theatre with York University. Since graduating, Jordan has worked alongside Clay & Paper Theatre, The Paper Boys Collective, Theatre At The Well, Humber Theatre, and Third Wheel Theatre Co., where he serves as a co-founding artistic director. Some of Jordan’s favourite acting credits include: The Cat in the Hat (dir. S. Prelletz), The Echoes II: Pigeon Pie (dir. M. Wodzinska), Vermilion (dir. G. Kosmidis), not_ALL.? (dir. S. Robinson), Theeling and Finking (dir. M. Atwell), and The Infinity Machine (dir. S. Moore). Film credits include lead roles in Puppets! (Ryerson), What If? (Mainolfi Films), and Close (Ryerson). Committed to a comprehensive artistic practice, Jordan often wears many different hats including: actor, director, puppeteer, writer, poet, producer, and apprentice sound designer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854496608-JDEP6ANXZCVBO8RSI0AF/Georgia+Findlay_Haley+Garnett.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - Georgia Findlay Georgia Findlay is an actor, visual and performance artist, based in Toronto. She graduated from George Brown Theatre School in 2019, and performed in the Newmarket National 10-Minute Play Festival, before embarking on a life changing trip around Europe. Upon returning to Canada, she had hoped to jumpstart the theatre career for which she had been training for so many years, only to see the theatre industry all but disappear in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. With live theatre on an indefinite hiatus, Georgia has taken this time to dive into other art forms to find inspiration, and develop her artistic voice in ways that she never would have imagined. With the world in turmoil, the feeling of fear and hopelessness can be difficult to escape, but Georgia has found solace in returning to one of her first loves: portraiture. This rediscovered artistic outlet gave Georgia the drive and inspiration to create her Random Act of Kindness, which merges her love of visual art with her love of her GBTS graduating class, and the therapeutic effect of adult colouring books. Georgia is incredibly excited to share this interactive colouring Yearbook with her dear friends and fellow young performing artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854617636-BCHTSVQB3H0B8PU84QAF/AlexanderFranks_photocred-PierreGautreau.jpg RAK ARTISTS - Alexander Franks I am a producer/actor/theatre creator/ 3 puppies in a hoodie with a passion for new contemporary works and reimagined classic works that both entertains the audience and initiates dialogues. I started acting at a young age first appearing in film and television for networks like Teletoon and YTV, before expanding into theatre in high school. My undergraduate degree was spent at Brock University in Drama concentrating in performance. When I attended the MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I worked on becoming a theatre creator by blending the roles of a production in the devising of new work. Since returning home I have been honored to work as a producer and actor for companies like Mixed Company Theatre, Spur Of The Moment Shakespeare Collective, Fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre, Bard In the Park and various Toronto Fringe companies. I continue my own development as an actor, learning new skills in Voice Over acting and Stand Up Comedy. I am excited to be working on this initiative with Ergo Arts Theatre in support of our healthcare professionals. “Life beats down and crushes the soul. And art reminds you that you have one,” Stella Adler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854916254-DRJI0WMRZ4IIWEDJIE85/Ilona+Gal+Headshot+by+Daniel+Benoit.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - Ilona Gal Ilona Gal is a queer-identifiying Toronto based actress who is thrilled to be following her passion for theatre after graduating from George Brown Theatre school in the spring of 2020. Some of her past credits include Mrs. Appleyard in Picnic at Hanging Rock, Mrs. Malicious in Munsch Goes to School, and The Chorus in The Trojan Women. In her spare time Ilona enjoys: creating visual art centered around mysticism, Hungarian Folk dancing, and spending time with her cats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854529405-6AC4VORYUUPUXXQ0N5WL/davidklein_timleyes.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - David Klein David Klein is an actor, comedy writer, and TikTok influencer based in Toronto and New York City. A recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (Stella Adler Studio/Stonestreet Studios), David is heavily influenced by the tradition of absurdist Canadian comedy into which he was born. When not pursuing his career as an actor through traditional means, David produces and creates his own work — everything from immersive live performances to ye olde internet sketches. www.davidklein.me // @davidmfklein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854842547-02UTNXLHZQ5NKLSIO5EF/Muhaddisah+Headshot-+Julia+Krikorian..jpg RAK ARTISTS - Muhaddisah Muhaddisah is a theatre-maker, actor, and singer who is eager about contemporary realizations of classical and canonized plays. he debuted as a playwright with her solo piece entitled "dixi" produced by Dark Day Monday, where she also originated the titular role. Since then, three of her plays have been produced across three cities. Most recently, "on/the/line" was commissioned by Theatre Oculus in completion of her Digital Creation Residency. To her, the theatre is not the water without which she would perish in days, but the air from whose lack she would last only seconds. Her background as a writer, however, is in prose: at the age of fourteen, she endeavoured upon a novel which explored the post 9/11 racialization of Muslims within the Canadian justice system. Through this process she met her high school best friend, Sharfa Shahid, and together they worked on their prospective novels. Now, a decade after, the two friends have returned to their characters, albeit in entirely new plot lines. While Sharfa is now a full-time frontline social worker, and Muhaddisah is a full-time theatre artist, Sharfa remains Muhaddisah's oldest friend. She hopes they have a long future of prose and poetry ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609855013468-TLJCSGJPLU19SGJ576E0/Kody%2BPoisson-NozomixHui.jpg RAK ARTISTS - Kody Poisson Keeping in the decorum of biography writing, I shall cede an account, in a non-ingratiating manner, of my artistic experience. I originally hail from Zwickau, Germany. My Opa was attracted to the booming Canadian mining market and abruptly brought some of the family, including myself, to reside in the country. Poetry, on the other hand, found me rather than I it; I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river, but it started something in my soul. All that can be said is that my time studying at East 15 Acting school in the United Kingdom had an immense effect on my work. I became awoke to the abounding wealth of beauty in the English language with authors such as: Oscar Wilde, Francis Thompson, Shakespeare & c. Many of the mentors who taught at the institution lent a congenial palm to my artistic curiosities and even lent a supporting crutch when I was at my most dire. The particular poem, which has been written in collaboration with Ergo Arts Theatre, is an ode dedicated to one of these mentors that have blessed my hand, my mind and my spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610122308812-Y6P942A7HMJ560UUC2HD/image-asset.jpeg RAK ARTISTS - Jasmine Shaffeeullah Jasmine Shaffeeullah is an emerging dance and theatre artist. Her work has included serving as an actor in a developmental workshop of Teadrop Collective’s “Leopards and Peacocks” as part of The Lab at Stratford Festival; choreographer for the award winning community arts company The AMY Project’s production of “Lion Womxn” at SummerWorks); and as an assistant stage manager for the workshop presentation of “The Shell” at Canadian Stage Company. From the age of eight, Jasmine began dancing and performing and over time shifted her focus to choreographing and teaching. She specializes in Dancehall and Bollywood, teaching and facilitating workshops of all ages and dance levels across the GTA. Jasmine is a queer, Indo-Caribbean settler born and living in Tkaronto. She dreams of a world in which conflict and trauma is not the centre of our collective existence and believes in creating spaces where everyone can show up as their whole, joyous, free, magical selves. In her free time, Jasmine enjoys recreating her mom’s recipes, video games, poetry, Sudoku, and playing piano. Whether she is on stage or behind the scenes, Jasmine believes in creating art that centres marginalized folk and promotes collective healing as an integral component of personal liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1609854583600-OF7KPH3LR1AL24N4ML47/Alexia+Vassos_Ian+Brown.jpg RAK ARTISTS - Alexia Vassos Alexia Vassos is an actor, writer and voice over artist currently based outside the GTA. A graduate from the Theatre and Drama Studies joint program between the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College, she holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and an Advanced Diploma in Acting. Her recent theatrical productions include Three Sisters (Theatre Erindale), Nothing but the Tooth (Newmarket National Play Festival) and Written in Stone (NNPF). Her television and film endeavours consist of roles on Dark Side of the Ring (Vice) and Paranormal Nightshift (Bristow Global Media). Most recently, she was one of twelve writers selected by Expect Theatre to participate in their Playwriting Unit “Beats + Intentions”, led by Anna Chatterton. In association with Hart House Theatre, Alexia was chosen to act as a judge for the University of Toronto’s upcoming Spotlight Playwriting Competition. 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Scarlett has worked for companies that include Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Drayton Entertainment and Carousel Theatre for Young People. Recently, she interned on Howell Binkley’s lighting design team for Come From Away at Mirvish Productions. Scarlett is the artistic director of What She Said Theatre, a feminist theatre company that produced her play The Stage Manager’s Guide to Dating Assholes in both the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Scarlett is a proud graduate of York University’s Theatre Production and Design BFA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517782918446-K9L2YDYSRJES5OTKQWHE/MairycutAstrid.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Mairy Beam Mairy Beam is a member of ACT II Studio and Alumnae Theatre in Toronto. She moved to Vancouver in June of 2016 and is now a member of Wet Ink Collective in Vancouver. Her most recent works include Out and About (2017 - 4x3 Festival – Vancouver), Or the Highway (2016 – Theatre in the Box’s 50+ Festival – Toronto) and Let Me In (2016 – Alumnae Theatre’s Next Stage Reading – Toronto) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517782979180-IOHF7M4BUI1ZPI3VIDYU/Araceli.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Araceli Ferrara Araceli Ferrara is a young artist whose passion for theatre began at a young age; she attended a performing arts high school in Toronto where she studied musical theatre, vocals, and drama. While she has always enjoyed the stage, in recent years, she has been pursuing backstage roles in hopes of learning the ropes of theatre production. This is her debut as a playwright and she hopes to see more of her work produced in the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517782009719-D8PJNIL5V7AZO6TOTN6O/Laurie+Fyffe+by+Annette+Hegel.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Laurie Fyffe LAURIE FYFFE is a playwright, actor, dramaturge, and Artistic Director of Evolution Theatre. Her plays have been produced at the Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Blyth Festival, Theatre Kingston, SummerWorks, with short plays at InspiraTo, and the Short & Sweet Festival in Sydney, Australia. Laurie teaches Scriptwriting for Actors at Algonquin College, School of Media Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517783023456-A73TDSEKY0RUXQKXHIHJ/Shelley+Hobbs.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Shelley M. Hobbs Shelley M. Hobbs is a cis-female lesbian, hearing-impaired, and cancer survivor . She recently retired as a lawyer for the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee. She has been a writer all her life, and has performed in Shakespearean comedies and musicals. Shelley lives in Toronto, Canada, with her Belovèd, Joan Jamieson and their dog, Zola. Her latest works include Smore (2018 – PFP’s Festival, Chicago), and Happy Family (2017 – Other Life Productions – Toronto) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517783433604-ZE642L7FMHK609Y97CO6/Calla.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Calla Wright Currently located in Edmonton, Calla holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Playwriting from Concordia University in Montreal. Past writing credits include: One Too Many (2017 - Montreal &Edmonton Fringe Festivals), The Blood Harmonic (2016 - We Are One - Montreal) and The Blood Countess (2016 - Revolution They Wrote - Montreal) . She won the 2015 Kit Brennan Playwriting Award for her play The Wind and the Rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517792479925-FS6H5YUSO2ODUEDCN7VH/Bev+1.png The Artists of 2018 - Beverley Cooper Beverley Cooper is a writer, actor and teacher. She has written for TV, film and extensively for CBC radio drama, twice being nominated for Writers’ Guild of Canada Awards. Plays include Thin Ice (co-written with Banuta Rubess, Chalmers/Dora Award), The Eyes of Heaven, The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated for Prix Rideau Award) and If Truth Be Told. Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a finalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award. Beverley trained as an actor and has performed in TV, film and in theatres across Canada. Beverley holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and has presented her work at WPI (Women Playwrights International) conferences in India, Stockholm and Cape Town. She recently began directing audio books for Penguin Random House. Beverley is the coordinator of The CASA Project, a charitable arm of the Playwrights Guild of Canada Women's Caucus. The goal of the project is to support women-identified playwrights living in South Africa while creating meaningful connections between Canadian and African women playwrights. Beverley is currently writing an outdoor Christmas play for 4th Line Theatre. Upcoming: Innocence Lost at Soulpepper Theatre (May/June) www.BeverleyCooper.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517792510533-QI4VP0EPWCM77I1WRY3W/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson began her theatre career as an actor. She became a playwright to create meaningful roles for herself; the first being You Look Great Two for Rhubarb Festival. Her follow-up was Perfect on Paper (Toronto Fringe) which she later adapted as a radio drama for CBC. Other plays include Late, (Obsidian Theatre Company); Say Ginger Ale (CBC Radio; SummerWorks) and Binti’s Journey, based on ‘The Heaven Shop’ by Deborah Ellis which has toured on and off throughout Canada since 2008. Her short play Single Use was presented at Climate Change Theatre Action 2017 events around the world. She wrote the libretti for two operas with composer Stephen A. Taylor: My Mother’s Ring (Tapestry Opera) and an adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Paradises Lost (University of Illinois; Musical Works in Concert/SummerWorks). Two other short operas Lullaby at the Shore (composer, Afarin Mansouri) and Playing Ball (composer, Norbert Palej were performed at Tapestry Opera Winter briefs in December 2017. Acting roles include Contempt by Brandon Crone; an all-female Julius Caesar (RED Sandcastle); The Real McCoy at Factory Theatre/Great Canadian Theatre Company and the Fringe hit, The Gladstone Variations. TV appearances include American Gothic (CBS), American Gods (Starz) and Disney Channel’s The Swap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520257864404-6Q9KKDXDD567XJEPTP3D/olemorin.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Oprah Lemorin Oprah is a second year theatre student at Concordia University. She chose to pursue studies in acting for the theatre because acting is truly her passion. All styles of theatre interest her even though most of her training has been movement based. Her goal is to become a versatile actress who performs around the world both onstage and on the screen. She is the co-founder of the Overy Productions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520258034058-VUJVFKTITXIMRZ0W5YWE/Headshot+-+Avery+Reid.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Avery Reid Avery Reid is in her second year at Concordia, working towards her BFA: Specialization in Acting. Although she is a young artist, she has an impressive CV. Among her accomplishments are: The Enchanted Key (2017 – Writer & Performer – The Rivertown Players) and Blast-Off Beaver (2017 – Writer & Performer – The Rivertown Players). Her experiences have taken her all across the country, from Montreal to Kamloops.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520639571495-4IR9WO6E4DJYAJPKX70Q/Andrea+Donaldson-1+copy.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Andrea Donaldson Select Directing Credits: Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) (Nightwood), Quiver (Nightwood), These Peaceable Kingdoms (NTS), Sequence (Tarragon), Love and Information (RAPA), Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare in the Ruff), Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (GCTC), Within the Glass (Tarragon), Mistatim (Red Sky), Beautiful Man (Summerworks), CLEAVE (NTS), Tyumen Then (Revolver Festival), The Atomic Weight of Happiness, The Unfortunate Misadventures of Masha Galinski, Soliciting Temptation (Tarragon), Montparnasse (TPM). Other: Four seasons as Assistant/Associate Artistic Director at Tarragon (2012-2016), presently in fourth season as Program Director for Nightwood’s Write From the Hip. Awards: Stratford’s Jean Gascon Award for Direction, nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award, and the John Hirsch Directing Award. Andrea’s projects have garnered a dozen Dora nominations, receiving two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1519104441959-A3NTNC28I70GIXDUN684/Anita+2.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Anita La Selva Anita is a Toronto-based actor, director, theatre maker and teacher. She has worked in all aspects of theatre ranging from devised interdisciplinary creations to the classics. Her production of Look Back In Anger (Fevergraph Theatre) won two awards for Best Independent/Regional Director and Best Production (My Entertainment World Theatre Awards) and has been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director. She recently directed Perdida (Danceworks/Co-works/Aluna Theatre-Caminos), The Mill on The Floss (Graduating class of Sheridan/UofT Mississauga theatre program), Glengarry Glen Ross (Jet Girls Productions) and Memento Mori (Soulo Theatre/Toronto Fringe). Recent acting credits include El Retorno/I Return (Theatre Centre/WhyNot Theatre/Theatre Aquarius), If Truth Be Told (Blyth Festival), The Living (SummerWorks Festival). Recent TV includes the Romanoffs, Rogue, and Orphan Black. Anita is a graduate of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the UK, holds an MFA in directing from York University and teaches in the Seneca College and York University Acting Programs. She is currently in development with The Stones Project, an interdisciplinary creation about women and violence premiering May 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1519104306208-08GGUKOUQ0EGQKDW703O/no-iptc-info-found28.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Diana Leblanc Diana Leblanc is the 2014 Recipient of Dora Mavor Moore Silver Ticket; Sterling Award, Gascon-Thomas Award, Gemini, Prix Alliance Française; and the Governor General’s Lifetime Achievement in Performing Arts, 2015. Credits: Soulpepper, Stratford, Tarragon, National Arts Centre, The Citadel, Theatre Calgary, Neptune Theatre, Segal Theatre Centre, Canadian Opera Company, Amsterdam Opera Center, Pacific Opera Victoria (Madama Butterfly, April 2015), La Voix Humaine (2016); Théâtre Français de Toronto, Artistic Director 1991/1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520390712993-JHOWGPC08WVU94WKP5KV/susan+lock.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Susan A. Lock Susan A. Lock identifies as a Canadian Chinese South African artist who is trying her hand at directing. She has directed Basket Day by Marcia Johnson (Hurly Burly Festival – Storefront Theatre), an excerpt of Street of Blood (Cardinal Direction Director’s Lab), Out at Sea (Divadlo Ano/Yes Theatre – Prague, Czech Republic) and The Good, the Bard and the Ugly (Hart House Festival). She is also an actor and has worked with many independent theatre companies. Selected theatre credits: HERStory Counts: Initial Project (HERStory Counts), Eating Pomegrantes Naked (Call Me Scotty Productions – Summerworks Festival), Hiding Words (for you) (Eventual Ashes), AutoShow (Convergence Theatre). She graduated from the Theatre Academy of Prague (DAMU) where she received a Czech Masters in Acting, specializing in alternative and puppet theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520123130160-UXYSIP0M3Z35TICB7YYB/Sue+PIC.