Dash Reimer is an artist and educator based out of Treaty 6 territory in Saskatoon. He is Saskatchewan's 5th Youth Poet Laureate. He works within the worlds of poetry and hip hop and has a decade of experience performing on stages across Turtle Island, North Africa, South Africa and Turkey. He is passionate about community care, grassroots neighborhood movements and baking his friends tasty treats. Dash has been an avid collaborator in playwriting, chapbook making, jazz combos, improv troupes, rap crews and everything in between.

Nena Hawkes (she/they) is an actor, mask artist, and intimacy professional (IDC) whose theatre practice weaves within it elements of connection, compassion, and holistic wellness. Nena currently works as the Executive Director of Theatre Saskatchewan championing avocational theatre throughout the province. When she finds a rare moment to herself, she enjoys playing (and collecting) board games, lifting heavy weights, and spending time with her loved ones.

Kenn is a Theatre Maker, Father, and Clown

Lochlan loves video games, acrobatics, and Far Side Comics

(playwright/director/actor)

Kaydence Banga (she/her) is a graduate from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance and Media, Art, and Performance (Music Concentration) with a minor in Psychology. In theatre, Kaydence has stage managed multiple productions such as Night Sweats (2023) and Rites of Passage (2023) with On Cue Performance Hub, Innocence Astray (2023) with Third Draft Theatre for the Regina Fringe Festival, assistant stage managed The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon (2024) with Regina Little Theatre, and once again stage managed Night Sweats for the Regina Fringe Festival and Saskatoon Fringe Festival (2024). Most recently, Kaydence has started to explore playwrighting where she had the opportunity to co-produce, co-write, and co-star in her two person show Koping Mechanisms (2024) with Hope Van Vliet and their company Task Van Theatre as well as write a short play called Historical “Friends” for 25th Street Theatre (2025). Outside of theatre, Kaydence uses her love for the arts in her new role as the Southwest Coordinator for Visitor Experience and Public Programming with the Saskatchewan Provincial Parks where she has the opportunity to work with organizations in the province to bring art and culture to the Southwest Region of Saskatchewan.

Shannon Holmes is an actor, singer, theatre-maker, intimacy director, educator and scholar. Currently an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Regina, her scholarly and artistic practice spans the disciplines of music and theatre, with voice as the primary medium. As a classically trained singer with an extensive background in theatre, she seeks pathways in which her art can thrive within the liminal spaces between spoken and sung expression.

Shannon holds a BFA in Theatre and Music from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College USA, and a PhD in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham, UK. Trained in a wide range of voice, acting, and dance methods, she has appeared in Opera, Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, Contemporary Theatre, and Devised projects. She has performed, presented her research, and taught across Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe.

A mother of six (mostly grown) kids Shannon is happy to call the Cathedral neighbourhood of Regina home, after moving here from Montreal with her husband and youngest son four years ago. When not engaged in scholarly or artistic pursuits you can find her reading, following her favourite NBA teams, walking her dog along Wascana Creek and obsessing over her teeth.

Shannon sends a special thank you to Cathy Mearns for her costume support and expertise. 

You can find Shannon at: www.shannonholmes.ca or follow her on Instagram: @dr.shannon.holmes.voice

Emma is a puppet loving queerdo with little guy energy™️

Rachel Walliser (she/her) is an emerging theatre artist juggling work as an actor, playwright, intimacy director, and dramaturge originally from Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Since graduating with distinction from the University of Regina with Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Performance & Women’s and Gender Studies in 2022, Rachel has continued learning in various capacities. She participated in the Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre’s “Reading the Compass” Dramaturgy Program, and has also trained with Theatrical Intimacy Education, Theatrical Intimacy Laboratory, and has completed Intimacy Directors and Coordinators Consent-Forward Artist Program. In 2023, 25th Street Theatre & Ferre Play Theatre won the “Excellence in New Work”, “The Trailblazer Award”, and “The Innovation Award” at the Saskatchewan and Area Theatre Awards for Rachel’s first professionally produced play Breaking the Curse. When not doing theatre, Rachel enjoys eating bagels, sleeping with her polydactyl cat, and selling vintage clothes.

