
Kodie Rollan
Kodie Rollan is Philippine-born, Scarborough-raised, Calgary-based playwright, dramaturg, actor, and producer. Kodie is currently the Artistic Associate at Chromatic Theatre in Calgary, AB.


Luke Reece
Luke Reece is an award-winning producer, playwright, and poet. He is an artistic leader within the national arts community, advocating for engaging and nuanced storytelling.

Chantal Forde
Chantal Forde is a writer and director with a passion for creating new works and taking on theatrical opportunities that challenge and inspire.

Andrew Moodie
Andrew Moodie is an Ontario-based actor/playwright/director who began his playwriting career in 1995 with his first play, Riot.

Frances Koncan (she/they)
Frances Koncan (she/they) is a two-spirit director, playwright, and dramaturge of mixed Anishinaabe and Slovene descent. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College (CUNY) and half a music degree.
Fatuma Adar
Fatuma Adar is a Somali-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She was long-listed in CBC’s Creative Nonfiction Prize and profiled in Up Close: Young Black Women Making Canada Better.

Kanika Ambrose
Kanika Ambrose is a playwright and librettist, currently in-residence at Cahoots Theatre, developing her play "our place." Her work has been featured at Obsidian Theatre Company, Curtis Institute of Music, Tapestry Opera, Rhubarb Festival and Toronto Fringe. Kanika is proud Artistic Producer of Paprika Festival and one of Cahoots Theatre Company's 30 for 30 theatremakers for their 30th anniversary season.


Lillian King
Lillian King is a director, educator and artistic administrator, who has worked in many roles at many theatres - from summer stock to Broadway.


David W. Connolly
Dance Magazine wrote, “David’s life demonstrates the quintessential balancing act between career and community service.” He’s a theatre-maker who also happens to be a double, below-knee amputee.

Lezlie Wade
is an award winning writer, actor, director and lyricist with over 20 years experience in theatre.

Anand Rajaram
Anand is an improviser, actor, playwright, director, musician, teacher & puppeteer. Most recently, he was in Buffoon and Mustard at the Tarragon Theatre, adapted/performed in Rohinton Mistry’s The Scream, at SummerWorks, and has performed at Second City, Stratford, CanStage,

Alexander Franks
is a Mixed Heritage Chinese/Spanish/British/Canadian Performer, Producer and Creator with an interest in the creation of new contemporary work that both entertains and brings life to stories lost to time and discrimination.