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Sue Miner Sue Miner is honoured to be a part of the Ergo PINK Festival. She has directed and dramaturged many new plays and has had the privilege of working with such playwrights as Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry, Dave Carley, Alexis Bernier, Marcia Johnson, Marie Beath Badian, James O'Reilly, George Seremba, Cheryl McNamara, Chris Earle, Shari Hollett, Mark Brownell and many others on their new works. As co-artistic director of Pea Green Theatre Group with her husband Mark Brownell Sue directed Three Men in a Boat which continues to tour Canada after performing in Mumbai, India in 2014. Sue has garnered several Dora nominations, been thrice touted as one of Toronto’s Top-10 theatre artists by NOW Magazine and along with Mark received a Harold Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Toronto Performing Arts Scene.” Upcoming: Sue will be directing Prairie Nurse for Factory Theatre and Thousand Islands Playhouse and is developing a TYA touring show with ICOT (Iranian Composers of Toronto) based on the fables of Rumi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520963558293-VWW7Y8L4K410IY52HBRI/Pappas+head+shot+close-+crop+3.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Anna Pappas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520278642826-B6AIWWFQHC4QV66P5002/IMG_7394.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Rebecca Picherack Rebecca is best know for her work on hundreds of shows as a Lighting Designer. As a director she worked for 4 years with the Blyth Young company creating original and unusual shows including Alligator Tears by Britta Johnson. Rebecca was nominated with Darren O'Donnel for a Dora Award for best direction for Diplomatic Immunities at Buddies in Bad Times. She directed A Suicide Site Guide to the City by Darren O'Donnell and both of those shows were produced across the country and internationally. Rebecca is very pleased to be working with the Ergo Pink Fest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517789341193-557DAZFFRWZ4DQ3RUAZA/CRD%2BHS.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Claire Ross Dunn Claire works as a writer, story editor and producer for film, TV and theatre. She is currently developing two plays for Ergo Arts Theatre: The Women of Casterbridge, adapted from Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge; and The Knitting Pilgrim, a play she is co-writing with Kirk Dunn with the support of the Toronto Arts Council. TV Credits include: writer/supervising producer on DHX’s Make It Pop, a half-hour teen comedy for Nickelodeon/YTV; executive story editor on the one-hour drama, Good Witch for Hallmark TV; writer/ESE on Wingin’ It for Family, Disney XD and the BBC (earning her a Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Writing) and CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie; writer on Degrassi, for CTV/Teen Nick (earning The Alliance for Children and Television Award for Excellence); writer/consultant on Anne of Green Gables, the Animated Series; and head writer/producer for the sitcom The Smart Woman Survival Guide for W/Cosmo. She has story edited two produced features and is in development with Hawkeye Pictures on Plunder, a feature co-written with Dolly Reisman and developed at TIFF Studio. Publishing: A third edition of The Gymnastics Book: A Young Person’s Guide to Gymnastics, which Claire co-wrote with gymnast and past NBC commentator Elfi Schlegel, comes out in 2018. Claire attended York University for Theatre Performance, and, later, the Canadian Film Centre, as a writer resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517784382632-9OJG8IV0OQBFP4PVIM72/Nastas-+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Nastasia Pappas-Kemps   Nastasia Pappas-Kemps is a feminist playwright, screenwriter, musician and actor based in Toronto, Canada who focuses on the representation of real, well-rounded women in her work. Past stage writing credits include Billy Wigglesticks (Paprika Festival, 2014), Sense & Sensibility (Upper Canada Repertory Company, 2015), Buckle My Shoe (Toronto Fringe, 2015) and Smackhead (We Are One Theatre, 2018). She has had international acclaim for her films The Deceased and Tuna & the Whale. She has trained as an actor and playwright at Concordia University, and George Brown Theatre School. She is also the founding member of the band Romeo Romeo.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682784897-EV5ZVV7T3A9BNV0PZ1QR/Christopher+Headshot+copy.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Christopher Allen Christopher Allen: The Birds and the Bees (Blyth Festival/ Thousand Islands Playhouse/ Western Canada Theatre); The Amorous Servant (Odyssey Theatre); The Whipping Man (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre); Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors (Canadian Stage); Still (Binocular Theatre); The Adonis Project (The Piece of Mine Festival). Upcoming: Selfie (Young People’s Theatre). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520850264272-VPYFAPXYCXZAA6DOVWRZ/Alejandro+Ampudia+1.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Alejandro Ampudia Alejandro Ampudia is a Mexican-Canadian actor. He started his career working mostly in theater in Mexico City at the Patricio Salinas Theater Group. He moved to Montreal in 2001 where he joined the Sol y Sombra Theater Group. In theater he has participated in several plays like: Marilo Nunez – El Retorno/I Return, Luz Beatriz Pizano – Madre, Molière - The Imaginary Invalid, Patricio Salinas – Black Mass, Jesus Campos Garcia – La Cabeza del Diablo, Alejandro Casona – Farsa y Justicia del Corregidor, Lope de Vega – Fuente Ovejuna. In 2012 he moved to Toronto where he has been pursuing a career in Cinema and Televison as well as in theater, his first love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520697505976-3IMYXYT64DZBENP8FNS4/ghazal.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Ghazal Azarbad Ghazal is an actor and improviser currently finishing up her last few months in the Soulpepper Academy. Born in Iran and raised in Vancouver, she moved to Toronto just under two years ago and has come to love the lively theatre scene this city offers. Up next for Ghazal is La Bête playing at Soulpepper this spring. Many thanks to Andrea Donaldson and Ergo Pink Fest for the chance to read and workshop new developing plays!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682141406-146MMISYBB81SF4Y71ML/Samantha+Brown.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Samantha Brown Samantha Brown is a recent graduate of the York University Acting Conservatory. Samantha is Anishinaabe Ojibwe and British raised in Onaping, Ontario. Her recent credits include: Ipperwash by Falen Johnson playing Kwe (Native Earth), Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth by Drew Hayden Taylor playing Janice/Grace (Magnus Theatre), Spawn by Cheyenne Scott playing Theressa (Wild Woman Theatre, Summerworks), Mistatim by Erin Sheilds playing Speck (Redsky Performance, North American Tour). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520828209392-3PAQJL4G104FI367RHYH/Emma+Headshot+.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Emma Marnie Butler Emma Marnie Butler is thrilled to be apart of the Ergo Pink Festival alongside such talent women. Originally from Kelowna, BC and as a recent graduate of The Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she is so excited to be stepping into the Toronto theatre scene. Past credits include, Allison in 4 DATES (The Red Sandcastle Theatre), Bernice in Stage Door (Annex Theatre), Texas in Cabaret (Kelowna Actors Studio) and Jean Fordham in August: Osage County (Kelowna Actors Studio). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520963368320-JBY46N2ZI0WAECZS385F/Cappellacci.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Katherine Cappellacci Katherine is thrilled to be joining the Ergo Pink Festival in The Next Mary. Based in Toronto, she recently graduated from the Ryerson School of Performance and has since been spending her time travelling, singing, writing, acting, and trying to save money. Theatre credits include Stars (Alumnae Theatre), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Globus Theatre), Willy (Taipei American School), Treasure Island (RSP), The Possibilities (RSP), The Holiday Trilogy (RSP), Hamlet (RSP), Emotional Creature (Nightwood/YPT), and Admissions (Teenage Graceland). Special thanks to all the inspiring people who have made this important festival come to life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682217230-ZVA3HH5A0JVCT5LIAMSL/Marium.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Marium Carvell Marium Carvell was last seen onstage in Philip Ridley’s play, “Radiant Vermin” last year. In the past she has performed in many theatres across Canada including Centaur Theatre, Tarragon, Theatre Passe Muraille, Young People’s Theatre and various plays for CanStage including Intimate Apparel which was also done with Obsidian Theatre. She has also done extensive voice work on animated shows such as Crash Canyon, Mother Up and Peep and the Big Wide World as well as several CBC radio dramas. She can be seen on tv in shows such as Murdoch Mysteries, Sensitive Skin, and Mr D. to name a few as well as many films and movies including many a tear-jerking Christmas Hallmark MOW . Her most memorable accomplishment was to be able to work with Maya Angelou on the feature film “Down in the Delta” years ago receiving a signed copy of her book as a thank you and being able to listen to the beautiful words that came out of such an extraordinary woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682147614-NJ122D1PK1UFLVKI3076/Stuart+Clow.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Stuart Clow Stuart is thrilled to be working with Ergo Arts Theatre! Theatre includes- Splinter in the Heart(Festival Players-Prince Edward County) The Ziggy Effect(Toronto Free Theatre), Murder/Lover, I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Fell(Theatre Center-Toronto), Blue City Slammers, Nancy Drew, Green Dolphin(Theatre Passe Muraille), Newhouse(Necessary Angel), Legend of the Avro Aero(CanStage), Monsieur D’Eon(PeaGreen/Buddies), Sister Jude(Arbor Theatre) Film & TV- 12 Monkeys(Sci-Fi) MayDay(recurring-Discovery), Edsville(actor/cowriter Genie Award nominated short), Patricia Rozema’s When Night is Falling, American Pie-The Naked Mile. Stuart has also voiced over 1500 radio and TV commercials the last 30yrs and some may recognise him as the on-camera spokesperson for Buckley’s Cold and Flu products!. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520737002044-EC5YMB3PG03ZE48BK8UF/BelindaCorpuz1.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Belinda Corpuz Belinda Corpuz is a Toronto-based actor, musician, and composer. As an actor Belinda has developed new Canadian works with Carlos Bulosan Theatre (CBT), Fu-GEN, Cahoots, Soulpepper Theatre, Pencil Kit Productions, and Expect Theatre (as part of the Beats + Intentions Emerging Artist Program). As a theatre creator, Belinda has worked with Carlos Bulosan Theatre, as former Artistic Associate and member of their Collective Creation Unit, where she co-wrote and appeared in the collective’s play, Anak. As a musician, Belinda has performed in various venues in Ontario with her band and other collaborative music groups. Her music performance credits include the both Toronto and Waterloo Sofar Music Concert Series, the TD Jazz Festival and the Friday Night Performance Residency at the Art Gallery of Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Performance – Jazz Voice from the University of Toronto - Faculty of Music. Last spring Belinda released her debut EP, All I Am, which had an exclusive feature on CBC Radio’s Fresh Air. For more info, check out her website: www.belindacorpuz.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520998400827-JHVJPL5H2O3ZJUKD4CD2/Sergio+Di+Zio+MAIN+2017.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Sergio Di Zio Sergio Di Zio’s theatre credits include “The Motherfucker With The Hat”; Coalmine (Dora Mavor Moore Award: Best Performance Male- Independent Theatre Division), “This is War”; Tarragon, “Dying City”, surface/underground theatre, “Scorched”; Tarragon/NAC, “Leo” (Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominee: Best Performance Male). Film work includes roles in “Miss Sloane”, “The Walk”, “The Lookout”, “Cinderella Man” “Boondock Saints.” Sergio’s television credits include feature roles in the series “Rogue” and “Flashpoint” (four consecutive performance award nominations and a Best Actor -Supporting Role Gemini) he will next be seen and heard in Christoph Waltz’ directorial film debut “Georgetown”, the CTV Drama “The Detail” and the animated series “Wishfart” where he plays Puffin the puffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520850137932-UQYWNXDI8VEBUPCHYY97/Tonismall+copy.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Toni Ellwand Selected theatre credits: IN PIAZZA SAN DOMENICO – Marissa –Sudbury Theatre TRIBES – Beth – Segal Centre TRIAL OF JUDITH K. – Mrs. Voight/ Block- TPM JULIUS CAESAR – Brutus – All Female Indie production GREG ELLWAND’S BREAD – Director/Toronto Fringe 9 PARTS OF DESIRE (Dora Nomination) – Nana-Theatre Centre IN GABRIEL’S KITCHEN – Concetta- Buddies in Bad Times VINCENT – Mother- Workman Arts CAUSE UNKNOWN – Felice - (writer, actor, producer) –Nightwood Theatre LA DONNA IMMOBILE – writer/actor-Maria-Toronto Fringe Stratford Festival (Company Member ’84)   Selected T.V./film: Handmaid’s Tale Man Seeking Woman Rooftop Christmas Bomb Girls (recurring), Forget & Forgive, Cracked, King, Dr. Cabbie, Blindness Hannibal, Marilyn(mini-series) Published Author: Curaggia-Writings by Women of Italian Descent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520852207796-XQSZM4BCDDORHGY7ME71/Catherine+Fitch++PIC.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Catherine Fitch   Catherine Fitch graduated from the National Theatre School in 1990 and has been acting on stage and on screens both big and small ever since. Most recently she has spent eight seasons at The Blyth Festival working on new Canadian plays. There she has been fortunate enough to work with playwrights such as Marcia Johnson, Michael Healey, Gary Kirkham, Bev Cooper and Christopher Morris. She has been nominated for three Gemini/CSA Awards for her work in the George Walker television series Living In Your Car and This is Wonderland . She won a Gemini for her work in Butterbox Babies. She also appeared as Maria in the much loved series Slings and Arrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520697548182-KJX4TUHR8010P8ASWIHI/Katherine+Gauthier+Original+File.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Katherine Gauthier Katherine Gauthier has performed throughout Canada, most recently as Kate Middleton in the Canadian premiere of King Charles III at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver and as Nora in a Dora Nominated performance in Daniel Brooks’ A Doll’s House in Toronto. Acting credits include: Spoon River, The Just, Marat/Sade, Tartuffe, Bedroom Farce, The Dead, (Soulpepper); King Charles III (Arts Club), Statu Quo (Théâtre La Seizième), 100 Saints You Should Know, Godspell, (Pacific Theatre). Education: Trinity Western University, Soulpepper Academy. Directing Credits: [un]Boxed (Scarlet Satin), Open Mic (Soulpepper). Katherine shares 3 Dora nominations for Outstanding Ensemble. Upcoming: As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew (SLSF). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682151910-Y8WX6NJCH70U3AO5633G/Galligan%2C+Patrick+%28cropped%29.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Patrick Galligan Shaw Festival (14 seasons) highlights: Androcles and the Lion, Dancing at Lughnasa (2017), Our Town, Dance of Death (2106), Peter and the Starcatcher (2015), The Sea, When We Are Married (2104), My Fair Lady (2011), Doctor’s Dilemma, An Ideal Husband (2010), Born Yesterday (2009), After the Dance (2008), Hotel Peccadillo (2007), Rosmersholm (2006), Journey’s End (2005), Man and Superman (2004), Widower’s Houses, Plough and the Stars (2003). Other theatre: King Charles III, NSFW (Studio 180), Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale (Groundling Theatre), War Horse (Mirvish/National Theatre), The Misanthrope, Courageous (Tarragon), Richard III, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford). Upcoming: Henry V, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Shaw Festival) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1521592050253-E1FQNVQOGZWWGSC158QQ/d16969h.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Stephen Jackson Stephen is tickled pink (see what i did there?) to be a part of the offering of these talented Canadian non-male playwrights! What a great opportunity to present these new voices in such a collaborative, inclusive, positive environment! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520963111737-24CC2ZURSOWECQS0T77J/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson began her theatre career as an actor. She became a playwright to create meaningful roles for herself; the first being You Look Great Two for Rhubarb Festival. Her follow-up was Perfect on Paper (Toronto Fringe) which she later adapted as a radio drama for CBC. Other plays include Late, (Obsidian Theatre Company); Say Ginger Ale (CBC Radio; SummerWorks) and Binti’s Journey, based on ‘The Heaven Shop’ by Deborah Ellis which has toured on and off throughout Canada since 2008. Her short play Single Use was presented at Climate Change Theatre Action 2017 events around the world. She wrote the libretti for two operas with composer Stephen A. Taylor: My Mother’s Ring (Tapestry Opera) and an adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Paradises Lost (University of Illinois; Musical Works in Concert/SummerWorks). Two other short operas Lullaby at the Shore (composer, Afarin Mansouri) and Playing Ball (composer, Norbert Palej were performed at Tapestry Opera Winter briefs in December 2017. Acting roles include Contempt by Brandon Crone; an all-female Julius Caesar (RED Sandcastle); The Real McCoy at Factory Theatre/Great Canadian Theatre Company and the Fringe hit, The Gladstone Variations. TV appearances include American Gothic (CBS), American Gods (Starz) and Disney Channel’s The Swap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520739355368-RZ28KG8EIPGL3OCH97YM/Richard+Lee+2016.8.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Richard Lee Richard Lee Richard Leeisan award winning actor, fight director, sound designer and theatre producer. His work has garnered him multiple Dora Mavor Moore nominations out of which hehas received three: One for Sound Design and twoin Performance. Selected theatre credits include: The Humans (Canadian Stage), acquiesce(Factory Theatre), Kim’s Convenience (Soulpepper), Chimerica (Canadian Stage/RMTC), carried away on the crest of a wave (Tarragon Theatre), Banana Boys (fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company). Richard is also a past participant of the Sears Drama Festival. He receivedan Award of Excellence in Acting, for his portrayal of the character, Pony, in War by Dennis Foon. Richard also teaches in the Theatre Program at the School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCAPA) at Humber College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682330312-5ETBNJ1Q0VSCU3F2DYA6/Lilia+Leon+head+shot+2016-Photo+credit-+Marko+Kovacevic.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Lilia Leon Lilia Leon is a Mexican-Canadian performing artist with Mestizo heritage, with a versatile career as a dancer, actor, choreographer and arts educator. She has collaborated with Indigenous, Canadian and Latin American artists, who have left an imprint in her artistic practice. She believes in the power of art and community to impact social change and has developed strong connections with like-minded companies such as Aluna Theatre, b.current and Jumblies Theatre. Lilia holds a BA degree in dance from York University and is a graduate of the Professional Training Program at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Her on-going training includes voice work with Fides Krucker, attending the National Voice Intensive with David Smuckler and faculty in 2016, and Miriam Laurence’s Integrated Acting System. She is currently a part of two different ensembles working on multi-disciplinary works: Only Sound Remains by Soheil Parsa and Stones Project by Anita La Selva. In February 2018 she premiered her full-length dance-theatre solo work titled Perdida, in a double-bill showcase with Aria Evans, titled Prevailing Voices. www.lilialeon.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520901730442-60DEYDRQ0TFT8P5E0F1S/20171106_JORDAN+PETTLE9743+copy.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Jordan Pettle Jordan is an actor, director and teacher based in Toronto. He has been working across the country on both classical and contemporary plays, and in television, film and radio for over 20 years. He has spent four seasons with the Stratford Festival and has worked extensively with Soulpepper Theatre. Toronto acting credits include: Soulpepper (A Christmas Carol, The Heidi Chronicles, The Dybbuk, Twelve Angry Men (Dora Award for Best Ensemble), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Dora award for Best Ensemble), Speed-the-Plow, The Sunshine Boys, Jitters, Glengarry Glen Ross, Travesties, Antigone, Ring Round the Moon, Waiting for Godot); Tarragon (The Waiting Room, Sextet, Generous, Goodness, The Whirlpool); Canadian Stage (Sunday Father, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Written on Water, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew); Factory Theatre (Zadie’s Shoes, Tiger of Malaya); Theatre Passe Muraille (Yichud, Three Squares, Small Returns); YPT (Danny, King of the Basement). He has performed leading roles in Ottawa (GCTC, NAC); Halifax (Neptune); Winnipeg (PTE; WJT) and Edmonton (Citadel). Directing credits include: Zadie’s Shoes, Therac 25 (Factory Theatre) Terminating (Summerworks Festival); Six Degrees of Separation, The Clandestine Marriage, She Stoops To Conquer – Georgian Period Study (George Brown Theatre School) Metamorphoses (Ryerson Theatre School); The Ash Girl, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Wexford Collegiate for the Performing Arts). He has led acting workshops for Soulpepper Theatre and is a regular guest teacher at Wexford Collegiate, where he is currently creating a show with next year’s graduating class. Jordan was a regular on the CBC radio drama Afghanada (Actra nomination for voice performance). He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520827866274-45PYTTI9PLNIFNWO9TH8/REIS.