It is out pleasure to announce the newest member of our team, Isa Chiu! Isa Chiu (she/her) is a HongKongese actor, multi-disciplinary artist, creator, writer and social media marketing specialist with experience performing in theatre, film and television. Having just moved to Toronto to pursue an acting career, she was Marketing Coordinator for SummerWorks 2024 …
Nightwood is honoured to welcome Laura Pomeroy to our Board of Directors! Please help us give her a warm welcome. Laura Pomeroy is a theatre producer and an arts administrator with over twenty years of experience working in Toronto’s performing arts community. She has a strong financial background and a long history with Nightwood Theatre, …
Please give a warm welcome to two new board members, Anthea Chan & Natasha Su-Lee Kinnear! Anthea has spent the last decade working in civil litigation in Toronto. She is currently legal counsel at Intact Insurance. Outside of her legal practice, she is committed to lending her experience in advocacy, public policy, and business background to …
We’re delighted to have Charlotte Dorey join Nightwood’s team as our Graduate Partners and Outreach Intern! Charlotte will be working with Nightwood as part of a placement for her masters degree. Read more about her here: Originally from Toronto, Charlotte Dorey holds a Bachelor’s degree in Drama from Queen’s University. She is currently a graduate student at …
When I first joined Nightwood Theatre as Artistic Director, we commissioned Rose Napoli to write Mad Madge. The piece stemmed from Rose’s interest in the young woman – unabashedly thirsty for fame – who recorded herself throwing a chair off the 45th floor of a Toronto condo onto the Gardiner. Rose’s interest in this notorious Torontonian was …
I first met Amy and Norah when we were both part of Nightwood’s double bill of (their) Mouthpiece and Anna Chatterton’s Quiver, which I directed in 2016. They exuded confidence and energy. Fresh(ish) out of their training, they were ready to assert themselves on Toronto’s theatre scene. And they made a huge splash – audiences …
Every year we are so stunned by the talent that shine through in our pool of Ontario Arts Council’s Recommenders Grant for Theatre Creators applicants. With great joy, here are the group of 2024 RGTC recipients (L-R): Yolanda Bonnell, Katarina Fiallos, Thalía González, Kaylie Kreatrix, breton lalama, Tabia Lau, Shira Leuchter, Marium Masood, Janis Mayers, …
We’re thrilled to have Nika Jalali join Nightwood’s team as a Metcalf Foundation Artistic Producer Intern! Nika Jalali (she/her) is an Iranian-Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, producer, and creator. She is devoted to curating spaces and pushing boundaries for racialized communities to perform and share their stories on Canadian and international stages. Most recently graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University …
Please give a warm welcome to the latest Write From The Hip participants: Kijo Eunice Gatama, Meara Khanna, Mily Mumford, Pesch Nepoose, and Hilary Smith! We are so pleased to have them join us this season and read more about them here!
Some sad news/ good news today: We are sad to announce the departure of our Write From The Hip Program Director, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard. Says Donna-Michelle about her departure, “I feel fortunate to have been brought onto the team at Nightwood during a time of vital change, and to be engaged in ongoing conversation about …