Andie

Lloyd

Andie Lloyd is a queer interdisciplinary artist and community advocate, currently based on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territories. She works internationally as a lighting designer and media artist, and is a co-founder of HK House 香港屋 (@hkhouseofficial), a volunteer-powered non-profit based in Vancouver, B.C. As a justice motivated artist, Andie aims to work alongside collaborators in alignment with her values of self-determination, land sovereignty, climate justice, fat liberation, queer liberation and anti-capitalism. She hopes to bring these values into all of her creations through the avenues of radical compassion and respect. Some of her notable involvements include: Happy Valley/馬照跑．舞照跳（rice & beans theatre) - Projection Design, Lose Myself Again (Music Video, Argel MDR) -Media/Lighting Designer, BQFKN Online! (rEvolver Fest 2023) - Digital Design Director/Lighting Designer, ūtszan (to make better) (The Cultch) - Projection Designer, Clean/Espejos (Neworld Theatre) - Surtitle Designer, whip (FakeKnot) - Lighting Designer, and she looks forward to designing for the world premiere of Peace Country by Pedro Chamale in Fall 2023. GFHG SDGM.

Kelsey

Wavey

Kelsey Kanatan Wavey (they/she/he) is a gender fluid multidisciplinary artist currently based in so-called Vancouver. Kelsey was born and raised in Treaty 1, Winnipeg, is 5th generation settler of German/British/Norwegian ancestry and Muskeg Ininowahk (Swampy Cree), and is a proud member of Tataskweyak Cree Nation (Treaty #5). Kelsey attended Studio 58 to study acting, and has been working as an actor, writer, director, and curator since graduating in 2019. Kelsey is also a singer and is working on self-releasing their work with Indigenous indie pop duo “EVERB0DY”, as well as sings with two femme Indigenous drumming group “M’girl” and “iskwew singers”. Some of their recent theatre acting work includes In My Day (Zeezee theatre), The Rez Sisters, Women of the Fur Trade (MTC), Making the Mystics, Break Horizons: a Concert Documentary (Urban Ink and The Cultch). You may have seen their recent directing work in Cerulean Blue (Studio 58) and Gather: Stories in Nature (Neworld and Pacific Theatre).

Kim

Harvey

Kim Senklip Harvey is a proud Syilx and Tsilhqot’in award-winning creator known for her ability to direct bold iconoclastic productions that inspire and delight. Kim was the first Indigenous woman to win the Governor General’s Award for Drama with her play Kamloopa to which she directed the 3-city world premiere. She is the director of 2 feature-length documentary films Break Horizons: A Concert Documentary and Making The Mystics. Kim is a 2-time recipient of a Netflix and Indigenous Screen Office fellowship. She is also currently writing on a CBC mini-series and her pilot Half Way Home is currently in development with Sphere Media. Kim has her Masters in Creative Writing and is currently getting her Ph.D. in Law. Kim’s passion for storytelling lives within its transformational nature and works in service to her Indigenous Nations.

Michael

McCreary

Michael McCreary https://www.aspiecomic.com/ Michael McCreary is an autistic comedian, actor, author, and TEDX speaker who’s been performing stand-up comedy since age 13. In the past 10 years, he has performed stand-up shows and keynote addresses in every province in Canada – plus the Yukon - and across the United States. He has done shows for tech giants IBM and SAP International; for universities such as McMaster, Queen’s, McGill, Montana State U and the University of Texas; and for many agencies and autism organizations: Autism Ontario, Autism Canada, Autism Nova Scotia, Autism Asperger’s Friendship Society (Calgary), Firefly Autism (Denver), Autism Yukon, Geneva Centre for Autism, Autism Society Newfoundland & Labrador, Pacific Autism Family Network; and for schools and school boards across the continent. Michael has also written the book “Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic” (Annick Press); hosted the Autism Ontario video “Autism: See the Potential” https://vimeo.com/144769608; has consulted on the TV show “Ransom” to ensure the authenticity of a character with autism and has been featured on The National and on CBC Radio’s “Laugh Out Loud!” He was the featured comic in Commander Chris Hadfield’s Generator show at Massey Hall in Toronto in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2W30iYP30 He played the role of a neurodivergent character in the TV series Astrid & Lilly Save the World (SYFY Network) and he can also be seen in Season 2 of Ginny & Georgia (Netflix). In May 2022 he was part of the closing Gala at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival for CBC. He is currently working on a play, a new book, a documentary, and getting his driver's license.