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Diana Reis Ms Reis trained at the National Theatre School, HB Studio in New York and The Centre for Actors' Study in Toronto (CAST). She is best known to television audiences as the notorious Stephanie Long on CBC's Riverdale and saintly Lucy Ramone (Busy's mom) on Ready or Not for Global/Disney. She has appeared in over forty TV series, movies of the week and feature films and worked with such esteemed directors as John Huston, Robert Altman, Allan King, Lee Grant and Kinji Fukusaku. Theatre highlights include: The Diary of Anne Frank (Manitoba Theatre Centre); Amadeus, The Little Foxes (Asolo State Theatre); Top Girls (Arbour Theatre); Salt-Water Moon, A Streetcar Named Desire (Theatre Aquarius); A Doll’s House (Banff Centre); Hedda Gabler, Waiting for the Parade (Magnus Theatre) and Charlie's Aunt (Capitol Theatre). Ms Reis' directing credits include: Loose Ends (National Theatre School); Under the Skin, If Betty Should Rise (Grand Theatre, London), and Amadeus (Theatre Sheridan). She has directed and produced over 30 concert play readings for The First Stages Theatre Company of which she is the former and founding Artistic Director. She has taught and directed at Florida State University, York University, Ryerson University, Sheridan College, George Brown Theatre School/Acting for Media Program, Humber College, The National Theatre School of Canada and the National Ballet of Canada. Ms Reis holds a MA in Theatre and Performance Studies from York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682090329-LMQMY5SCXM37U95OJSBU/SOFIA_RODRIGUEZ.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Sofia Rodriguez Sofia Rodriguez was born and raised in the City of Mountains: Monterrey, Mexico. She is an emerging multidisciplinary artist, creator and collaborator currently based in Toronto. A graduate of Randolph Academy’s Musical Theatre Performance Program and one of last season’s Emerging Creators at Buddies in Bad Times. Her recent work includes: The Communist Manifesto for Children (Rhubarb Festival), Princess Knight (Solar Stage), a stage reading of In The Heights( We Are Here), El Retorno/I Return (Theatre Aquarius/Riser Project), Anato/mía (Rhubarb Festival), a reading of The Refugee Hotel (Aluna Theatre) and the short film Love You to Death (Inside Out Festival). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682151576-DWO6E6NP6HMSVEJ2UVNA/Laura+Schutt2.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Laura Schutt Laura is super pumped to be a part of this festival, and loves its message. The Women of Casterbridge is a wonderful (and important) take on one of her favourite novels. Credits include: King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Beaux Stratagem, The Diary of Anne Frank, She Stoops to Conquer, Oedipus Rex, (The Stratford Festival). A Good Death, (Toronto Fringe), The Railway Children, (Marquis/Mirvish), Pobby and Dingan,( YTP). Pride and Prejudice (The Grand Theatre), The Woman in White ( Theatre Aquarius), The Eyes of Heaven ( The Blyth Festival). TV/ Film: Imposters, The Detail, Copper, Murdoch Mysteries, The Kennedys, Rookie Blue. She would like to dedicate her performance to the memory of her strong, intelligent mother, and the continued loving support of her father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520960966801-ELG6FTP2CU4FX6UDYW2M/LilyScriven-LVIMAGERY-4.JPG The Artists of 2018 - Lily Scriven Lily Scriven is a Toronto based actor and recent graduate of George Brown Theatre School. She has previously worked with Ergo Arts Theatre in their production Buckle My Shoe at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Other theatre credits include: Circles (Dead and Lovely/Let Me In), A Flea In Her Ear, The Penelopiad, As You Like It, Cavalcade (George Brown), The Taming of the Shrew, Lord of the Flies (The Upper Canada Repertory Company) and Chatroom (Toronto Youth Theatre). Upcoming: The ’94 Club (Crave Productions). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520827826414-I6QNTPK3M9X7O15LVTWM/image1.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - Emerjade Simms Emerjade Simms is a Jamaican-Canadian actor and artist. She is a graduate of the Acting program at the University of Windsor and holds a BFA degree. Some recent credits include: Alek, Random Closeness(Rhubarb Festival); Cleopatra, Circles (Dead and Lovely/Let Me In); Anna, The Bridge (workshop performance with 2B Theatre); Lydia, Wounded Soldiers (4th Line Theatre); Isobel, An Experiment with an Air Pump (University Players). When not in the theatre, you can probably find this Toronto-based actor napping in a corner or eating something sweet. Always take a leap of Faith! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520999057941-XQ7M52H5TPBGROJS8CL2/Storch.jpeg The Artists of 2018 - David Storch David has worked at theatres across Canada for thirty years. He is an actor, a teacher and a director. He is currently teaching Shakespeare at George Brown and shooting a Ryerson student film at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520682264717-OODZZBC0NJZYGMMQC0SK/Maria+Syrgiannis.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Maria Syrgiannis MARIA SYRGIANNIS has been a professional actor for over 25 years. She has been seen and heard in numerous commercials and TV shows, and has performed across Canada at some of our finest theatres. Selected plays include Picasso at the Lapin Agile at The Centaur Theatre(Montreal), A Guide to Mourning at The Globe(Regina), Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at The Grand (London, Ont.), and more recently Escape from Happiness, the all female production of Julius Caesar, and I, BLYTHE, an adaptation of Noel Coward’s Blythe Spirit, all performed at The Red Sandcastle Theatre. She is delighted to be participating in the inaugural Ergo Pink Fest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1521412650879-0O4Z4BWT28GWDBBN18CG/LucTrottierheadshot+%281%29.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Luc Trottier Luc Trottier is a professional actor, writer, and producer living in Toronto. Training: Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan College, Shakespeare at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), On Camera at Armstrong Studios, and Improv from the Second City. Luc has been actively involved in theatre across the GTA both on stage and as a director. Luc was the writer, director, and star of "Perry Loved Mary," an original musical which has performed the past two summers in Port Perry, with rave reviews and sold out audiences. Film/TV: Titans, The Handmaid's Tale, Imposters, Life In A Year, Killjoys, Suits. Upcoming: Luc is writing a new musical "Packed" for the Bravo Academy's Music Theatre Intensive, premiering in May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1520999101200-MTA8FMC0Q8ETOLAV27OZ/Kate+Werneberg.jpg The Artists of 2018 - Kate Werneburg Kate is an Ottawa-born, Toronto-based, writer and actor. She co-created, performed, and produced Elizabeth - Darcy: An Adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, a two-woman, site-specific, performance that has toured Ontario, and played Toronto’s Campbell House museum in eight runs. Her journalism has been featured on the blog She Does The City. Her performance work for the stage includes appearances as Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Seven Siblings Theatre, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, Dauntless City Theatre, Queen Eleanor in King John, Shakespeare BASH’D, Counting Sheep, Lemon Bucket Orkestra/Summerworks Theatre Festival, Frankenstein, Theatre New Brunswick, The Nearly-World Famous Dufflebag Theatre (bilingual troupe), A Company of Fools, The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Glasswater Theatre, Winterbird Arts, and the Hercinia Arts Collective. Her newest script, Joys and Splendors, was developed by the Storefront Theatre’s 2016/17 Playwrights’ Unit. 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Team Photo by Jorjas Photography https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/epf-2019-artists daily 0.75 2019-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315731550-9DSLPALA1UIYOIESQ0G2/ALBINO%252C%2BGabriella%2B%2528photo%2529.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Gabriella Albino Gabriella is a Toronto-based actor with strong ties to her Filipino and Quebecois roots. Favourite credits: Bunny (Tarragon), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players), The Penelopiad, As You Like It (GBTS), In The Heights (Yes Theatre), Admissions (Teenage Graceland), and Emotional Creature (Nightwood/YPT). She has worked as an actor developing new Canadian work with Soulpepper, Musical Stage Company, Studio 180, Cahoots, Factory Theatre, Fu-GEN, and Festival Players. Training: George Brown Theatre School, Factory Mechanicals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315477014-WCIUWLV33L1ZFRWCAZLT/mb+coffee+2.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Marie Beath Badian Marie Beath is a playwright, performer, director and arts educator. As a playwright, Marie Beath’s work includes Prairie Nurse [Blyth Festival], The Making of St. Jerome [Next Stage Theatre Festival], Mind Over Matter [part of AutoShow, Convergence Theatre], and Novena [UnoFestival Victoria, Toronto Fringe Festival]. Marie Beath spent two seasons as Director of the Blyth Festival Young Company, two seasons as Co-Director of Youth Programs at Nightwood Theatre and two seasons as Associate Artistic Director/Associate Artist at Theatre Direct Canada. She spent five seasons as the Program Director for the Play Creation Unit at Carlos Bulosan Theatre. She is an instructor at the Humber College School of Performing Arts. Marie Beath will be joining the 2019 Banff Playwrights Lab. There, with the support of The Blyth Festival, she will be developing two plays exploring the post-immigration dynasty of the two Filipina nurses introduced in her play Prairie Nurse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315994788-VAL6AVQUO2WXSIOOE2TX/RBurton-photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Rebecca Burton Rebecca is the Membership and Professional Contracts Manager at PGC, where she co-founded Equity in Theatre (EIT), an initiative redressing the under-representation of women in the Canadian theatre industry (2014 – 2017). Rebecca is also an editor, educator, researcher, and feminist theatre practitioner. She authored the benchmark report, Adding It Up: The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre (2006), she is the Editor of Long Story Short: An Anthology of (Mostly) 10-Minute Plays (2016), and she is published in various industry journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315878834-VVAFUQXX1VRDE15PS8JM/Joanna_Falck+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Joanna Falck - Moderator Joanna Falck is the Literary Manager at Tarragon Theatre. Previously, she was the Literary Manager at the Shaw Festival Theatre (2007-2016) and was Tarragon’s first Literary Manager (2003-2007). As a freelance dramaturg, she has worked across Canada with companies including Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, fuGen Asian Canadian Theatre, Nightwood, Tapestry New Opera Works, Studio 180, Arts Club, and Canadian Stage. She is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and was on the Founding Board of LMDA Canada. She also served on the steering committee for the Equity Theatre Initiative and the Theatre Committee for the Toronto Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316077041-DANJSDW1H159FLJNQGGV/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315474946-P6GT9RPBJNRWBSH2C5OO/Matt+Photo+%282%29.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Matt McGeachy Matt McGeachy is Company Dramaturge at Factory Theatre, where he leads all new work development initiatives and works closely with Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino in season planning. He is also dramaturge for the internationally-renowned Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and treasurer of LMDA Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554315841369-F1ZJNLA2NYU96LYRZGIN/image1.jpeg The Artists of 2019 - Myekah Payne Myekah Payne has a diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from St Clair College as well as completing a two year intensive in New Play Dramaturgy and Playwriting at York. She has been working in the capacity of Production Dramaturge with Driftwood Theatre since 2016 and is in her first year as Company Dramaturge at Obsidian Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316691513-BC37L1Z2MN8YNXKM3O5T/Siobhan+BW+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Siobhan Richardson Siobhan Richardson is an Intimacy Director and co-founder of Intimacy Directors International. She is currently the only person in Canada recognized as an Intimacy Director by Tonia Sina, founder of the Intimacy For The Stage method. Siobhan has built an impressive resume in this field, including several directing, choreography, and teaching credits across Canada, Europe, and the United States. Siobhan is also an actor, fighter, singer, dancer, and a fight director/stage combat instructor through FDC. www.siobhanrichardson.com/intimacy www.teamidi.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316295548-5EAFWZ9XW29C2MNNB17T/emerjade.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Emerjade Simms Emerjade Simms is a Jamaican-Canadian actor and storyteller. She is a graduate of the Acting program at the University of Windsor and holds a BFA degree. In her short career as an actor so far, she has worked with various companies including Factory Theatre, 4th Line Theatre, 2B Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times and Obsidian Theatre. She is humbled to constantly be learning alongside the artists she admires in Canadian theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316211536-8UMMJKOF8Z6623BPVET0/Athena+Kaitlin+Trinh.jpg The Artists of 2019 - athena kaitlyn trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the national theatre school of canada and a dora nominated queer chinese-vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. athena celebrates her chinese-vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. athena is a settler in tkaronto, on the traditional territories of the mississaugas of the new credit first nation, the huron-wendat and the haudenosaunee peoples. you can find out more about athena at www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316320292-5MK9JD58Y1HRPGC8OU0G/TanishaTaitt_armcross.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Tanisha Taitt - Moderator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554316156268-ZVD12VK223EGGW12D8MI/Paula+Wing+-+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Paula Wing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553431702200-9YUMX964SEI66C4G7NP0/gill+johnston+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Gill Johnston Gill has been in love with theatre since a very young age. Trained in voice, ballet and jazz throughout her childhood, she headed to York University with dreams of Broadway. As it often does, reality hit and Gill switched gears, enjoying 30+ years working in Marketing and Fundraising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553431937717-TJG04XAP6AFL41I9XR48/Anna_CHA_1209_l3.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Anna Pappas Photo Credit: Jorjas Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553431908389-MVYCOV8XGMROI1WI8UAG/Nastas-+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Nastasia Pappas-Kemps Photo Credit: Jorjas Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553431896565-B2KOUAJHAHOZI1F519L1/LilyScriven-LVIMAGERY-4.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Lily Scriven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552764327996-7I15YC0RFF40JJBSZ7JZ/Alex+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Alex Norton Alex Norton - SM Alex is a trans artist and manager with a focus on inclusion and education. PREVIOUS CREDITS INCLUDE: The Secret Project (Playground Festival), Toronto Beaches Choral, Missisauga Choral Society, All Shook Up (Drayton Entertainment), Rent (Vanier Productions). Also known as Alexandher Brandy and hosts shows in Toronto including; House of Kings (GladDay Bookshop), TICOT Brunch (Garage), and TMI (The Drink). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552764364126-FDEQ3HCMYGQTO25AC5JM/Caitlin+Mears+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Caitlin Mears Caitlin Mears - ASM Caitlin Mears is a 4th year student graduating this year from York University's Theatre Production program. As an emerging theatre artist in Toronto, she is overjoyed to be the Assistant Stage Manager for the Ergo Pink Fest and have the opportunity to work alongside so many amazing female and non-binary artists. Recent works include: Stage Manager (rochdale - Theatre@York 2018/19), and Apprentice Production Manager (Twelfth Night - a Company of Fools). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016674951-T3QSQ7G3HO63UIE8G0OQ/MARJORIECHAN-photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Marjorie Chan* Marjorie is an award-winning interdisciplinary theatre artist based in Toronto. She has been artist-in-residence with Banff Playwrights’ Lab, Tapestry Opera, Theatre Centre (with 6th Man Collective), Theatre Direct Canada, SUNY (Geneseo, New York) and Theatre du Pif (Hong Kong). She likes food-related shows, including her own project in development, DIM SUM, LOSE SOME. Other current projects include LADY SUNRISE (Factory) and FROST FAIR collective creation (Common Boots). www.marjoriechan.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016835846-Y80C05VRYQ0AYK3F1G18/CourtneyLancaster-headshot.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster* Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster is an actor and director from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Her recent directing credits: The Wolves (Howland/Crows), Cannibal (Scrap Paper/Next Stage), 52 Pick-Up (Howland) and Gray (Inamorata). Courtney's acting credits include seven seasons with Soulpepper Theatre and roles with Public Recordings, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Blue Bridge Repertory, Cahoots and Tarragon and she'll next be seen in the Shaw Festival's 2019 season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016723251-EBT9IU4HQO0WPT6S3XU7/Lisa+Karen+Cox.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Lisa Karen Cox* A graduate of Concordia University's Interdisciplinary Studies program, Lisa Karen Cox relishes work that combines music, movement and heightened language. Lisa was the choreographer for Nightwood Theatre's Bear with Me and Comedy of Errors, Assistant Director for We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia...(Theatre Centre), Salt-Water Moon (Factory Theatre), The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, Intimacy Consultant for In the Next Room (RedWit Theatre) the Associate Director for Why Not Theatre's Toronto productions of Like Mother, Like Daughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016774917-HM4NPAL0YBFPNJYDZHDG/Chantal+photo.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Chantal Forde Chantal is a writer and director with a passion for new works and theatrical opportunities that challenge and inspire. Recent credits include Grey (playwright), Perceptions of Love in the Pursuit of Happiness (playwright), And Then … She Did! (director, Goldenberg Productions), Little Shop of Horrors (choreographer, BOTG), and Shrek the Musical (choreographer, BOTG). She and her husband have also been the creative team for the Oakville Holiday Pantomime for the last six years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016790892-70UG7ZCZR84VF6GPONAY/Anita+2.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Anita La Selva* Anita is a Toronto-based actor, director, theatre-maker and teacher. She has been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director and her production of Look Back In Anger (Fevergraph Theatre) won two awards for Best Independent/Regional Director and Best Production (My Entertainment World Awards). She recently created and directed Stones – an inter-disciplinary theatre odyssey about women and violence (co-production with Aluna Theatre). Other directing credits include Perdida (Danceworks/Co-works), The Mill on The Floss (Graduating class of Sheridan/UofT Mississauga), Glengarry Glen Ross (Jet Girls Productions) and Memento Mori (Soulo Theatre/Toronto Fringe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016853154-MZSBZWX33XKX1JT97985/susan+lock.