Anissah Vanhorn is a Queer emerging actress and playwright. They started their journey in theatre by joining the Dawson Theatre Collective (DTC), founded by Ann Lambert at Dawson College. This collective is entirely composed of students who do not study professional theatre. Every year the DTC puts on a show that runs three to four nights in May and all proceeds collected from ticket sales go to organizations such as the Theresa Foundation. Anissah's first performance was in “A Midsummer’s Night Kickass Dream”, a modern rendition of Shakespeare's play “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”, where they landed one of the major roles. Their second performance was in “Being Verity”, another modern rendition of a classic piece by Oscar Wilde titled “Being Earnest”. Anissah continued with the DTC for the rest of her studies at Dawson working as an actress, assistant stage manager, stage and costume designer, and playwright. Their first co-written play, whose production was put on pause by the pandemic, is “The Long Shot” directed by Jeff Gandell. Since then, they have continued to participate in different community theatre projects as an actress and stage manager.

Recent graduate of Dawson College in Community, Recreation, and Leadership Training and currently completing her B.Ed in Secondary English at McGill University, Anissah is a dedicated student and apprentice. For TOE, they have coordinated several online and in-person events, helped with administrative tasks and promotion, assisted in coordinating virtual writing sessions, and filled a variety of artistic positions in past and current TOE productions. ​​

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