Nyla

Carpentier

Nyla Carpentier (Tahltan, Kaska, French, Scottish) is a multifaceted performing artist currently residing in North Vancouver. She’s a new mom, a powwow dancer and workshop facilitator. Theatre acting highlights: Battle of the Birds (Savage Society), The Flats/Les Flats (Prairie Theatre Exchange and Theatre Cercle Moliere), The Berlin Blues and Ipperwash (The Blyth Theatre Festival) and Busted Up: A Yukon Story (Openpit Theatre). Nyla performed her solo show Dissection of a... Mixed Heritage Woman at the Victoria and Vancouver Fringe Festival. She is currently working on a second solo show and her first full length play.

Patrick

McDonald

Patrick McDonald served as Artistic Director of Green Thumb Theatre from 1988 to 2020; prior to that he was the Artistic Director of Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. He has directed over 75 productions for Green Thumb and has overseen the commissioning and development of more than 50 new plays for children, teens and young adults. He has commissioned work from emerging writers like Dave Deveau and Michelle Riml and established writers Morris Panych, Joan MacLeod and George F. Walker. During his tenure Green Thumb productions have won numerous Jessie Richardson Awards, several Betty Mitchell Awards, and three Canada Council Awards for Outstanding Production for Young Audiences. McDonald has been nominated for many awards and has received Jessie Richardson Awards for both directing and “Continued Excellence in the Field of Theatre for Young Audiences”. In 2009 he received the Jessie Richardson Award for Career Achievement, and in 2013 he was a recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award. He has directed across the country at theatres including The Belfry, The Grand Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, National Arts Centre, Vancouver Playhouse, Gateway Theatre, Manitoba Theatre for Young People and Arts Club Theatre. He has been a two time member of the Canada Council’s Theatre Advisory Committee and has sat on many peer juries at the provincial and federal levels.

potatoCakes_digital

potatoCakes_digital is the award winning multimedia design and technical services company of Emily Soussana and Andrew Scriver. Formed as a collective in 2018, and officially incorporated in 2021, they have been unofficially working together for over six years as an all-encompassing artistic and technical team offering dramaturgy, management, and technical direction--as well as designing video, lighting, sound, set, and costumes for live performance, installation, and digital art in Tiotia:ke and across Canada. Recent credits include designing lights and video for Kim Senklip Harvey’s Kamloopa at Soulpepper in Toronto (2022), and the Break Horizons: A Concert Documentary (2021). potatocakesdigital.ca

Renae

Morriseau

Renae Morriseau is Nêhiyawi/Cree, Nahkawiniw/Saulteaux. Since the 80’s Renae has worked individually and collectively on Indigenous stories in music, theatre, film and television. Much of her work is about art created with, for and about the hopes of a good future for Indigenous people on their lands and in the cities of Turtle Island. She has worked across Canada and internationally with her singing group, M’Girl. Renae is currently recording her songs in both traditional and contemporary sounds. Quest Out West, a documentary APTN Television series will debut its 4th season in May, 2023. She directed 5 episodes on this Syilx/Okanagan food sovereignty show. She directed a new work by Rosanna Deerchild, THE SECRET TO GOOD TEA at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and right after, the late Taran Kootenayhoo’s, White Noise at the Firehall Arts Centre in 2023. She currently teaches at Capilano University in Indigenous Film Studies.

Sam

Bob

Sam Bob (traditional name-Tulkweemult’) of the Snaw-Naw-us First Nation on Vancouver Island has performed nationally in television, film, radio, and theatre. He is a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominee for Best Actor in 2004 and 2022, nominated for Best Actor by Edmonton’s Dreamspeaker’s Film Festival in 1998. Mr. Bob has an extensive body of theatre work across Canada. He can also be seen in film and TV in Blackway with Anthony Hopkins, Monkey Beach, with CBC, Loudermilk on Amazon Prime. And recently shot a pilot called Canoe Journey in Lummi territory near Bellingham. Sam has taught free community theatre classes at the Vancouver Friendship Centre for several years and finds putting young people on stage a particular joy.