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Susan A. Lock* Susan A. Lock identifies as a Canadian Chinese South African artist who has transitioned from actor to director. She was a professional actor for seventeen years and started her career in Prague, Czech Republic. She graduated from the Theatre Academy of the Performing Arts (DAMU) with a Czech Masters in acting and specializing in alternative and puppet theatre. She worked as a member for a professional theatre company (Studio Ypsilon) for five and half years in various productions, all of her shows in the Czech language. She also founded a theatre company, Divadlo Ano/Yes Theatre, trying to bridge the gap between Czech and English-speaking audiences. Selected acting theatre credits: HERStory Counts: Initial Project (HERStory Counts/co-writer), Eating Pomegrantes Naked (Call Me Scotty Productions – Summerworks Festival), Hiding Words (for you) (Eventual Ashes), AutoShow (Convergence Theatre – Toronto Fringe Festival). She has directed a reading, The Sister Op by Shelley M. Hobbs (Ergo Pink Fest 2018 – Ergo Arts Theatre), Basket Day by Marcia Johnson (Hurly Burly/Bloorcourt Street Festival – Storefront Theatre), an excerpt of Street of Blood (Cardinal Direction Director’s Lab/collaborator), Out at Sea (Divadlo Ano/Yes Theatre – Prague, Czech Republic) and The Good, the Bard and the Ugly (Hart House Festival). Upcoming directing credit: Ergo Pink Fest 2019 (Ergo Arts Theatre). Photo Credit: Ian Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552016889090-9VRC9ZDLRIIHX9N4XD9B/Paula+Wing+-+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Paula Wing* Paula Wing is an actor, playwright, dramaturge, and translator. In 2018, her Risky Phil premiered at Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto and her translation of Stefano Massini’s Intractable Woman received its U.S. premiere with PlayCo in New York City. Paula is a Resident Artist at Soulpepper Theatre, where she is active in their youth and community programming. She is a sessional professor at the University of Windsor in the Acting and Drama in Education and Community programs. Upcoming are a co-adaptation with Michael Shamata of Women in Clothes and an adaptation of Lena Coakley’s Wicked Nix for Young Peoples Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552362708443-4ALCMIQ1U281S4J3DGNN/Shiong-En+Chan_Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Shiong-En Chan* Shiong-En Chan is a graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal’s theatre program, Her stage credits include: Top Girls (Espace GO), Lion in the Streets and Criminal Genius (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre), Kissed by a Butterfly (POP! Productions), Thinking of Yu and If We Were Birds (Imago Theatre), Canada 300 and An Ideal Husband (Watermark Theatre), I’m Not Here (Composite Theatre/SummerWorks 2016). She was last seen in Théâtre français de Toronto's Le Menteur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360504940-OS6WFMWKALJJGKNT11GU/Deb+Drakeford.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Deborah Drakeford* Deb has been a freelance actor for over 30 years. She has worked all across the country from BC to PEI. She is a resident member of ARC, an award winning indie theatre company. Her most recent work includes performing with Soulpepper Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, Shakespeare in the Ruff, and ARC. Deb is also an Arts Educator and a supply teacher for the TDSB. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553480617661-IJ9SJ3OR6B7TYHLW3JTY/Charlotte_Dennis-0310.jpeg The Artists of 2019 - Charlotte Dennis Charlotte Dennis is an actor and writer from The Big Smoke. She is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Before moving to Montreal she performed with Headstrong Collective on Boston Marriage directed by Kelli Fox. She has also worked with Soulpepper Theatre and Hart House. Charlotte will be flying out to Ireland in May to participate in a showcase of new work with the Gaiety Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360266804-SPYRGN936XGY6T1TF15Z/Aisha+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Aisha Evelyna Aisha holds a Bachelor of Arts with specialized honours in Theatre from York University. Recent Film/ TV and Theatre appearances include CBC’s “Working’ Moms”, “Murdoch Mysteries, and The Canadian Premiere of Sarah DeLappe’s critically acclaimed Play “The Wolves” produced by The Howland Company at The Streetcar Crow’s Nest Theatre. Aisha is now working on her second short film Shoegazer which is the 2018 Selection for the Toronto ACTRA Women’s Committee’s Film Creation Lab. In her spare time, she likes donuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553427479992-XOX21YWALK6M3DNSV26Y/Allison+Ehrlich.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Allison Ehrlich Allison Ehrlich is a graduate of the University of Guelph with an Honours BA in Theatre studies. She has moved to Toronto to further pursue her theatre career. She has had the privilege of interning with Theatre Gargantua and Stage Managing for the Fringe Festival since moving here. Selected credits include: Rossignol in Marat/Sade directed by Ed Roy (University of Guelph), and Old Phyllis in Hot House directed by Judith Thompson (University of Guelph). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360478048-S7F72980PUSKRDZL2CQ8/Catherine+Fitch++PIC.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Catherine Fitch* Catherine Fitch graduated from the National Theatre School in 1990 and has been acting on stage and on screens both big and small ever since. Most recently she has spent eight seasons at The Blyth Festival working on new Canadian plays. There she has been fortunate enough to work with playwrights such as Marcia Johnson, Michael Healey, Gary Kirkham, Bev Cooper and Christopher Morris. She has been nominated for three Gemini/CSA Awards for her work in the George Walker television series Living In Your Car and This is Wonderland . She won a Gemini for her work in Butterbox Babies. She also appeared as Maria in the much loved series Slings and Arrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554312445313-07B25CEQA1K0WJZVXHMH/Spencer.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Spencer Glassman Spencer Glassman is a Toronto based Actress and Filmmaker. Currently studying Video Design and Production at George Brown, Spencer has an appreciation for both cinema and theatre. She also graduated from the Etobicoke School of the Arts, specializing in Drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360869824-85D85MQ3HZUN9MHIFS08/Kate+Gordon+-+headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Kate Gordon* Kate is thrilled to be taking part in Ergo Pink Fest. A graduate of George Brown Theatre School and York’s MFA program in Acting, Kate has worked in theatres across the country for the past 10 years. In addition to her mom-of-two-awesome-girls role, Kate is currently touring in the international production of Erika Batdorf’s The Red Horse is Leaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552361007798-5AIR2R19TWVU8XERXGLD/Shuyi+Jia+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Shuyi Jia Shuyi Jia is a Chinese-Canadian actor who just moved to Toronto over a year ago. She has performed in cities all over the world, her credits include: original production of Things You Don’t Know About Asia/n…Or You Do (New York), original production of The Pirate Princess (Boston), A Big Mess (Boston), As You Like It (Boston), Bank Job (Boston), Three Sisters (Moscow), The Lonely Voice (Moscow), A Profitable Position(Moscow), The Farnsworth Invention (California), Farragut North (California). Previously a program manager at a tech company with a BA in Economics, she just graduated in 2016 from the American Repertory Theater Institute for Advanced Training at Harvard with a MFA in acting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360178526-QE2MRZABR9Q9OWKWKXQT/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Marcia Johnson* Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552361046619-19UYN1536QY1Y3SS6PI9/Stephanie+Jung+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Stephanie Jung* Stephanie Jung is a graduate of the Acting Conservatory at York University and holds a Diploma in Theatre Performance from Capilano University. Past acting credits: Lark & Whimsy’s Salt, Roseneath Theatre’s The Money Tree (2016 GTA and Ottawa Tour, 2017 US Tour) & In This World (2014 GTA and Ontario Tour), thelivingproject’s The Living at Summerworks 2015, TiltHaus with Next Stage’s production of Polar Opposites, Eventual Ashes’ Hiding Words (for you), Necessary Angel/Luminato’s Tout Comme Elle, Tarragon Theatre’s If We Were Birds, Cahoots Theatre Company’s The Madness of the Square, and Factory/Luminato’s Tough! (Dora Nomination Best Ensemble for Theatre for Young Audiences). TV: Odd Squad, Crawford, Mayday. Animation: Chi Chi in Life’s a Zoo. Thank you to all those who have supported and encouraged me along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360433120-42HPXNNL79WQXZ03B64J/Daniel+Karasik.jpeg The Artists of 2019 - Daniel Karasik* Daniel Karasik (they/them) is a writer, activist, & performer. Their credits as a performer include leads at Tarragon Theatre & The Arts Club Theatre. They are the author of five books of drama, poetry, & fiction, most recently Faithful and Other Stories (Guernica Editions); past honours include the CBC Fiction Prize & the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award. Their recent writing on prison abolition & trans liberation appears in Briarpatch Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360946188-DFIZ9RYPVGQ20IFOAVCE/LiliaLeon_headshotbyPhoenixRisingStudio.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Lilia Leon Lilia Leon is a Mexican-Canadian performing artist with Mestizo heritage, with a versatile career as a dancer, actor, choreographer and arts educator. She has collaborated with Indigenous, Canadian and Latin American artists, who have left an imprint in her artistic practice. She believes in the power of art and community to impact social change and has developed strong connections with like-minded companies such as Aluna Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, b.current, Kaeja d’Dance, and Jumblies Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360597444-A5DKQKIVA3DUS1LM8T6C/JD+Leslie+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - JD Leslie JD is a recent graduate of the BFA Program at the University of Windsor and has developed a background for devised and physical theatre. Upon graduation, she has worked with the Tarragon’s Young Playwright Unit, the Paprika Festival’s Playwrights-in-Residence and Obsidian’s Playwright’s Unit. She now continues her training at the Factory theatre with the 2018’s Factory Mechanicals and the Tarragon’s Young Playwright Unit 2019 Credits include The The Musketeers (Elise, Cardinals Guard), Blue Stockings (Ms Bott/Mrs Lindley) Les Belle Souers (Thérèse Dubuc), Big Love (Bella/Elanor) Other: The Comedy of Pericles (Pericles/Bard) National Newmarket Play Festival (Various Characters) Film: TERMINII (Woman/Daughter); Deception - Twisted Dark (Jen); After Her Smile (Liz) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360295746-O0R8NEGK6JQR69XMVFAP/April+Leung+Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2019 - April Leung April Siutong Leung 梁筱彤 is a Chinese-Canadian performer and writer. She has worked with companies such as Factory Theatre, fu-GEN Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, Soulpepper, Hong Kong Exile, and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Company. April is currently working on two of her own plays, Ladies of Mahjong and Dragon Boat. She was also selected by Cahoots Theatre as one of their thirty theatre-makers who will shape the next thirty years in Canadian theatre. www.aprilleung.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552361144933-1X4UKAGSD6764VFRE9VF/Amanda+Lin+-+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Amanda Lin Amanda Lin is an emerging Taiwanese-Canadian theatre artist who specializes in direction, writing, performance, and marketing/outreach. She is a recent graduate of Queen’s University, where she studied social psychology, theatre, and business, with her area of research centring on attitudes and social influence. She is particularly interested in creating accessible and inclusive theatre, focused on providing a platform for underrepresented people and stories. Visit Amanda online at www.amandamlin.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360839742-J9S66MKTSFT7ISHUI7M6/JajubeMandiela+-+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Jajube Mandiela* Jajube is an actor. On screen, she is best known for Degrassi, Jump In! and voicing Crash Canyon. Stage highlights include: The Smile Off Your Face (winner of Best SummerWorks Production), Blue Planet and El Numero Uno (Young People's Theatre), 2 summers of A Midsummer Night's Dream (Dream in High Park), and the title role in Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct) which garnered Dora Award nominations. Jajube was the Artistic Director of b current Performing Arts (2013-2017). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360526685-8OO3TXUCWVKRS3MFXFVL/erica+wood2+.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Erica May-Wood* Erica is an actor, theatre creator and teaching artist. She studied at LAMDA and has appeared in a large number or stage productions, as well as short films that have achieved international awards. She has written and performed for multiple Fringe festivals and is co-Artistic Director of the collective, RealSpace Theatre. Her creative facilitation in schools and communities has included work with all ages and abilities – from toddler to senior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360973295-QSOLUCC0PAIF3PS2RO3I/namnguyenheadshot3.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Nam Nguyen Nam Nguyen writes and acts in plays. He last worked on fu-GEN Theatre Company’s double bill of Fine China & A Perfect Bowl of Pho. Nam is also a UofT student and will be until the day Doug Ford’s OSAP cuts take effect. Thanks, Doug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552761503069-QZLECD0C12Z5TGT6UNXY/Tony+Ofori+head+shot.jpeg The Artists of 2019 - Tony Ofori* Tony Ofori is a graduate of Humber’s Theatre Performance conservatory and York University’s BFA program. Some of Tony’s most recent theatre work includes Harold Green’s production of “The Model Apartment”, Theatre Passè Muraille’s Production of “Let’s Go”, and Tarragon Theatre’s production of “Bunny”. Some of Tony’s film/tv work includes, winner of the Canadian Diversity film festival and UTM film festival for best short film “Bad Kids”, Dreams, “American Gods” and “Super girl”. Catch Tony in Quarter Century Theatre’s “Miss Julie” & “A Doll’s House” this May! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552361681433-3P7TTB02NIBS7768GWH5/Headshot+-+River+Oliveira.jpg The Artists of 2019 - River Oliveira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552761949245-GNHVSBYA1H2DL7XPGALD/Elia+Pappas.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Elia Pappas Elia is a high school student who was born in Nürnberg, Germany. Theater has always played a big role in his life, since both of his parents are involved in the arts and introduced him to acting. From a young age he has been on stage and loves to perform in any way possible. He has performed as an actor and a singer in several productions at the Salzburger Landestheater including Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s Nathan the Wise and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck led by renowned director Amelie Niermeyer. He is currently attending Rosedale Heights School of the Arts and is involved in the drama program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552414553526-Z1IGW2L8UR3ADKYL1SBP/Julie+Tepperman+Headshot.png The Artists of 2019 - Julie Tepperman* Julie Tepperman is a playwright, actor, and educator, as well as co-artistic director (with Aaron Willis) of Convergence Theatre, thrice listed by NOW Magazine as the "Best Site-Specific Theatre Company in Toronto". Past Convergence productions: The Catapult Festival (upcoming May 9-12), Athabasca, The Unending, Passion Play, YICHUD (Seclusion), The Gladstone Variations, and AutoShow. Julie has acted at theatres across the city, as well as two seasons at Stratford. Her opera Hook Up recently premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360322295-WPXKP897E9V2RA53CB90/Athena+Kaitlin+Trinh.jpg The Artists of 2019 - athena kaitlin trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the national theatre school of canada and a dora nominated queer chinese-vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. athena celebrates her chinese-vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. athena is a settler in tkaronto, on the traditional territories of the mississaugas of the new credit first nation, the huron-wendat and the haudenosaunee peoples. you can find out more about athena at: www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360908726-8E64UN0EWNNGRYV5YS1A/Kenzi+Tsang+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Kenzie Tsang Kenzie Tsang is an illustrator and rock collector currently studying Philosophy at the University of Toronto with a special interest in ontology and phenomenology. She also acts sometimes. Selected credits include: Sylvia in lady in the red dress (Victoria College Drama Society), and Nam 1 in A Perfect Bowl of Pho (fu-GEN). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552360990347-LSH152FNM673OGTNRIZC/Richard+Tse+business.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Richard Tse* Richard Tse is an actor based in Toronto. Among the many theatre projects, Richard is proud to have done Ga Ting (ARTillary Collective) at Next Stage Theatre Festival 2019, Red Snow (Red Snow Collective) in Toronto and Shanghai, and Tuesdays with Morrie (TorCanAA) in Cantonese, with award-winning director and actor from Hong Kong, in Toronto. Selected film and television credits include Second Jen, Mayday, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, and The Border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552863082993-0XYPKWIKFG3UYRTRI30G/Werneburg+Kate+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Kate Werneburg* Selected Acting Credits: The Ghost Light Anthology, Aberrant Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, Dauntless City Theatre, Titus Andronicus, Seven Siblings Theatre, King John, Shakespeare BASH’D, Counting Sheep, Lemon Bucket Orkestra/Summerworks, Frankenstein, Theatre New Brunswick, The Nearly-World Famous Dufflebag Theatre, A Company of Fools, The Great Canadian Theatre Company. Co-Creator/Actor/Producer: Elizabeth - Darcy: An Adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554312142556-E6PKDXICW9RG0WKWN7JW/Merlin+photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Merlin Simard Merlin is a bilingual non-binary (they/them) performer and playwright based in Toronto. Stage credits include: Babar and Les Contes de Pierre Lapin (Little Red Theatre), Gruesome Playground Injuries (Playground Productions) August Osage County, Much Ado About Nothing and Alkestis (DOME). You can catch Merlin’s debut play FEAR OF MEN at the 2019 Paprika Festival. Merlin would like to thank Marjorie and Ergo Arts Theatre for their support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554312055549-X2LO7AHS7WHMTKWLYDPN/lisanasson.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Lisa Nasson Lisa Nasson is an Indigenous actor, arts educator, and new director & dramaturge from Mi’kmaq nation in Nova Scotia. Currently based in Toronto, she has studied theatre at Neptune Theatre School and George Brown College. Her most recent works include, Fatty Legs (Xara Choral Theatre), Spirit Horse (Roseneath Theatre) Lullaby (Eastern Front) and Munschtime! (Young Peoples Theatre). Lisa is currently the Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554312128798-FYZRQU5CLPBBF9H9N29G/Gabriella+Hamilton.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Gabriella Hamilton Gabriella Hamilton is a recent graduate from the Theatre and Performance arts program at University of Toronto. Throughout her career Gabriella has performed in a variety of productions, from The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, to The Donnelly Project. Gabriella has worked as director on a mixture of plays for UTSC's One-act Festival. Most recently Gabriella has worked as Assistant Director of The Shell by Nikki Shaffeeullah as a part of the Mainstage Faculty performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553431536151-GQHJF6SUP431HA9Q5K7U/Georgia-kirkos-Portrait-photographer_blackwhite_BLUR.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Jorjas Photography - Georgia Kirkos Georgia Kirkos has been a professional photographer for over twenty years, working in both portraiture and photojournalism. She also teaches photography, and exhibits collections of her work. Georgia’s upcoming project is a series of photographs exploring powerful gender-defying images of women in occupations not traditionally open to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1554312905952-A6M9I6STKJZW04ROV2CU/Screen+Shot+2019-04-03+at+1.30.55+PM.png The Artists of 2019 - PopSocialTO - Madison Golshani/Jade Douris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551057227562-JV6RUPGDXI3VVV19C3QY/Mia+Amir.jpg The Artists of 2019 - mia susan amir^ mia susan amir (she/her/hers) is a queer, Crip+Mad Jew of mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardic ascent, living on the unceded and occupied territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, otherwise known as, Vancouver, BC. mia works at the intersection of creative and community practice as an educator, cultural organizer, advocate, writer, director, dramaturg, and transdisciplinary theatre artist. Her recent works have been presented by rEvolver (Vancouver), FestivALT (Kraków), and Vines (Vancouver), with support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Banff Playwright’s Lab, and others. mia is the Dramaturgy Research Associate at PTC, Artist in Residence at Fight With a Stick and What LAB, an LMDA 2018 Bly Creative Fellow, and the Board Chair of All Bodies Dance. https://www.miasusanamir.com Photo credit: grey aigéan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547218694920-NJQ3E5N6SFU9JPJWG6UN/ClaireDunnNov7%2C2018.