Projects

On the go…

Paprika Theatre Festival

Currently in my 5th season as the General Manager of the Paprika Festival, a performing arts festival celebrating the work of young and emerging artists. Paprika Festival has six professional training programs that culminate in an annual week-long festival of new work created, designed and performed by emerging artists. Paprika holds Accessibility, Community, Artistic Development, and Youth Leadership as its core values.

Accomplishments include:

more than doubling Paprika’s operating budget during my tenure despite facing the loss of multiple sources of pandemic recovery funding;
increasing Paprika staff, artist, and contractor pay, which has been chronically underfunded;
launching a pilot project which, for the first time in Paprika history, provided select program participants with a living wage for their time spent in Paprika programming.

Lady M (Margaret)- 1s1 Theatre

Producer for 1s1 Theatre’s inaugural production of Lady M (Margaret), co-produced with Why Not Theatre.

Lady M (Margaret) is a new, Deaf-led adaptation of Macbeth that explores Shakespeare’s famous power couple with an intersectional experience for both Deaf and hearing audiences. Adapted, created and directed by internationally-renowned, Scotland-based theatre maker Ramesh Meyyappan, and starred Dawn Jani Birley in the titular role.

Played from August 5-12, 2023 as part of the SummerWorks Festival in the Franco Boni Theatre, Theatre Centre, Toronto.

Rockabye - Artists Repertory Company (ARC)

Producer for ARC’s production of Rockabye, by Joanna Murray-Smith, directed by Rob Kempson.

Played from January 26-February 11, 2024 at Factory Theatre in Toronto.

Set and Costume Designer: Jackie Chau

Lighting Designer: Jareth Li

SHH - Single Thread Education

Produced, wrote, and designed the educational curriculum for an immersive theatrical experience prepared for elementary students in Kindergarten-Grade 8.

The experience is designed to place students at the heart of the story; through student-directed, inquiry-based learning, students are empowered to learn more about the untold and often overlooked stories of their own hometown history, and drive the story forward to uncover the mysterious truth of a secret society lost to time. The piece is designed around the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, and is a school-wide project that is brought directly to the students, engaging them in curriculum content through an immersive narrative, mysterious deliveries, odd-ball characters, and hands-on discoveries. The piece aims to develop empathy and students’ sense of connectedness to their local history and community.

Originally designed in 2020, it was produced by Single Thread Theatre Company and presented as a hybrid/virtual experience in 2021 for a school in rural Ontario. It currently remains in development at Single Thread, with aspirations to produce an in-person version of the project in Spring of 2025.

Ladies Day - New Stuff Theatre

Production Manager for New Stuff Theatre’s inaugural production of Ladies Day, by Australian playwright Alana Valentine, directed by Ben Sterlin.

Played from October 19-23, 2022 at the Pink Light Stage in Toronto.

Previous Work

MARTYR - Artists Repertory Company (ARC)

Producer for ARC’s production of Martyr, by German Playwright Marius von Mayenburg (translated by Maja Zade), directed by Rob Kempson.

Played from January 13-29, 2023 at the Native Earth Aki Studio in Toronto, including one livestreamed performance on Saturday January 28, 2023.

Set and Costume Designer: Jackie Chau

Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay

Featuring Adriano Reis and Charlotte Dennis. Photo courtesy of Sam Moffatt.

Featuring Nabil Traboulsi. Photo courtesy of Sam Moffatt.

Featuring Nabil Traboulsi and Aviva Armour-Ostroff. Photo courtesy of Sam Moffatt.

Romeo and Juliet and Action - Shakespeare in Action

Production Manager for Shakespeare in Action’s Dora Award-winning production of Romeo and Juliet and Action, adapted and directed by Alexandra Montagnese.

Played from November 28th - December 9th, 2022 at the Artscape Weston Common.

Lighting and Set Design: Theo Belc

Costume Design: Chris Faris

Featuring Dawn Jani Birley, Sturla Alvsvåg, and Joshua Bosworth. Photo courtesy of Dhalia Katz.

Video by Mallory Brown
Set Design: Jung-Hye Kim
Costume Design: Carlyn Rahusaar Routledge
ASL-English Interpretation: Roman Pizzacalla, Helen McLeod, Sheila Johnston, Kate Lewis

Featuring Sergio Di Zio and Deborah Drakeford. Photo courtesy of Sam Moffatt.

Featuring Dawn Jani Birley and Joshua Bosworth. Photo courtesy of Dhalia Katz.