Upcoming: The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Luminarie Theatre Works); “Annette is a Bimbo!” (Be Kind Rewind Productions & The Women’s Company); Colourless Ruby and the Fantastical Missing Shades (Saskatoon Fringe Festival)

(he/him)(actor)

Jacob Sawatzky (he/him) has been performing onstage for nine years. A graduate from the Grant MacEwan theatre arts program, Jacob has been performing in Saskatchewan since the winter of 2020. Previous Credits include: Pippin in Pippin (MacEwan), and Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde (MacEwan).

(she/her)(actor)

Hope Van Vliet (she/her) is a final year devised theatre BFA student at the UofR and recent graduate of the music BA program. She was last seen on stage as Phoebe in As You Like It at the UofR and Dee in Stag and Doe at the Souris Valley Theatre. Upcoming productions include the Souris Valley season where she will serve as their stage manager and Father of the Bride at The Regina Little Theatre.

Clare Middleton, with a BFA in Acting (U of S) and MFA in Creative Writing (UBC), has

worked in and around theatre for several decades. She has taught theatre classes for U

of S, U of R, and UBC, and is a founding member of Live Five theatre season in

Saskatoon. She especially loves working on projects involving puppetry, clowning, new

plays, storytelling, theatre for young audiences and directing. Clare lives in Treaty 6

territory (Saskatoon) with her husband, two kids, 2 dogs and consistently dirty floors.

Gerry Hill published his 7 th poetry collection, titled Crooked at the Far End, with Radiant

Press in 2020. A two-time winner of the Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry, he was

Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan in 2016. For All-Terrain Theatre he has now written and

produced pieces for three Tic Toc Ten festivals. In 2023, an All-Terrain company of 13

staged a run of Oak Floors!, his chamber musical, at Artesian, as part of the On Cue

Performance Hub season.

Orion Paradis is a Gold Record / Juno Nominated Saskatchewan-based music producer

who works out of his recording studio, SoulSound. He is active in the Saskatchewan

music scene, working with bands, electronic producers, festivals and arts organizations

on everything from recording, mixing, mastering and producing, to live event production

including sound design for dance and theatre (Globe Theatre, Curtains Razors &

FadaDance). You can find his work at www.soulsound.ca.

Celeste Pinder holds a BA in Fashion/Apparel Design from Toronto Metropolitan

University. She has been designing and sewing garments for over 30 years for

commercials, film and theatre, including 14 seasons as Head of Wardrobe at Globe

Tianna Chorney is an actor, singer, improviser and stage manager based in Regina.

She completed her schooling at the University of Regina, with a degree in theatre

performance. Recent stage management credits include We Will Rock

You (SaskExpress) and Oak Floors! (All-Terrain Theatre). Tianna loves to spend her

time dancing and training at Collective Studios Regina. She is also part of Handsome

Bevel, Regina’s professional improv troupe.

Ryan McLeod (he/him) has been involved with the arts since his days in high school to the present. He is honoured that Nena and Aimee are providing him with the chance to lend some assistance to this project. He hopes you find the piece as honest and eye opening as he does.

Ryan McLeod (he/him) has been involved with the arts since his days in high school to the present. He is honoured that Nena and Aimee are providing him with the chance to lend some assistance to this project. He hopes you find the piece as honest and eye opening as he does.

Victoria Muzychuk was born and raised in Western Ukraine (Lutsk, Volyn) and studied

Applied Linguistics (Slavic Languages) at the Ivan Franko Lviv National University

before coming to Canada in the mid-90s to study International Business. In her career,

Victoria has taught Ukrainian and Russian language courses in the community as well

as at the University of Regina. She also works as an official interpreter for the provincial

and federal governments.