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Claire Ross Dunn^ Claire works as a writer, story editor and producer for film, TV and theatre. For TV, credits include Make It Pop (Nickleodeon); Good Witch (Hallmark); Wingin’ It (Family, Disney XD, BBC, earning her a Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Writing); Little Mosque on the Prairie (CBC); Degrassi (CTV/Teen Nick (earning The Alliance for Children and Television Award for Excellence); Nina’s World (NBC Universal Kids); Anne of Green Gables, the Animated Series; The Smart Woman Survival Guide. For theatre: The Women of Casterbridge, workshopped in 2018’s Ergo Pink Fest; The Knitting Pilgrim, co-written with Kirk Dunn for a 2019 tour by Ergo Arts Theatre. Publishing: The Gymnastics Book: A Young Person’s Guide to Gymnastics, co-written with gymnast/past NBC commentator Elfi Schlegel. Claire attended York University for Theatre Performance, and, later, the Canadian Film Centre, as a writer resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547776304367-PXTYQF65Y60NU8YIAQEK/Shelley+M+Hobbs+-+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Shelley M. Hobbs^ Shelley is a cis-gendered, hearing-impaired, lesbian cancer survivor who plays hockey. She writes plays about isolation, the edge of emotional survival, and the importance of chosen family. Shelley is thrilled to work, once again, with the enormously talented and supportive people of Ergo Pink Fest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547776436358-ZPP544GMQUOFF3WJ7FGR/AMANDA.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Amanda Lin Amanda Lin is an emerging Taiwanese-Canadian theatre artist who specializes in direction, writing, performance, and marketing/outreach. She is a recent graduate of Queen’s University, where she studied social psychology, theatre, and business, with her area of research centring on attitudes and social influence. She is particularly interested in creating accessible and inclusive theatre, focused on providing a platform for underrepresented people and stories. Visit Amanda online at www.amandamlin.com. Photo credit: Natasha Rotondaro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547219008700-A7SUG1ZN1E2ESR2REMZ5/Kai%E2%80%93Taddei%E2%80%93Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Kai Taddei^ Kai Taddei (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is an Italian-Canadian transgender playwright, performer, director, and educator, originally from the unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking and SENĆOŦEN-speaking peoples (Victoria, BC). They are an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, and hold a BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. Kai is currently working on a number of creative projects, including the annual feminist cabaret Fempocalypse as a part of Nightwood Theatre’s 2018/19 Young Innovators program, and a brand new script exploring trauma and night terrors as a part of the Belfry Theatre’s Incubator program. Photo Credit: Jack Hayes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547218870583-L54RIOMVYTLL30RIPEPA/Vicki+Zhang+head+shot+2.JPG The Artists of 2019 - Vicki Zhang^ Vicki Zhang’s ten-minute play The Male Root won the 8th InspiraTO Festival’s juried playwriting competition. Her play Oracle Jane was selected for production at Alumnae Theatre’s 30th New Ideas Festival and received a public staged reading at Winnipeg’s 16th FemFest. Her play How I Became a Tramp is a runner-up of 2019 Hamilton Fringe Festival New Play Contest. Her plays have also received staged readings at InspiraTO festival, Festival of Original Theatre, Asper Center for Theatre and Film, and University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama. She is also the author of a non-fiction book Uncalculated Risks (Canadian Scholar’s Press). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547238983447-X1CJCCOY2862PBZ1IWD9/Caitie+Graham+Headshot+%28Ergo+Pink+Fest%29+.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Caitie Graham^ Caitie is a playwright, dramaturg, and arts educator in Toronto. She is currently Co-Director of the Young Playwrights Unit at Tarragon Theatre, where her first play was developed in 2013, and where she continues to support and mentor young artists. Select writing credits include Paradise Comics (originally presented as part of the 2014 New Voices Festival, then remounted in 2016 for Filament Incubator’s inaugural season); pose ball (Alumnae Theatre’s 2016 New Ideas Festival, and Tarragon Theatre’s Live Wires Series 2016); and GASH (Alumnae Theatre’s 2017 Fireworks Festival). She is a running-up recipient of the 2018 Ellen Ross Stuart Award. Photo credit: Giuseppe Guzzo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547912281043-Y6KOQGIEZL423A4QZ455/McKeown.Kit.Photo.jpeg The Artists of 2019 - Kit McKeown Kit McKeown is a queer nonbinary writer and theatre artist from Vancouver. They are a recent BFA graduate of the Theatre Performance program at Concordia University, and are a current student in UBC’s Creative Writing Program. They have performed in and created many theatre pieces and their poems have been published in Bad Nudes and The Void. Their first produced theatre piece, Breather, premiered in Brave New Play Rites in Vancouver earlier this month. This is their second produced theatre piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547841008723-QD91WTHUOX9H6P6FVU6Z/Bev+1.png The Artists of 2019 - Beverley Cooper Beverley Cooper has written for TV, film and extensively for CBC radio drama. Plays include The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated, Prix Rideau Award) and If Truth Be Told. Innocence Lost was a finalist for a Governor General’s Award. Beverley trained as an actor and has performed in theatres across Canada. She also directs audio books. Beverley is the coordinator of The CASA Project, a charitable arm of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. www.BeverleyCooper.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517792510533-QI4VP0EPWCM77I1WRY3W/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547776652673-ABQSBFHCDZ5LN14NK5UL/Elyne+Quan+-+Photo.png The Artists of 2019 - Elyne Quan Elyne Quan is a writer, actor and director for theatre, film/TV and interactive media. Playwriting credits include Souvenirs of Home, Stray, Surface Tension, and the award winning Lig & Bittle (co-written/co-performed with Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull). Her most recent play is a commission for her adaptation of Jane Eyre. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and is an alumna of the Prime Time TV program at the Canadian Film Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547841221793-JPDKLFXXQUJVL299SV6O/Paula+Wing+-+Photo.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Paula Wing Paula Wing is an actor, playwright, dramaturge, and translator. In 2018, her Risky Phil premiered at Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto and her translation of Stefano Massini’s Intractable Woman received its U.S. premiere with PlayCo in New York City. Paula is a Resident Artist at Soulpepper Theatre, where she is active in their youth and community programming. She is a sessional professor at the University of Windsor in the Acting and Drama in Education and Community programs. Upcoming are a co-adaptation with Michael Shamata of Women in Clothes and an adaptation of Lena Coakley’s Wicked Nix for Young Peoples Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547911502403-X928JCAPGJSESJYWKYOF/Anita+2.jpg The Artists of 2019 - Anita La Selva Anita is a Toronto-based actor, director, theatre-maker and teacher. She has been nominated for the Pauline McGibbon Award for Emerging Director and her production of Look Back In Anger (Fevergraph Theatre) won two awards for Best Independent/Regional Director and Best Production (My Entertainment World Awards). She recently created and directed Stones – an inter-disciplinary theatre odyssey about women and violence (co-production with Aluna Theatre). 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Favourite credits: Bunny (Tarragon), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players), The Penelopiad, As You Like It (GBTS), In The Heights (Yes Theatre), Admissions (Teenage Graceland), and Emotional Creature (Nightwood/YPT). She has worked as an actor developing new Canadian work with Soulpepper, Musical Stage Company, Studio 180, Cahoots, Factory Theatre, Fu-GEN, and Festival Players. Training: George Brown Theatre School, Factory Mechanicals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387891752-1EO9A719TSV72RGGIZ8F/mb%2Bcoffee%2B2.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Marie Beath Badian Marie Beath is a playwright, performer, director and arts educator. As a playwright, Marie Beath’s work includes Prairie Nurse [Blyth Festival], The Making of St. Jerome [Next Stage Theatre Festival], Mind Over Matter [part of AutoShow, Convergence Theatre], and Novena [UnoFestival Victoria, Toronto Fringe Festival]. Marie Beath spent two seasons as Director of the Blyth Festival Young Company, two seasons as Co-Director of Youth Programs at Nightwood Theatre and two seasons as Associate Artistic Director/Associate Artist at Theatre Direct Canada. She spent five seasons as the Program Director for the Play Creation Unit at Carlos Bulosan Theatre. She is an instructor at the Humber College School of Performing Arts. Marie Beath will be joining the 2019 Banff Playwrights Lab. There, with the support of The Blyth Festival, she will be developing two plays exploring the post-immigration dynasty of the two Filipina nurses introduced in her play Prairie Nurse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387563795-30S547UD57GW5L4JB192/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387369375-3TAMKF3EO49ECDSWPCE7/emerjade.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Emerjade Simms Emerjade Simms is a Jamaican-Canadian actor and storyteller. She is a graduate of the Acting program at the University of Windsor and holds a BFA degree. 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She is humbled to constantly be learning alongside the artists she admires in Canadian theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387333486-QMQIU6YN025LH3Q5DT0R/TanishaTaitt_armcross.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Tanisha Taitt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387655150-SP8V9GTL0MJ95GAUO50S/Athena+Kaitlin+Trinh.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - athena kaitlyn trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the national theatre school of canada and a dora nominated queer chinese-vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. athena celebrates her chinese-vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. athena is a settler in tkaronto, on the traditional territories of the mississaugas of the new credit first nation, the huron-wendat and the haudenosaunee peoples. you can find out more about athena at www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387714028-C7IVU73HZ95S4URJEHKB/Paula+Wing+-+Photocredit+TBC.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Paula Wing Paula Wing is an actor, playwright, dramaturge, and translator. In 2018, her Risky Phil premiered at Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto and her translation of Stefano Massini’s Intractable Woman received its U.S. premiere with PlayCo in New York City. Paula is a Resident Artist at Soulpepper Theatre, where she is active in their youth and community programming. She is a sessional professor at the University of Windsor in the Acting and Drama in Education and Community programs. Upcoming are a co-adaptation with Michael Shamata of Women in Clothes and an adaptation of Lena Coakley’s Wicked Nix for Young Peoples Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552619374839-3S477WL6T4T0DZCR5NEK/RBurton-photo.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Rebecca Burton Rebecca is the Membership and Professional Contracts Manager at PGC, where she co-founded Equity in Theatre (EIT), an initiative redressing the under-representation of women in the Canadian theatre industry (2014 – 2017). Rebecca is also an editor, educator, researcher, and feminist theatre practitioner. She authored the benchmark report, Adding It Up: The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre (2006), she is the Editor of Long Story Short: An Anthology of (Mostly) 10-Minute Plays (2016), and she is published in various industry journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552619570220-D1G9OB2HZW83YTNTAVQC/Joanna_Falck+photo.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Joanna Falck Joanna Falck is the Literary Manager at Tarragon Theatre. Previously, she was the Literary Manager at the Shaw Festival Theatre (2007-2016) and was Tarragon’s first Literary Manager (2003-2007). As a freelance dramaturg, she has worked across Canada with companies including Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, fuGen Asian Canadian Theatre, Nightwood, Tapestry New Opera Works, Studio 180, Arts Club, and Canadian Stage. She is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and was on the Founding Board of LMDA Canada. She also served on the steering committee for the Equity Theatre Initiative and the Theatre Committee for the Toronto Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553091960446-1KUOJKHECMDFZ9GKVTWA/Matt+Photo+%282%29.jpg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Matt McGeachy Matt McGeachy is Company Dramaturge at Factory Theatre, where he leads all new work development initiatives and works closely with Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino in season planning. He is also dramaturge for the internationally-renowned Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and treasurer of LMDA Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553091401742-UWTF1BZPFUVU4MV9EV13/image1.jpeg The Plays, Showtimes & Tickets - Myekah Payne Myekah Payne has a diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from St Clair College as well as completing a two year intensive in New Play Dramaturgy and Playwriting at York. 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Rebecca is also an editor, educator, researcher, and feminist theatre practitioner. She authored the benchmark report, Adding It Up: The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre (2006), she is the Editor of Long Story Short: An Anthology of (Mostly) 10-Minute Plays (2016), and she is published in various industry journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552619570220-D1G9OB2HZW83YTNTAVQC/Joanna_Falck+photo.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Joanna Falck Joanna Falck is the Literary Manager at Tarragon Theatre. Previously, she was the Literary Manager at the Shaw Festival Theatre (2007-2016) and was Tarragon’s first Literary Manager (2003-2007). As a freelance dramaturg, she has worked across Canada with companies including Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, fuGen Asian Canadian Theatre, Nightwood, Tapestry New Opera Works, Studio 180, Arts Club, and Canadian Stage. She is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and was on the Founding Board of LMDA Canada. She also served on the steering committee for the Equity Theatre Initiative and the Theatre Committee for the Toronto Arts Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553091960446-1KUOJKHECMDFZ9GKVTWA/Matt+Photo+%282%29.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Matt McGeachy Matt McGeachy is Company Dramaturge at Factory Theatre, where he leads all new work development initiatives and works closely with Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino in season planning. He is also dramaturge for the internationally-renowned Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA), and treasurer of LMDA Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553091401742-UWTF1BZPFUVU4MV9EV13/image1.jpeg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Myekah Payne Myekah Payne has a diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from St Clair College as well as completing a two year intensive in New Play Dramaturgy and Playwriting at York. She has been working in the capacity of Production Dramaturge with Driftwood Theatre since 2016 and is in her first year as Company Dramaturge at Obsidian Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552617967114-6ZPO6QZRFGQ6868P883A/Siobhan+BW+Headshot.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551991918893-HTXCA7I73KXG0E2U1HK5/Amanda%2BLin%2B-%2BPhoto.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551989417962-RCKRXG301PYBUMGVF87M/McKeown.Kit.Photo.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551991969657-ZBOIFEG0RO6C9OJNGBR2/Vicki%2BZhang%2B-%2BPhoto.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551992078798-SF8FB27GEFWGD3NU33AM/Claire%2BRoss%2BDunn%2B-%2BPhoto.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551990003654-FK1U03W9RAQBCISHTO8A/Caitie%2BGraham%2B-%2BPhoto%2B.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553472469660-7GBZLWL9ARGFR8FH2N4B/ALBINO%2C+Gabriella+%28photo%29.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Gabriella Albino Gabriella is a Toronto-based actor with strong ties to her Filipino and Quebecois roots. Favourite credits: Bunny (Tarragon), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Festival Players), The Penelopiad, As You Like It (GBTS), In The Heights (Yes Theatre), Admissions (Teenage Graceland), and Emotional Creature (Nightwood/YPT). She has worked as an actor developing new Canadian work with Soulpepper, Musical Stage Company, Studio 180, Cahoots, Factory Theatre, Fu-GEN, and Festival Players. Training: George Brown Theatre School, Factory Mechanicals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387891752-1EO9A719TSV72RGGIZ8F/mb%2Bcoffee%2B2.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Marie Beath Badian Marie Beath is a playwright, performer, director and arts educator. As a playwright, Marie Beath’s work includes Prairie Nurse [Blyth Festival], The Making of St. Jerome [Next Stage Theatre Festival], Mind Over Matter [part of AutoShow, Convergence Theatre], and Novena [UnoFestival Victoria, Toronto Fringe Festival]. Marie Beath spent two seasons as Director of the Blyth Festival Young Company, two seasons as Co-Director of Youth Programs at Nightwood Theatre and two seasons as Associate Artistic Director/Associate Artist at Theatre Direct Canada. She spent five seasons as the Program Director for the Play Creation Unit at Carlos Bulosan Theatre. She is an instructor at the Humber College School of Performing Arts. Marie Beath will be joining the 2019 Banff Playwrights Lab. There, with the support of The Blyth Festival, she will be developing two plays exploring the post-immigration dynasty of the two Filipina nurses introduced in her play Prairie Nurse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387563795-30S547UD57GW5L4JB192/Marcia+Johnson.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Marcia Johnson Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387369375-3TAMKF3EO49ECDSWPCE7/emerjade.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Emerjade Simms Emerjade Simms is a Jamaican-Canadian actor and storyteller. She is a graduate of the Acting program at the University of Windsor and holds a BFA degree. In her short career as an actor so far, she has worked with various companies including Factory Theatre, 4th Line Theatre, 2B Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times and Obsidian Theatre. She is humbled to constantly be learning alongside the artists she admires in Canadian theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387333486-QMQIU6YN025LH3Q5DT0R/TanishaTaitt_armcross.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Tanisha Taitt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387655150-SP8V9GTL0MJ95GAUO50S/Athena+Kaitlin+Trinh.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - athena kaitlyn trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the national theatre school of canada and a dora nominated queer chinese-vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. athena celebrates her chinese-vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. athena is a settler in tkaronto, on the traditional territories of the mississaugas of the new credit first nation, the huron-wendat and the haudenosaunee peoples. you can find out more about athena at www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1553387714028-C7IVU73HZ95S4URJEHKB/Paula+Wing+-+Photocredit+TBC.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme - Paula Wing Paula Wing is an actor, playwright, dramaturge, and translator. In 2018, her Risky Phil premiered at Young Peoples Theatre in Toronto and her translation of Stefano Massini’s Intractable Woman received its U.S. premiere with PlayCo in New York City. Paula is a Resident Artist at Soulpepper Theatre, where she is active in their youth and community programming. She is a sessional professor at the University of Windsor in the Acting and Drama in Education and Community programs. Upcoming are a co-adaptation with Michael Shamata of Women in Clothes and an adaptation of Lena Coakley’s Wicked Nix for Young Peoples Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1552006509759-31GBX8XM9HXRP2L8O435/Mia%2BAmir.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551992027266-U39MAHY8H83HQZAZJ8Z7/Shelley%2BM%2BHobbs%2B-%2BPhoto.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1551992000199-BKQQ3WWTIMXRL37NBXES/Kai%2BTaddei%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BPhoto.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 - The Programme https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/ergo-pink-fest-gallery-2019 daily 0.75 2019-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563811994053-17PADDT94V65JE9L0TX8/SAN_9355.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Lisa Karen Cox, Caitie Graham 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Gallery 2019 Gina Clayton, Daniel Karasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563807719500-15WCXZDS8D7H5RH14AAY/Monkey-9795.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Shelley Hobbs, Chantal Forde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563807666444-BQ0XJTONJWBLA44S6D9C/Monkey-9733.