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I am a Dora Award winning director and an actor who has been working at theatres across the country for over 20 years. My love affair with directing began in 2015 when I was asked to direct Michel Miller’s The Power of Harriet T at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Since then, I have worked coast to coast as a director.
I am currently making my mainstage debut at Bard on the Beach, directing Julius Caesar. Most recently I directed the highly anticipated co-production of Trouble in Mind with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Citadel Theatre and was the Associate Director of the World Premiere production of Fall on Your Knees. Up next I will heading to Calgary in the fall to direct Sleuth at Veritgo Theatre.
My production of the Canadian Premier of Red Velvet at Crow's Theatre recently received 6 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations, winning Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production in the General Theatre category.
Other past projects I am proud to have directed include Harlem Duet with Bard on the Beach, Voice with Prairie Theatre Exchange, Meet Me at Dawn with Theatre by the River, and the world premiere of Backstage at Carnegie Hall with Montreal’s BW Workshop.
I have completed directing internships with The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, and Bard on the Beach, and have assisted a number of renowned directors across Canada. I am the 2021 recipient of Crow’s Theatre’s RBC Rising Star Emerging Director Prize, and was one of the directing fellows in Why Not Theatre’s 2021 This Gen Fellowship. I hold a directing diploma from The National Theatre School of Canada’s independent study program, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from York University.
As a Black mixed race female director it is my mandate to do work that challenges me, inspires me and allows me to bring all of myself, my culture and my soul into the room. Collaboration is in the forefront of my practice and engaging with a team to create brave, exciting work that connects with audiences and invites them to deeply engage with the art is why I create theatre.
Mentorship is my greatest passion and I strive to uplift artists of colour, and give artists of the next generation the opportunity to share their voices and tell their stories.
I am currently making my mainstage debut at Bard on the Beach, directing Julius Caesar. Most recently I directed the highly anticipated co-production of Trouble in Mind with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Citadel Theatre and was the Associate Director of the World Premiere production of Fall on Your Knees. Up next I will heading to Calgary in the fall to direct Sleuth at Veritgo Theatre.
My production of the Canadian Premier of Red Velvet at Crow's Theatre recently received 6 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations, winning Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production in the General Theatre category.
Other past projects I am proud to have directed include Harlem Duet with Bard on the Beach, Voice with Prairie Theatre Exchange, Meet Me at Dawn with Theatre by the River, and the world premiere of Backstage at Carnegie Hall with Montreal’s BW Workshop.
I have completed directing internships with The Stratford Festival, The Shaw Festival, and Bard on the Beach, and have assisted a number of renowned directors across Canada. I am the 2021 recipient of Crow’s Theatre’s RBC Rising Star Emerging Director Prize, and was one of the directing fellows in Why Not Theatre’s 2021 This Gen Fellowship. I hold a directing diploma from The National Theatre School of Canada’s independent study program, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting from York University.
As a Black mixed race female director it is my mandate to do work that challenges me, inspires me and allows me to bring all of myself, my culture and my soul into the room. Collaboration is in the forefront of my practice and engaging with a team to create brave, exciting work that connects with audiences and invites them to deeply engage with the art is why I create theatre.
Mentorship is my greatest passion and I strive to uplift artists of colour, and give artists of the next generation the opportunity to share their voices and tell their stories.
