Philip Adams was the Artistic Director of Nakai, and then Mulgrave Road Theatre in Nova Scotia. Recent direction includes “The Cherry Orchard”, “King Lear”, “Where The Blood Mixes”, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s “Gas Girls” and “A Man A Fish”, Yvette Nolan’s “Traps”, and Ken Mitchell’s “The Medicine Line” which toured rural Saskatchewan on horseback.

Joel Bernbaum is a playwright, director, and journalist. From 2013-2023, he served as the Artistic Director of Sum Theatre. His dissertation is about verbatim theatre’s potential to be used as a community development process. He has co-created and co-produced multiple verbatim theatre plays.

Brendan Briceland is an award-winning Digital Media Designer based in Calgary, Banff and Toronto. Select credits: Theatre Calgary: “Beaches” world premier (Asst. Projection Designer/Animator) “Selma Burke” (Projection Design), “Importance of Being Earnest” (Asst. Projection/Lighting Design), “Little Women” (Asst. Projection Design). University of Toronto: “Three Islands” (Projection Design) Vertigo Theatre: “The Girl on the Train” (Projection Design) Alberta Theatre Projects: “The Jungle Book” (Projection Design). Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity: Serena Ryder in Concert (Projection Design), Jens Lindemann in Concert (Projection Design) Opera in the 21st Century (Projection Design), Twin Flames in Concert (Projection Design), Indigenous Choreographers Lab (Projection Design), Banff Musicians in Residence (Projection Design), Indigenous Singer Songwriter Residency (Projection Design).

Instagram: @mrbrendanb

Website: brendanbriceland.com

Bevin Dooley (she/they) is a theatre artist from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. She works primarily as a playwright, though she’s been known to appear on stage now and then. Bevin is currently writing a play about climate activism for kids, because the kids are alright and they are the future.

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Sydney Hunt is a playwright and storyteller based in Victoria, BC. Her work is deeply influenced by the natural world and her adventures within it. Above all, she is grateful for her wonderful community and the people she is privileged to create with and learn from. Cheers, friends!

Stewart Legere is a multidisciplinary artist from unamu'kwati’jk/Dartmouth, where he lives with his partner, their cats, and a small flock of spirited chickens. He is the Associate Artistic Director of ZUPPA, and co-Artistic Director of contemporary performance company The Accidental Mechanics Group. His work has been presented at venues and festivals across the country and internationally. A writer, singer-songwriter, composer and performer, he finds great joy in hosting, running, walking, cooking, arguing, drinking wine, and exploring the nooks and crannies of melancholy. His work celebrates performance, vulnerability, and the dismantling of persona. He is currently in residence at The Theatre Centre in Toronto, developing a show with queer artists from across Canada. He has very good friends. Follow him @stewartlegere

Scott Maynard has provided music direction for many productions, from early medieval theatre to contemporary dance. Previous Gwaandak shows include “Map of the Land, Map of the Stars” (Dir: Yvette Nolan, Michelle Olson), and “The Unplugging” (Dir: Reneltta Arluk). Other recent credits include “Confluence” (Raven Spirit Dance), “Newsies” (YTYP), and “Ride the Cyclone” (The Guild Hall).

Katelyn Morishita is a singer, actor and director that has worked across Canada. She was the Artistic Associate at Vertigo Theatre, before moving onto the Artistic Associate at Handsome Alice Theatre. She has acted and directed with Theatre Calgary, The Yukon Arts Centre/YTYP, Chemainus Theatre, Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary Philharmonic, Downstage Theatre, Verb Theatre, Handsome Alice Theatre, Tableau D’Hote, Rosebud Theatre, Carter Ryan Productions, Green Fools and others.

Insta: missmorishita89

Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Her plays include “The Unplugging”, “Annie Mae’s Movement”, “The Birds”. From 2003-2011, she served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Her book, “Medicine Shows”, about Indigenous performance in Canada was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2015.

B Roett is a multidisciplinary artist, arts facilitator, and performer based in Toronto. As a queer, IBPOC artist, they strive to help educate and empower equity deserving communities through oral, visual, and new media storytelling. Creating vibrant works with inclusivity at its core, their practice includes collaborative theatre, poetry, collage, and digital media.

Amelia Scott is a video designer, an instructor of Video Technology and Design at the National Theatre School of Canada. Notable collaborations include: Royal Swedish Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Munich Kammerspiel, The Barbican Centre, LA Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera, New Zealand Opera, Festival Trans Amériques, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Porte Parole, Crow’s Theatre, Ottawa Chamber Festival, National Kaunas Drama Theatre, Espace Go, Théatre aux Écuries, Théatre Denise-Pelletier, Punctuate! Theatre, Pyretic Theatre.

Colin Wolf is a Métis (MNA) theatre maker from Moh’kins’tsis (Calgary), AB on Treaty 7 Territory. Wolf completed a BFA in Dramatic Arts from the University of Lethbridge in 2014 followed by 5 years making award winning/nominated theatre on the prairies. Wolf is co-founder at Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre since 2014 and AD at Gwaandak Theatre in The Yukon since 2019.