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Deborah Drakeford, Gina Clayton, Daniel Karasik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808007976-LK3FDSTC5SCJMZ3UT0S9/Monkey-9749.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Chantal Forde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563807733285-48QJ72Q8ANZKP4F2ZUUL/Monkey-9800.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Deborah Drakeford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563807744319-ZRKD5ZSCPELBWQLDLS5S/Monkey-9821.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Kate Werneburg, Shelley Hobbs 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Lock, Alex Norton, Shion-En Chan, Nam Nguyen, Richard Tse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563809208241-XRZIXM8C2ECAH4ATPW47/TRAMP-0519.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Stephanie Jung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808289506-9H7YJ2LXSEGM6OCDLF2D/Deucentomila-1974.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 River Oliveira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808439935-0ZXHF4BBEIJ468YYCBIS/Deucentomila-2036.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Alex Norton, Caitlin Mears, Kai Taddei, Paula Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808297457-FXRVB4RH6L6NWITHRC3T/Deucentomila-1983.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 April Leung, River Oliveira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808430602-L2FEHT6FARFTKWZZL949/Deucentomila-2133.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 April Leung, Aisha Evelyna, River Oliveira, Elia Pappas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808314522-3QFH2GXPQL89BP88ZUUY/Deucentomila-2007.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Aisha Evelyna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808392791-B88PRF8C9H3P9TCJAP6S/Deucentomila-2065.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Paula Wang, April Leung, Aisha Evelyna, Alex Norton, River Oliveira, Elia Pappas, Caitlin Mears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808409075-HAH88WB9FPT7Q18D9QNC/Deucentomila-2097.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 Aisha Evelyna, River Oliveira, Elia Pappas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563808689204-6WBEQ5HOEUDMR5JD90CQ/Deucentomila-2084.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 April Leung, Aisha Oliveira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815485961-H2RQAPZ3M1TB3NND9YWP/TanishaTaitt_armcross.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815545714-AGO1QQXOXS0YZ2GYMN7L/ALBINO%2C+Gabriella+%28photo%29.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815301888-NK6DPH291MXHP4JDLMN0/mb+coffee+2.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815448161-N482SB1NXI6CKVQ6DYDE/Marcia+Johnson.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815351016-4QP3EW4ZNUSCBXTDL5UH/emerjade.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815395157-6PBKRABLG2C4T3IPAUCP/Athena+Kaitlin+Trinh.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1563815517947-SC22KX5AKBMPM880O5UR/Paula+Wing+-+Photo+copy.jpg Ergo Pink Fest Gallery 2019 https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/epf-2019-testimonials daily 0.75 2019-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1565099311174-0Y8B6HZFRW0JNU5CNC9M/Screen%252BShot%252B2019-07-20%252Bat%252B11.34.38%252BPM.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1565101081599-COWUB0FKGZ4IL1N9RGX9/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-08-06%2Bat%2B9.43.50%2BAM.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2019 Testimonials https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/the-artists-of-2020 daily 0.75 2021-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460805582-M1VBEMG8TEEPXOMYE6SD/Aviva%2BHead%2Bshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Aviva Armour-Ostroff* Aviva works in Toronto as an actor, director, writer and producer. Aviva is a member of the theatre company ARC, where she co-directed ARC’s production of Oil. Aviva’s favourite place is workshopping new plays, which she has done for CASA Project, Paprika, Summerworks and Fringe Festivals. Aviva was the founder and Artistic Director of The Lab Cab Festival for thirteen years. She is the producer and co-director of the film adaptation of Michael Healey’s The Drawer Boy. Aviva is in post production for her feature film, Lune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613561702640-EA1XURSUBAIE8OSRPTLZ/mc%2Bfearon%2B-%2Bb%2526w%2Bheadshot-%2Bcred.Tash%2BNavo.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Max Cameron Fearon Max Cameron Fearon (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, Mad, and multiply-Disabled director, creator, performer, dramaturge, and community arts facilitator. Their work explores how our identities and relationships are shaped by community, social issues, and mental health. Max holds a BA Honours from UofT, and has directed for 6 years with various theatres, festivals, and student groups across Toronto, including assistantships with Driftwood and Hart House Theatres. They’re currently serving as Program Coordinator for Project: Humanity, pursuing an Arts & Entertainment Design Certificate at Ryerson University, and mentoring in accessible arts leadership with the Cyborg Circus Project. They’re excited to join EPF! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460551225-8YMOC3Z9KS29ZY1KGT9L/Jani+Lauzon+1.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Jani Lauzon*^ Jani Lauzon is a multidisciplinary artist of Metis ancestry. Jani has countless theatre, film and radio credits to her name. She is a 9 time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress, director and writer, a three time Juno nominated singer/songwriter, a CAMA nominated singer/songwriter, an award winning screen actress, a Gemini Award winning puppeteer and a Toronto Theatre Critics award winning director. Her company, Paper Canoe Projects produces her original work including A Side of Dreams, I Call myself Princess and the award winning Prophecy Fog. Recently she was appointed the Associate Director of English Acting at the National Theatre School of Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460916294-G6AMAH9STAE3JFXNHW19/IMG_3738.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Keira Loughran* Keira has been an active theatre artist for almost 25 years as an actor, director, producer, dramaturg, writer and educator. She has pushed the boundaries of theatre in all her work, particularly as Associate Director of Dramaturgy and New Plays and as the inaugural Associate Producer of the Forum and Laboratory at the Stratford Festival (2007-2018), as Artistic Producer of the SummerWorks Festival (2005-2007), and as Artistic Director of her own company K’Now Theatre. She has directed shows for the Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage Company, K’Now Theatre and numerous post-secondary institutions. Her work has garnered multiple Dora nominations, including Outstanding Direction for her production of Pu-Erh, and Outstanding New Play for her play Little Dragon. Keira is a third-degree black-belt in Aikido, running classes in Stratford where she lives with her husband and two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460950145-5MXI9IG7R7XZCT56BQUP/LisaNasson_Media_Photo-%252BEm%252BFanous.%252B.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Lisa Nasson* Lisa Nasson is a Mi’kmaq actor, director and storyteller from Mi'ma'ki, also known as Nova Scotia. She has spent most of her professional career, touring with Indigenous stories accross Turtle Island. She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, and studied Classical Theatre with the Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival. Lisa was also a teacher at the Neptune Theatre School (Halifax), and Young Peoples Theatre (Toronto). Lisa was the Associate Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto, where she began her directing journey. Lisa was nominated for a Halifax Merit Award for best New Play in 2019 for her playwriting work on "Rings Through Water". Lisa is currently in creative development process while the world is on pause. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613564286008-4K7VGSQ2LNZT593C2L1V/20190203-4179%2B%25282%2529.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Debbie Patterson*^ Debbie Patterson is a playwright, director and actor. Trained at the National Theatre School of Canada, Debbie was the first physically disabled actor to play Richard III in a professional Canadian production (Shakespeare in the Ruins). Recipient of the United Nations Platform for Action Committee’s Activist Award (2015) and the Mayor’s Making a Mark Award (2017), she is a proud advocate for disability arts through her work as the Artistic Director of Sick + Twisted Theatre. She lives a wheelchair-enabled life in Winnipeg and in a cabin on the shore of Lake Winnipeg with her partner and collaborator, Arne MacPherson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1614206145957-C1EJ93FGONYN02S8MHBI/Three-3.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Nicole Pryce Nicole Pryce is a queer, Jamaican-Canadian artist who produces work as a writer, director, and cinematographer. She is a multi-faceted artist who has directed theatre productions as well as multiple short films. She co-founded the theatre company G'Rilla and co-produced their first show, Macbeth. In 2019, she mounted and directed Romeo and Juliet which included a revised script, musical numbers, stage combat, and gender-bending casting. Nicole has known from a young age that her purpose is to tell the stories that have been suppressed or underexposed over the years. She brings this purpose to all her works. works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613564520082-T5JMOPD923DCS14OSBPJ/SarahKitz-AlejandroSantiago-8030-2-web.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Sarah Kitz* Sarah is a director, creator, actor and coach. She has participated in directing programs at Stratford and Shaw Festivals, and is a member of Directors Lab North in participation with Lincoln Centre. She has worked at Luminato, Shakespeare In The Ruins, Tarragon, Passe Muraille, Crow’s Theatre, Canadian Stage, Next Stage Festival, SummerWorks, Pandemic Theatre, GCTC, The Canadian Music Theatre Project, and across Canada. She’s mentored with Paprika Festival and been extensively involved with The AMY Project, which supports the creative trajectories of young women and non-binary youth in Toronto through arts mentorship. In 2017, Sarah was awarded Crow’s Theatre’s RBC Emerging Director Prize. To date, Sarah’s twin focus lies in re-visioning classical works for contemporary interpretation, and in new creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459985617-Q9V2BL8GCDN2Q5RFN2E1/Daniel%252BSarah%252BKarasik.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Daniel Sarah Karasik^ Daniel Sarah Karasik (they/them) is a writer and political organizer in Toronto. Their previous plays have been produced across Canada, in the US, and in translation in Germany; nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award; and published by Playwrights Canada Press and Book*hug. They are also the author of Hungry, a poetry collection (Cormorant Books), and Faithful and Other Stories, a short story collection (Guernica Editions). Their political journalism has appeared regularly in Briarpatch Magazine, and they are a co-founder and coordinator of the network Artists For Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460104567-AIIGT0RLONZP4CYEM11L/LC-0723.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Laura Mullin^ Laura Mullin is a published playwright and author. She is also the Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Expect Theatre with Chris Tolley and the Co-Host Producer of CBC PlayME Podcast, which transforms theatre plays into audio drama for a global audience. Since she began her career, she has worked in television, film, theatre, and radio and is a regular contributor to CBC.ca. Her play, Burusera, co-written with Chris Tolley, is currently in development as a drama for CBC TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460156830-DH95VABG779JOH36XHNP/Roxhanne%2BNorman%2B-%2BR%2BNorman%2BHeadshot%2B1%2B-%2Bby%2BJoanna%2BHaughton.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Roxhanne Norman^ Roxhanne (she/they) is a queer- and disabled-identifying emerging Toronto performer, singer, and playwright. Her first play, Jane Doe, was nominated for the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s 2019 Robert Beardsley Award. Joan and Marsha, her second script, was recently developed with Bilal Baig as part of the 2020 Paprika Festival Playwrights’ Unit. Recent performance credits include Zara in The Millionaire (North Toronto Players), Gertie/Alexander in Belle Darling Klondike Queen (Alumnae Theatre), and Officer Barrell in Urinetown (We Are Here Productions). She holds an HBA from U of T and Sheridan College in Theatre and Drama studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459871036-N8MV5O1TQK5TQJNIQ03Q/Rebecca%2BOstroff%2B-%2BRebeccaOstroff-PhotographerTIMLEYES.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Rebecca Ostroff Rebecca is a Toronto-based playwright, director and producer. She was a member of Driftwood Theatre’s 2020 Playwrights Unit. Her solo show, Stella, was workshop’d at the 2019 Scripted Toronto Festival. Her other theatrical credits include, as Director: Call (Alumnae Theatre, New Ideas Festival), as Assistant Director: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (The Howland Company, Toronto Fringe), Boeing Boeing (Hart House Theatre) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Hart House Theatre). Her personal essays and other writing have been published in a variety of publications, including the Globe and Mail. She is thrilled to be developing In Her Madim with Ergo Pink Fest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459697795-OYCRDFUE4MANSB2LG63F/WEB%2BREZ_-MERLIN_2020_84141%2Bcopy.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Merlin Simard^ Merlin Simard (They/She/Elle/Iel) is a Franco-Ontarian, queer, trans-feminine performer, playwright, dramaturgy, and filmmaker originally from Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) now based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Select theatre performance credits: E-TRANSFERS (Buddies In Bad Times/BCurrent/NTS), Curious Voyage (Talk Is Free Theatre/DLT), The Flick (Crow's Theatre/Outside The March), Tape Escape (Outside The March), FEAR OF MEN ((Staged Reading) Assembly Theatre) and Gruesome Playground Injuries (Playground Productions) TV/Film: Grand Army (Netflix), This Life (CBC) Playwriting: FEAR OF MEN (in development at Theatre Passe Muraille), ZADDY ISSUES (In development at Ergo Arts Theatre) and E-TRANSFERS (Buddies In Bad Times/BCurrent/NTS (co-written with Gabe Maharjan)). Merlin currently holds the position of Dramturgy Intern at Theatre Passe Muraille. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459626256-4QX216PNVTSDI9QTHOV7/athena%2Btrinh%2B-%2BIMG_7336-Web_Resolution_1080p.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - athena kaitlin trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada. She is a Dora nominated, queer, Chinese-Vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. With roots stemming from Southern China, Toronto, and all over Viet Nam, athena celebrates her Chinese-Vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. for more information: www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460133291-P54JTY5QEXBTW4MY3Y2K/Phoebe%2BTsang%2B-%2BPhoebe%2BTsang%2Bby%2BSullivan%2BHismans.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Phoebe Tsang Phoebe Tsang is a Hong-Kong born Chinese, British and Canadian poet, author, librettist and playwright. She is passionate about telling relevant, contemporary stories that explore issues of family, identity, and belonging, often through the fantastical lens of fairytale, myth, and surrealism. Phoebe is currently a member of the playwriting units of Yellow Earth Theatre (London, UK), and Nightwood Theatre (Toronto). Past honours include the 2019 Stratford Festival’s Playwrights Retreat and the 2018 Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency. Her primary mentor is John Burgess (former Head of New Writing at the National Theatre, London, UK). www.phoebetsang.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610469033807-7CQM1FPJRNUSC1YLMKUP/Anna_Pappas%2BHeadshot_Jorjas%2BPhotography.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Anna Pappas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1614206218274-A7JEG6VC4PTYR1NDM2WX/Three-3.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Nicole Pryce Nicole Pryce is a queer, Jamaican-Canadian artist who produces work as a writer, director, and cinematographer. She is a multi-faceted artist who has directed theatre productions as well as multiple short films. She co-founded the theatre company G'Rilla and co-produced their first show, Macbeth. In 2019, she mounted and directed Romeo and Juliet which included a revised script, musical numbers, stage combat, and gender-bending casting. Nicole has known from a young age that her purpose is to tell the stories that have been suppressed or underexposed over the years. She brings this purpose to all her works. works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610458842603-3XVACV8MOV4UQGXKEL1U/alex+headshot+.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Alex Bulmer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547841008723-QD91WTHUOX9H6P6FVU6Z/Bev+1.png The Artists of 2020-21 - Beverley Cooper^ Beverley Cooper has written for TV, film and extensively for CBC radio drama. Plays include The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated, Prix Rideau Award) and If Truth Be Told. Innocence Lost was a finalist for a Governor General’s Award. Beverley trained as an actor and has performed in theatres across Canada. She also directs audio books. Beverley is the coordinator of The CASA Project, a charitable arm of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. www.BeverleyCooper.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1517792510533-QI4VP0EPWCM77I1WRY3W/Marcia+Johnson.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Marcia Johnson^ Marcia Johnson’s first play was You Look Great Too at Rhubarb Festival. She has written plays for SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe Festival, operas for Tapestry Opera and University of Illinois and CBC Radio dramas. Serving Elizabeth (formerly Heavy is the Head) was developed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse Playwrights Unit. Acting roles include the Canadian classic 1837: The Farmers’ Revolt and The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford (Blyth Festival). Marcia Johnson is on the advisory committee of Women Playwrights International. Its next conference is in Montreal in 2021. Marcia is one of the coordinators of Toronto Cold Reads Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459092770-FYHR9ZGCD85K8PGD9MS7/SarahKitz-AlejandroSantiago-6928-300dpi-.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Sarah Kitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610459212783-FZC3O1GAJI0F4L6R4YCD/7.%2BPhoto%2Bcredit%2BLaurence%2BPhilomene.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Kama La Mackerel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1547776652673-ABQSBFHCDZ5LN14NK5UL/Elyne+Quan+-+Photo.png The Artists of 2020-21 - Elyne Quan^ Elyne Quan is a writer, actor and director for theatre, film/TV and interactive media. Playwriting credits include Souvenirs of Home, Stray, Surface Tension, and the award winning Lig & Bittle (co-written/co-performed with Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull). Her most recent play is a commission for her adaptation of Jane Eyre. She holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU and is an alumna of the Prime Time TV program at the Canadian Film Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610469173302-8T69BBFINZ4ZNZQ2IR16/DM%2BStBernard%2Bin%2BSound%2Bof%2BThe%2BBeast%2Bby%2BGraham%2BIsador1.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Donna-Michelle St. Bernard^ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610460473803-31W4QHKKJFUV1JNN206Q/Stunt%2525252C%25252BEmma.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Emma Slunt Emma is thrilled to be working with Ergo Arts Theatre. Select Credits include; Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde (Stage West Theatre) Constellations (ATP), 39 Steps (Vertigo), and Illuminations (Banff Center). She is thrilled to once again be working in theatre, and couldn’t be happier that she gets to take part in this amazing Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613567518224-6P34P7EAOZ891ZMPFLLW/Alia%252BStephen%252Bheadshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Alia Stephen Originally from Vancouver, Alia has worked as a lighting designer and theatre technician for over 10 years. She was assistant lighting designer for the Stratford Festival for the past three years and designed and assisted for companies across Canada and in the UK including National Dance Company Wales, Firehall Arts Centre, Pacific Opera, Fugue Theatre, and Bard on the Beach among others. She is inspired to work with Ergo Arts and the dedicated and persistent artists creating amidst crisis, proving nothing can stop theatre and the arts will go on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1614014178958-C8XHB5BNQIGB64WO4ENM/JoyBernus_Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Joy Bernus Joy Bernus is a Filipino-Canadian actor, vocalist, and musician based in Toronto. She is a graduate of the Randolph College for the Performing Arts. She has worked on many independent short films and theatre productions throughout the years. Joy is excited to be a part of Ergo Pink Fest for the first time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463073563-1SJ5IHM2P4T9M9LIZ89F/BITTER_Augusto.