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MICHAELA DI CESARE (she/her) is a playwright and performer with an MA in drama from the University of Toronto. She last collaborated with her friends at TOE on Mickey & Joe (Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty). Since then, she has been trying to write while caring for her toddler, her husband and her mother. Michaela is tired. She has other credits, but do they even matter? She hopes you enjoy these bites of morality. |
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BRIAN DOOLEY is an award winning actor and producer. During the last 45 years Brian has worked throughout the country and abroad. His skills include directing, writing, producing and performing in a variety of media including radio, animation, film, television and the theatre. Brian was trained and educated at the National Theatre School and Bishop’s University. Having relocated back to Montreal after a lengthy absence he looks forward to engaging with new collaborators and audiences. In the midst of these most unprecedented times, Brian is reminded of Richard Shechner’s words: "Theatre is a peak experience and significantly different from other kinds of life because of its focus, intensity, and general visibility. But it is not separate from other kinds of life: It comes from them and blends back into them. To work from this perspective means to accept the audience as a potential ally, and to admit that without the audience's collaboration no performance is possible." |
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Award winning actress, LAURA MITCHELL, is the co-founder of Theatre Ouest End. She taught Literature at Dawson College where she founded and directed the Showtime Troupe. As half of the comedy duo ‘TITTERS’, she performed in Vancouver Comedy Festival, Seattle, Ottawa, and in and around Montreal. Laura performed as a storyteller for Blue Met, and as a southern evangelist for Theatre des Ameriques. She has written 1 feature film (7th Art), 1 documentary, (NFB , Pandora), 3 plays, 2 play adaptations, and is currently working on a collection of short shorties. She continues to act on stage and in film and TV. |
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ANN LAMBERT (she/her) is the author of the Russell and Leduc mystery series, The Birds That Stay, The Dogs of Winter and Whale Fall, finalists for the Concordia Best First Book Prize, the Canadian Crime Writers Award of Excellence, and winner of an Audiophile award. All three books were released as audiobooks narrated by Ann herself. Ann has also written over 30 plays for the stage and radio, many of which have been critically acclaimed and produced in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.
Ann is the co-founder of Theatre Ouest End in Montreal, dedicated to producing new work that brings together an intergenerational community of both emerging and experienced theatre artists. Ann is also the vice-president of The Theresa Foundation, dedicated to supporting children and their grandmothers, the education of Malawian girls, and alleviating food insecurity in several villages in Malawi. https://www.annlambertbooks.com/ http://www.theatreouestend.ca/ https://www.theresafoundation.com/ |
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