Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster
is an actor, director and all-around theatre person from Nova Scotia, currently based in and around Toronto, Ontario.
Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster is an actor, director and all around theatre person from Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Her directing credits include the The Wolves (Howland/Crows, Toronto Theatre Critics Best Ensemble 2018 and MyEntertainmentWorld Best Production 2018), Cannibal (Scrap Paper/Next Stage), 52 Pick-Up (Howland, Best of Fringe 2013), Gray (Inamorata) and Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon – delayed due to Covid-19).
Her acting highlights include Cyrano de Bergerac and Man and Superman at the Shaw Festival, seven seasons with Soulpepper Theatre and credits with Public Recordings, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, Cahoots Theatre, Native Earth, Tarragon Theatre and beyond. Courtney has served as an educator with Soulpepper, Buddies in Bad Times and the Royal Conservatory of Music.
She is a past Director’s Lab facilitator for the Paprika Festival and a Mentor with the Artists Mentoring Youth Project. Courtney has twice been named a ‘Top Ten Theatre Artist’ by NOW Magazine, and is a grateful alumna of the Loran Award and a recipient of two Dora Awards for Best Ensemble.
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