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Augusto Bitter* Augusto Bitter is a performer, writer, educator, and artistic producer based in Toronto. He is a Resident Artist at Aluna Theatre and has been in-residence at Canadian Stage, Theatre Passe Muraille, and hub14. He has trained with Teatro delle Radici (Lugano, Switzerland), Manifesto Poetico (Paris), Canada's National Voice Intensive, Aluna Theatre's Interpretation Lab, and the University of Toronto. Augusto is also a youth educator with Soulpepper and Story Planet. He is developing a new piece—Reina—with musician Y Josephine, and his short film cannibal will be a part of Toronto Queer Film Festival 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465032473-53E2UCKIAB05YOGBR697/Katia9830-v1.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Katia Café-Fébrissy Katia Café-Fébrissy is an award-winning bilingual Writer, Director and Playwright, who tells stories on screen and on stage. Her directorial credits range from cinema verite, experimental docs and docu-drama to VR projects, corporate and institutional films to music video, episodic web series and plays. Katia is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) and SARTEC, the French language Writers' Guild of Canada. She’s an alumna of Women in the Director's Chair and Director's Lab North, and has recently joined the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the DGC. Katia is also an actor represented by Fulcher Agency, and her last stage acting credit was Encounters at the Edge of the Woods directed by director Jill Carter. Katia holds an M.A. in Literature and Languages from the Université of Paris VIII, France as well as a Post-Graduate Diploma in Documentary Filmmaking from the Varan Doc Film Centre, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465096212-7JRLH1T97S3FJ8SEIAYJ/Ophira-020.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Ophira Calof Ophira Calof (She/They) is a multi-award winning Disabled writer, performer, and producer based in Tkaronto (Toronto). Her work weaves together music, comedy, and storytelling, centring disability and chronic illness experience. They co-created the sketch comedy revue Generally Hospital (Canadian Comedy Award Nominee, Patron’s Pick, David Seguin Memorial Award), her solo show, Literally Titanium, was developed through the Buddies in Bad Times Emerging Creator’s Unit before premiering at the 2020 Next Stage Theatre Festival, and they are currently the host of Slumber Party, a talk show on Bad Dog Comedy TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465882157-C7DG4YIWKE5XI467W85C/Shiong-En_Chan_Headshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Shion-En Chan* Shiong-En Chan is a graduate of Université du Québec à Montréal. Her credits include : …et la petite l’araignée rouge (Productions Araignée Rouge), Les Parfums de mes journées meurent sur ma langue(Radio-Canada), Top Girls (Espace GO), Lion in the Streets and Criminal Genius (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre), Thinking of Yu and If We Were Birds (Imago Theatre), Canada 300 and An Ideal Husband (Watermark Theatre), I’m Not Here (Composite Theatre), Le Menteur (Théâtre français de Toronto) , She is thrilled to be back at the Ergo Arts Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463089927-QM49CMR4AQ51KPFCGQVN/BelindaCorpuz-LVIMAGERY-5.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Belinda Corpuz Belinda Corpuz is a Filipina actor, vocalist, musician, and creator. Her EP, All I Am, has garnered national radio-play, including features on CBC Radio. She is a member of award winning group, Tita Collective. Her voice has been featured on film soundtracks including “The Witch”, and Netflix’s “In the Tall Grass”. She holds a BMus in Performance - Jazz Voice from the University of Toronto. Selected Theatre: All the Little Animals I Have Eaten (Nightwood), Lady Sunrise (Factory), Tita Jokes (Tita Collective), Hilot Means Healer (Cahoots), Prairie Nurse (Factory/Thousand Islands Playhouse); Film: Lola’s Wake (CFC), Jezebel (Reel Asian), Clown Killer (Cinecoup). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465191895-45OP1PPCJMKR0I8GM11L/Fernandes_Peter_0121.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Peter Fernandes* Peter Fernandes is an award winning performer based in Toronto. Born in Awali, Bahrain, he is a graduate of the University of Alberta's BFA Acting program and the Soulpepper academy. He has been seen on stages across Canada working with companies such as Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Musical Stage Company, Obsidian, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, National Arts Centre, Citadel Theatre, and Manitoba Theatre for Young People. He has most recently been a company member of the Shaw Festival, performing in The Russian Play, Brigadoon, A Christmas Carol, and Charley's Aunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610464886216-F0QN8IX6SBWAOKJ9OC5J/IMG_9591%2B1.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Jack Hawk Jack Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist, astrologer, community worker and autistic, two-spirit mutt. Jack currently invests his time as the Outreach Coordinator for Tangled Art + Disability with the strength and love of the Tangled team. Previously, he worked in non-profit gallery management and held positions with George Brown College and the Griffin Centre. Originally from Utica, NY, he now lives in Toronto with his blue-tongued skink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465459702-PPRQU3GPT7OXGS3IQ47F/Renisha%2BHenry%2B-%2BHeadshot%2B-%2B.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Renisha Henry Renisha Henry is a young black actress from Brampton Ontario. With years of experience in the performing arts, Renisha has garnered herself as a non-threatening triple-threat performer. Renisha wants to ensure a safe theatre environment for BIPOC and other marginalised actors and serve as an inspiration for artists such as herself. As always Black Lives Matter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463258875-FWEWW9ZLMHDTVYN0L013/christine%2Bhorne%2Bheadshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Christine Horne* Christine’s stage credits include Prince Hamlet, Iceland (Why Not Theatre), Portia’s Julius Caesar(Shakespeare in the Ruff), Asking For It (Crow’s/Nightwood), Cam Baby (Toronto Fringe), Tom At The Farm (Buddies), The Seagull (Crow’s), Belleville (Company Theatre), Vimy, Farther West (Soulpepper), Between the Sheets (Nightwood), The Great Gatsby (The Grand), Andromache (Necessary Angel), Romeo and Juliet(Canadian Stage), The Turn of the Screw (DVxT), and Miss Julie: Sheh’mah (KICK Theatre). She has also worked extensively in film and television. Christine has received a Dora Award, a Canadian Screen Award, and the Birks Diamond Tribute to Women in Film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1618948214862-ITN6262YIPF9DXJXYGK5/IMG_1464.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Sheila Ingabire Isaro Sheila Ingabire Isaro is an artist based in Toronto. Originally from Rwanda she attended theatre school at George Brown's Conservatory Program and has been working in film and TV as well. She's thrilled to be participating in this workshop project and jumped at the opportunity to read for Phoebe's new play Fugitive Visions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465810927-QUC2FFF0WKRD9EJSS7LX/Stephen%2BJackman-Torkoff-credit-%2BKirk%2BLisaj.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Stephen Jackman-Torkoff * Stephen Jackman-Torkoff is a wandering poet who creates poetic-collage-dreamscape-odysseys through performance and visual art. They are one of the creators/performers of the show Black Boys which premiered in 2016 and they are the poet in the Queer Songbook Orchestra. Stephen has performed in several theatre productions in Canada including The Glass Menagerie (Grand Theatre), Angels in America (Arts Club), Botticelli in the Fire/Sunday in Sodom (Canadian Stage) and Trout Stanley (Factory Theatre) Stephen is curious about exploring the inherent power in people, the relationships between us and the unknowns within. They seek to create work that activates the soul and takes us into a world of imagination. Like Willy Wonka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610467936561-QYFI2CHD9XFFX4FYOQCX/Stephanie%2BJung1_small.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Stephanie Jung* Stephanie Jung is a Vancouver-raised, Toronto-based actor and producer. She is a graduate of York University’s Acting Conservatory and holds a Diploma in Theatre Performance from Capilano University. Selected acting credits: Tout Comme Elle (Necessary Angel/Luminato), If We Were Birds (Tarragon/Groundwater), The Madness of the Square (Cahoots), Tough! (Factory/Luminato; Dora Nomination), Roseneath Theatre’s The Money Tree (2016 GTA and Ottawa Tour, 2017 US Tour) & In This World (2014 GTA and Ontario Tour). Selected producing credits: Associate Producer for Uwi Collective’s Through the Bamboo at Toronto Fringe Festival 2019 (Patron’s Pick), Producer for QuestionMark- Exclamation Theatre’s Reality Theatre at SummerWorks 2017, Co-Producer for Hands Down (Patron’s Pick) at Toronto Fringe 2017, Associate Artistic Producer Intern at Cahoots Theatre (2015/16 season), Associate Producer for Circle Circle’s A Man Walks Into a Bar (Toronto Fringe 2015, Next Stage 2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463144352-6DUKJ9OCMCM33VPODF8X/BrittanyKay-LVIMAGERY-4.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Brittany Kay* Selected Theatre Credits: This was the World (Tarragon Theatre), Asking for It (Thousand Islands Playhouse); As You Like It (Shakespeare BASH’d); The Wolves (Crows Theatre/Howland Company); The Doll Play (Witchboy/Bloodpact); Book Club (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Mikveh (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); Punk Rock (Asst. Dir. /Howland Co.); Fitz Happens! (Lighthouse Festival Theatre); Romeo & Juliet Chainsaw Massacre (Toronto Fringe); 9 Parts of Desire (Seventh Stage); The Lion King (Mirvish). Awards: Dora Award Nominee. Toronto Theatre Critics Award Best Ensemble & My Entertainment Award Outstanding Production for The Wolves. Brittany is also a proud Arts Educator with a recent MEd from OISE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465411497-8UVJO7IUMBVTSXL5IRUN/Richard%2BLee%2B2016.8.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Richard Lee* Richard Lee is an award winning actor, fight director, sound designer and theatre producer. His work has garnered him multiple Dora Mavor Moore nominations out of which he hasreceived three. His play Monday Nights (an interactive and immersive basketball show), was recently toured to PuSH International Performing Arts Festival, after a successful run at Toronto’s Luminato Festival. Richard is an advocate of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the arts and works tireless for a better more thoughtful tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465284678-4S11QFOC2001XPQO427H/Fran%2525C3%2525A7ois%252BMacdonald%252BHeadshot%252B-%252BIan%252BBrown.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - François Macdonald* A native of Montréal, François is a four-time Dora-nominated actor, writer and educator based in Toronto. Fluently bilingual, he is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School and McGill University. He has appeared onscreen in LETTERKENNY (Crave) and CANADA: THE STORY OF US (CBC), as well as onstage in numerous productions including THE WAGER (Theatre Gargantua), EAST OF BERLIN (Essential Collective Theatre), LE MENTEUR (Théâtre français de Toronto), OUR TOWN (Buddies in Bad Times/Rusticle) and HE SAID IT (Harbourfront Centre). François developed and presented his first play AQUARIUS while in residency with the Emerging Creators Unit at Buddies. He was subsequently invited to perform it at the Queer Acts Festival in Halifax. He also works as a creative writing workshop facilitator with the Théâtre français de Toronto, touring high schools around the GTA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463465387-2YSENWGSDAZCMZTOK569/GabeMaharjan_005.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Gabe Maharjan^ Gabe Maharjan (they/them) is a performer and playwright based in Tiotiá:ke/Montreal. Performance credits include the immersive site-specific La Somnambule (META nominated - Lead Performance), the bouffon-clown spectacle Don't Read the Comments, and their play Eva in Rio – which has been shortlisted for the RBC Emerging Playwright Award at PGC’s upcoming Tom Hendry Awards. They recently completed the Buddies ECU where they co-created E-TRANSFER with Merlin Simard. They’re currently developing a commissioned adaptation of a Kai Cheng Thom book for Geordie Theatre, and they’re adapting a classic Hesse novel as artist-in-residence at Imago Theatre. gabemaharjan.com // @babemaharjan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613568318825-H6A5D47N2UD1AAQI2ASG/Tony%2BOfori%2Bhead%2Bshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Tony Ofori* Tony Ofori is a graduate of Humber’s Theatre Performance conservatory and York University’s BFA program. Some of Tony’s most recent theatre work includes Harold Green/Obsidian Theatres production of “Actually” as Tom, Tarragon Theatre’s production of “ Copy That” as Colin and Western Canada Theatre’s production of “Serving Elizabeth” as Montague/Steve. Some of Tony’s Film/Tv credits include; winner of the Canadian Diversity film festival and UTM film festival for best short film “Bad Kids”, “Dreams”, “American Gods”, “Let’s Go Luna” and “Super girl”. Tony has also had the pleasure of voicing the 2018 Olympic, and audiobook “When Morning Comings” by author Arushi Raina. Tony is very excited to join Egro Fest once again to tell another amazing story! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465561756-P7PDMW2KPNL2MYHHNJN4/RiverOliveira_Headshot-%2BDavid%2BFulde.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - River Oliveira River Oliveira (They/He) is a Queer, Trans, & Disabled artist based in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies and wears many hats as a performer, playwright, musician, sound designer, and producer. River’s main interest is exploring the themes of queerness, survival, and community in collaboration with others. River has been working on a new play How the Wolf Says Goodnight, that he is writing in collaboration with Max Cameron Fearon. How the Wolf is an exploration of queerness, violence, and what it means to live after trauma. He is very excited to be joining Ergo Pink Fest for the second time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613569029326-8B9EB99LCLZCX7OTF5DD/Elyne%2BQuan%2B-%2BPhoto.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Elyne Quan*^ Elyne is a writer, actor and director. She holds a MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University/Tisch, a BA Honors degree in Drama from the University of Alberta and is an alumna of the Prime Time TV program at the Canadian Film Centre. Produced plays include the Sterling Award winning Lig & Bittle (with Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull), Stray, Look Both Ways, Souvenirs of Home, Trust, What, One Block Radius and a radio play, Direct Dial (CBC Radio). Recently, her play Frog Life was read and performed at theatres and universities around the world as part of Climate Change Theatre Action, an international effort to bring awareness to climate change. Her intimate theatre play, Pas de Deux, premiered at the Citadel Theatre as part of their Encounters series of one-on-one plays. Her most recent play is a commission for her adaptation of Jane Eyre. She has been an artistic associate at Workshop West Theatre and a former Co-Director at Concrete Theatre. Elyne currently lives in Toronto. She has been a proud member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada since 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610463380485-M110TE1CHT06ZFQQ5IPO/Emma%2BRosa%2Bphoto-cred-Jeremy%2BCabrera.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Emma Rosa Emma is an actor and photographer based in Montreal. She graduated from the Professional Theatre program at Dawson College in 2019. Since then she's been acting in independent theatre productions and festivals in Montreal and Toronto. You can find her photography on Instagram @emmma.rosa . Headshot photographer credit: Jeremy Cabrera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610465827955-T23J4M350149FSP9QVDP/Shaina_Silver-Baird_%2BHeadshot.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Shaina Silver-Baird* Shaina is an actor, musician, writer and songwriter based in Toronto. Most recently she played the role of Chaya/Violinist in the award-winning Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story with 2b Theatre. Favourite credits include: American Gods; Charlotte: A Tri-Colour Play with Music – (Theaturtle, European Tour); Romeo & Juliet (Citadel Theatre); Chasse Galerie(Soulpepper/Storefront Theatre - MyTheatre Nomination for Outstanding Performance; Dora Award for Best Ensemble) and productions/workshops across Canada including Soulpepper, Tarragon Theatre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival and more. She is also the lead singer/songwriter for electro-pop band Ghost Caravan and holds a BFA from the Acting Conservatory at York University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610464831223-L93L1U6VSGP742B4E0RG/GabriellaSundarSIngh_headshot1%252BPhimo%252BPhoto..jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Gabriella Sundar Singh* Gabriella Sundar Singh is a Toronto-born artist of Tamil Indian and Sri-Lankan descent. She is a classically trained Bharathanatyam dancer (Classical South Indian dance), as well as a classically trained pianist and singer. She completed her B.A.Hons. at the University of Guelph (Ontario) in Theatre Studies, achieved her Post-Graduate studies at Centennial College (Toronto) in Children's Media, and graduated from the Acting Program at the National Theatre School of Canada (Montréal). Gabriella has performed at the Shaw Festival for three seasons, and has reoccured for three seasons as “Chelsea” on CBC’s “Kim’s Convenience.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1613568385152-5LC2P43MOU2QJB7UDU0O/Tara%2BSky%2BHeadshot%2B-%2Bphoto-Maxim%2BC%25C3%25B4t%25C3%25A9.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Tara Sky* Tara Sky is a queer mixedblood Indigenous woman who grew up in Tkarón:to/Toronto. She is a second generation artist and a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada for Acting. And while her focus is mostly on acting she has a passion for singing, a love for writing, an interest in directing and a drive to try just about everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1618943294908-IHTEOL2VIXYRUSNKFMVA/CarolineToal%2BHEADSHOT-1%2B%25283%2529.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Caroline Toal* Caroline Toal is an award winning actor and a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Theatrically, Caroline has performed in Seattle, Montreal, Toronto, all across southern Ontario, and has originated roles for multiple new Canadian productions. Caroline has been nominated for six awards, winning Dora Mavor Moore awards for both Casimir and Caroline produced by The Howland Company in 2020 and for the world premiere of Selfie by Christine Quintana at Young People’s Theatre in 2018. Caroline co-wrote Single Thread Theatre Company’s immersive production of Ambrose in 2015 and she is currently writing her first play, Survivors, supported by Studio 180 and Workman Arts. She is passionate about mental health awareness and the environment. www.carolinetoal.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1618943154775-O676NGXEPFKVQ204EN70/LouisaZhu.Headshot%252BA.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Louisa Zhu* Louisa is an actor and performance combat artist based in Toronto. Theatre credits include: Lady Sunrise (Factory Theatre), The Silver Arrow (Citadel Theatre), Reflector (Theatre Gargantua), Sex Tape Project (fu-GEN) and Treasure Island (Solar Stage) where she earned a Dora nomination as part of the acting ensemble. She can also be seen in the series Ghost Writer (Apple TV+), across two seasons of Endlings (CBC/Hulu), and stars in the series Rising Suns (OMNI). Louisa is also a Certified Fight Instructor with Fight Directors Canada and currently serves as the organization’s Directing of Training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1626555229521-7ZZ6DO67C5EX1UM6DIVI/2015-OAC-logo-CMYK-JPG.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1626555529082-055K2GYYSWS1XOXV0K8O/CCA_RGB_colour_e.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1626555713120-6BCOWOEFWGSA968RAST4/2015_Jorjas_Photography_Final_White+%281%29.jpg The Artists of 2020-21 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1626555544609-1YKK4HDCY89Y6PS5ZFZP/2018_JKLF-Logo-option_FINAL.png The Artists of 2020-21 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/epf-2020 daily 0.75 2021-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269217366-IMQM6OMPJ0O89GEWK3GF/athena%2Btrinh%2B-%2BIMG_7336-Web_Resolution_1080p.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - athena kaitlin trinh athena kaitlin trinh is a recent acting graduate from the National Theatre School of Canada. She is a Dora nominated, queer, Chinese-Vietnamese actor, writer, and spoken-word poet. With roots stemming from Southern China, Toronto, and all over Viet Nam, athena celebrates her Chinese-Vietnamese heritage and dedicates herself to diverse, intersectional, and inclusionary art-making. for more information: www.athenakaitlintrinh.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269678612-V43XPZYYHI6CFOLT5VC0/Feb.+2020+headshot_FINAL.jpeg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Daniel Sarah Karasik Daniel Sarah Karasik (they/them) is a writer and political organizer in Toronto. Their previous plays have been produced across Canada, in the US, and in translation in Germany; nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award; and published by Playwrights Canada Press and Book*hug. They are also the author of Hungry, a poetry collection (Cormorant Books), and Faithful and Other Stories, a short story collection (Guernica Editions). Their political journalism has appeared regularly in Briarpatch Magazine, and they are a co-founder and coordinator of the network Artists For Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269307198-UE6O0J2A1MOD06BT6M9O/LC-0723.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Laura Mullin Laura Mullin is a published playwright and author. She is also the Co-Artistic Director of the award-wining Expect Theatre with Chris Tolley and the Co-Host Producer of CBC PlayME Podcast, which transforms theatre plays into audio drama for a global audience. Since she began her career, she has worked in television, film, theatre, and radio and is a regular contributor to CBC.ca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269266792-01BE3XEIRKYKFKY1VZYB/WEB%2BREZ_-MERLIN_2020_84141%2Bcopy.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Merlin Simard Merlin Simard (They/She/Elle/Iel) is a Franco-Ontarian, queer, trans-feminine performer, playwright, dramaturge, and filmmaker originally from Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) now based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Select theatre performance credits: E-TRANSFERS (Buddies In Bad Times/BCurrent/NTS), Curious Voyage (Talk Is Free Theatre/DLT), The Flick (Crow's Theatre/Outside The March), Tape Escape (Outside The March), FEAR OF MEN ((Staged Reading) Assembly Theatre) and Gruesome Playground Injuries (Playground Productions) TV/Film: Grand Army (Netflix), This Life (CBC) Playwriting: FEAR OF MEN (in development at Theatre Passe Muraille), ZADDY ISSUES (In development at Ergo Arts Theatre) and E-TRANSFERS (Buddies In Bad Times/BCurrent/NTS (co-written with Gabe Maharjan)). Merlin currently holds the position of Dramturgy Intern at Theatre Passe Muraille. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269336541-TZVNIEIOF7SMCQQBTBQE/Phoebe%2BTsang%2B-%2BPhoebe%2BTsang%2Bby%2BSullivan%2BHismans.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Phoebe Tsang Phoebe Tsang is a Hong-Kong born Chinese, British and Canadian poet, author, librettist and playwright. She is passionate about telling relevant, contemporary stories that explore issues of family, identity, and belonging, often through the fantastical lens of fairytale, myth, and surrealism. Phoebe is currently a member of the playwriting units of Yellow Earth Theatre (London, UK), and Nightwood Theatre (Toronto). Past honours include the 2019 Stratford Festival’s Playwrights Retreat and the 2018 Gros Morne Playwrights’ Residency. Her primary mentor is John Burgess (former Head of New Writing at the National Theatre, London, UK). www.phoebetsang.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611270004405-QP5C0BZ43V4M76PJ1727/Rebecca%252BOstroff%252B-%252BRebeccaOstroff-PhotographerTIMLEYES.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Rebecca Ostroff Rebecca is a Toronto-based playwright. She was a member of Driftwood Theatre’s 2020 Playwrights Unit. Her solo show, Stella, was workshop’d at the 2019 Scripted Toronto Festival. Her other theatrical credits include, as Director: Call (Alumnae Theatre, New Ideas Festival), as Assistant Director: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (The Howland Company, Toronto Fringe). Her personal essays and other writing have been published in a variety of publications, including the Globe and Mail. Her newest play Camp Halo is currently in development with Pat the Dog Theatre Creation. She is thrilled to be developing In Her Madim with Ergo Pink Fest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611269231291-QJPPDKD0SOR080909LCI/Roxhanne%2BNorman%2B-%2BR%2BNorman%2BHeadshot%2B1%2Bweb%2B-%2Bby%2BJoanna%2BHaughton.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 - Roxhanne Norman Roxhanne (she/they) is a queer- and disabled-identifying emerging Toronto performer, singer, and playwright. Her first play, Jane Doe, was nominated for the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s 2019 Robert Beardsley Award. Joan and Marsha, her second script, was recently developed with Bilal Baig as part of the 2020 Paprika Festival Playwrights’ Unit. Recent performance credits include Zara in The Millionaire (North Toronto Players), Gertie/Alexander in Belle Darling Klondike Queen (Alumnae Theatre), and Officer Barrell in Urinetown (We Are Here Productions). She holds an HBA from U of T and Sheridan College in Theatre and Drama studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1586308592915-1VACHMMBI2OCBDA37OK1/2015-OAC-logo-CMYK-JPG.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1586309243573-QTSTY7POQIBEP532PLY9/CCA_RGB_colour_e.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611282568500-HD1INDST5Z6ATQA2IYT4/Screen+Shot+2021-01-21+at+9.29.06+PM.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611320763907-4LAUNZETMPDUGKT6AK03/Jane+Doe+2.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611319466246-96B2HF4DVHF9DLXEGV0F/Be+Careful+Zoom.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611282584043-DARCEAU8NHWXEY0199BP/Screen+Shot+2021-01-21+at+9.18.26+PM.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611283794370-KYMLGP59MGM7X7WWD9C7/Screen+Shot+2021-01-21+at+9.49.35+PM.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1611320527040-L3MTMST31A4WUHV8UZDG/HOVS%2Bzoom%2B3%2Bcopy.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1586309832078-Y283M3INA2VHF4OCKSAO/2018_JKLF-Logo-option_FINAL.png Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1586309730477-12EOZ2V4RHL35LIWWK9Q/2015_Jorjas_Photography_Final_White+%282%29+copy.jpg Ergo Pink Fest 2020/21 https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/kp-tech-survey daily 0.75 2019-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1573495082355-4VPWQWGBCYQYS6PN5N07/knitpilgrim-11.jpg Knitting Pilgrim - Tech Survey https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/artistinfo-rak daily 0.75 2020-12-29 https://www.ergoartstheatre.com/about-rak daily 0.75 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610132126407-EPVR5BLLSEA082KC2TXV/image-asset.jpeg About Random Acts of Kindness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129921588-RB7OQ50HJY8C10J75QC7/Jhon%252BAmini%252BHeadshot.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Jhon Amini Jhon Amini was born in Ajax, Ontario and soon after his birth moved to Toronto. Jhon demonstrated a passion for music at a young age. Starting at 3 years old, rhythm seemed to be his way of communication, from tapping tables with forks and spoons playing grooves until they would break, to yelling catchy tunes until his parents would join in. His drive for performing arts grew like wildfire when he auditioned and got into a specialized highschool, Wexford collegiate school for the arts. There performing was like a second home, from dance, music theatre and drama. Jhon did countless shows throughout his four years there and could not get enough of sharing his passion. He is now pursuing an education in Theatre at York University. In his freetime he produces original songs. Every instrument in his songs are played by himself, although he plays with bands whenever he has the chance. Jhon uses his knowledge from his time doing music theatre, and listening to some of the greatest musicians to influence his creative process. His music reflects his own past experiences, Jhon believes music is therapeutic and is most enjoyable with an emotional connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610128983948-N9JXDI7V9O87YWPYMBPO/Jordan%2BM%2BBurns_Headshots%2BBy%2BAndrew.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Jordan M. Burns Jordan M. Burns is a disabled, Indigenous, multidisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto. Recently working as an Assistant Director of The Humans and TomorrowLove, Jordan continues to expand his artistic practice after graduating with honours from Humber College’s Theatre Performance program in 2019 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Devised Theatre with York University. Since graduating, Jordan has worked alongside Clay & Paper Theatre, The Paper Boys Collective, Theatre At The Well, Humber Theatre, and Third Wheel Theatre Co., where he serves as a co-founding artistic director. Some of Jordan’s favourite acting credits include: The Cat in the Hat (dir. S. Prelletz), The Echoes II: Pigeon Pie (dir. M. Wodzinska),Vermilion (dir. G. Kosmidis), not_ALL.? (dir. S. Robinson), Theeling and Finking (dir. M. Atwell), and The Infinity Machine (dir. S. Moore). Film credits include lead roles in Puppets! (Ryerson), What If? (Mainolfi Films), and Close (Ryerson). Committed to a comprehensive artistic practice, Jordan often wears many different hats including: actor, director, puppeteer, writer, poet, producer, and apprentice sound designer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129055115-0Y9C8JIEIVT1UZR9J4W8/Georgia%2BFindlay_Haley%2BGarnett.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Georgia Findlay Georgia Findlay is an actor, visual and performance artist, based in Toronto. She graduated from George Brown Theatre School in 2019, and performed in the Newmarket National 10-Minute Play Festival, before embarking on a life changing trip around Europe. Upon returning to Canada, she had hoped to jumpstart the theatre career for which she had been training for so many years, only to see the theatre industry all but disappear in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. With live theatre on an indefinite hiatus, Georgia has taken this time to dive into other art forms to find inspiration, and develop her artistic voice in ways that she never would have imagined. With the world in turmoil, the feeling of fear and hopelessness can be difficult to escape, but Georgia has found solace in returning to one of her first loves: portraiture. This rediscovered artistic outlet gave Georgia the drive and inspiration to create her Random Act of Kindness, which merges her love of visual art with her love of her GBTS graduating class, and the therapeutic effect of adult colouring books. Georgia is incredibly excited to share this interactive colouring Yearbook with her dear friends and fellow young performing artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129271645-160F97COXTZ0I3FUUWR1/AlexanderFranks_photocred-PierreGautreau.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Alexander Franks I am a producer/actor/theatre creator/ 3 puppies in a hoodie with a passion for new contemporary works and reimagined classic works that both entertains the audience and initiates dialogues. I started acting at a young age first appearing in film and television for networks like Teletoon and YTV, before expanding into theatre in high school. My undergraduate degree was spent at Brock University in Drama concentrating in performance. When I attended the MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, I worked on becoming a theatre creator by blending the roles of a production in the devising of new work. Since returning home I have been honored to work as a producer and actor for companies like Mixed Company Theatre, Spur Of The Moment Shakespeare Collective, Fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre, Bard In the Park and various Toronto Fringe companies. I continue my own development as an actor, learning new skills in Voice Over acting and Stand Up Comedy. I am excited to be working on this initiative with Ergo Arts Theatre in support of our healthcare professionals. “Life beats down and crushes the soul. And art reminds you that you have one,” Stella Adler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129423490-KBSPAMQUTMDQU24GFQPO/Ilona%2BGal%2BHeadshot%2Bby%2BDaniel%2BBenoit.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Ilona Gal Ilona Gal is a queer-identifying Toronto based actress who is thrilled to be following her passion for theatre after graduating from George Brown Theatre school in the spring of 2020. Some of her past credits include Mrs. Appleyard in Picnic at Hanging Rock, Mrs. Malicious in Munsch Goes to School, and The Chorus in The Trojan Women. In her spare time Ilona enjoys: creating visual art centered around mysticism, Hungarian Folk dancing, and spending time with her cats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129444703-9O5RZ6GE2JWRAUBIFESZ/davidklein_timleyes.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - David Klein David Klein is an actor, comedy writer, and TikTok influencer based in Toronto and New York City. A recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (Stella Adler Studio/Stonestreet Studios), David is heavily influenced by the tradition of absurdist Canadian comedy into which he was born. When not pursuing his career as an actor through traditional means, David produces and creates his own work — everything from immersive live performances to ye olde internet sketches. www.davidklein.me // @davidmfklein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129521955-E76JYF1HKOJ0L2UDIMHG/Muhaddisah%2BHeadshot-%2BJulia%2BKrikorian..jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Muhaddisah Muhaddisah is a theatre-maker, actor, and singer who is eager about contemporary realizations of classical and canonized plays. She debuted as a playwright with her solo piece entitled "dixi" produced by Dark Day Monday, where she also originated the titular role. Since then, three of her plays have been produced across three cities. Most recently, "on/the/line" was commissioned by Theatre Oculus in completion of her Digital Creation Residency. To her, the theatre is not the water without which she would perish in days, but the air from whose lack she would last only seconds. Her background as a writer, however, is in prose: at the age of fourteen, she endeavoured upon a novel which explored the post 9/11 racialization of Muslims within the Canadian justice system. Through this process she met her high school best friend, Sharfa Shahid, and together they worked on their prospective novels. Now, a decade after, the two friends have returned to their characters, albeit in entirely new plot lines. While Sharfa is now a full-time frontline social worker, and Muhaddisah is a full-time theatre artist, Sharfa remains Muhaddisah's oldest friend. She hopes they have a long future of prose and poetry ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610302694339-5HYIQI7WJY0YYJSPHHFE/NIA_OSEI_HEADSHOT.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Nia Osei Nia Osei is a Ghanaian-American playwright, poet, writer, model and expressionist. She studied theatre, playwriting and creative writing at York University. She makes YouTube videos collaborating with other artists showcasing collaborative art through expression. She is always looking to collaborate and work with new artists. Her poetry focuses on speaking out about trauma, mental health and healing through different forms of expression. Her poetry also focuses on advocating for yourself and loving yourself in many different way, shapes and forms. She showcases her performances of her poetry and general fun and serious talks on her YouTube channel. Nia aims to have her words shared amongst larger audiences in Toronto and in New York. You could find her on Instagram @nini__o and subscribe to her YouTube channel: Nini O https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129626761-2E7J0ZJHDB59ULD8XML5/Kody%2BPoisson-NozomixHui.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Kody Poisson Keeping in the decorum of biography writing, I shall cede an account, in a non-ingratiating manner, of my artistic experience. I originally hail from Zwickau, Germany. My Opa was attracted to the booming Canadian mining market andabruptly brought some of the family, including myself, to reside in the country. Poetry, on the other hand, found me rather than I it; I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river, but it started something in my soul. All that can be said is that my time studying at East 15 Acting school in the United Kingdom had an immense effect on my work. I became awoke to the abounding wealth of beauty in the English language with authors such as: Oscar Wilde, Francis Thompson, Shakespeare & c. Many of the mentors who taught at the institution lent a congenial palm to my artistic curiosities and even lent a supporting crutch when I was at my most dire. The particular poem, which has been written in collaboration with Ergo Arts Theatre, is an ode dedicated to one of these mentors that have blessed my hand, my mind and my spirit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129704197-OSZONZWTU0STKS1LK4V8/JShaffeeullah3.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Jasmine Shaffeeullah Jasmine Shaffeeullah is an emerging dance and theatre artist. Her work has included serving as an actor in a developmental workshop of Teadrop Collective’s “Leopards and Peacocks” as part of The Lab at Stratford Festival; choreographer for the award winning community arts company The AMY Project’s production of “Lion Womxn” at SummerWorks); and as an assistant stage manager for the workshop presentation of “The Shell” at Canadian Stage Company. From the age of eight, Jasmine began dancing and performing and over time shifted her focus to choreographing and teaching. She specializes in Dancehall and Bollywood, teaching and facilitating workshops of all ages and dance levels across the GTA. Jasmine is a queer, Indo-Caribbean settler born and living in Tkaronto. She dreams of a world in which conflict and trauma is not the centre of our collective existence and believes in creating spaces where everyone can show up as their whole, joyous, free, magical selves. In her free time, Jasmine enjoys recreating her mom’s recipes, video games, poetry, Sudoku, and playing piano. Whether she is on stage or behind the scenes, Jasmine believes in creating art that centres marginalized folk and promotes collective healing as an integral component of personal liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129755841-BNPBP4HSIFLF9MW2YI2N/Alexia%2BVassos_Ian%2BBrown.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Alexia Vassos Alexia Vassos is an actor, writer and voice over artist currently based outside the GTA. A graduate from the Theatre and Drama Studies joint program between the University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College, she holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and an Advanced Diploma in Acting. Her recent theatrical productions include Three Sisters(Theatre Erindale), Nothing but the Tooth (Newmarket National Play Festival) and Written in Stone (NNPF). Her television and film endeavours consist of roles on Dark Side of the Ring (Vice) and Paranormal Nightshift (Bristow Global Media). Most recently, she was one of twelve writers selected by Expect Theatre to participate in their Playwriting Unit “Beats + Intentions”, led by Anna Chatterton. In association with Hart House Theatre, Alexia was chosen to act as a judge for the University of Toronto’s upcoming Spotlight Playwriting Competition. Alexia is presently in the process of creating a solo show centered around growing up disabled in a family that overshares and a world that under-serves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610129877688-2PEOOY9UZ9BACL5H7YEV/KareemVaude%252BHeadshot%252Bby%252BNicole%252BPryce.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Kareem Vaude Kareem Vaude is an Arab - Canadian artist currently located in Toronto. His mandate is to create/produce/act in works that tell the stories of marginalized peoples as well as advocate for equality and diversity throughout this industry. He is a recent graduate of George Brown's 2020 Theatre School Ensemble and is proudly represented by The Talent House. His passions include singing, stage combat, and writing rap. Producing has played a giant role in Kareem’s career, as he has successfully mounted consecutive shows in the summers between theatre school through his organization, Notorious Co. This company is a way for Kareem and his partner, Nicole Pryce, to present shows and events that reflect their ideals on diversity and inclusion, as well as execute large scale projects that reflect the company’s place in the industry. Be it producing, acting, or writing, Kareem is always ready to leap in and approach each project meticulously and passionately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/577bf5515016e168f25a3888/1610367432862-KKX24BJNJMUPIGE1VVI2/Spencer-Veira-Tatham.jpg About Random Acts of Kindness - Spencer Veira-Tatham Spencer Veira-Tatham is an aspiring actor and filmmaker based in Toronto, currently attending York University’s honour’s theatre program. When he is not doing homework, he spends much of his time brainstorming and developing ideas of all sorts to turn them into scripts. Although he admires the process and challenge acting provides, Spencer always finds time to do some writing of his own. Being a skilled actor and writer has allowed Spencer to constantly be creating with two sets of eyes on one body. This has been especially helpful in the development of his next upcoming project called The Games We Play, a dramatic comedy following two teens who strike financial gold overnight. He believes he speaks for all who are involved in the dramatic arts, in one way or another, when he says that the surprise of the covid-19 pandemic put major hindrances on his creative abilities. Due to the safety guidelines covid forced us to adopt, filming for the project is still in its very early stages, but he and his colleagues are extremely eager to safely get the show on the road. 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