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resume

biography

CAEA

she/they

indigenous | nuu-chah-nulth

hair: dark brown

eyes: dark brown

height: 5'5 1/2

voice: mezzo-soprano F3-D6

selected theatre / musical theatre

*upcoming

Women of the Fur Trade* | Eugenia | Firehall Arts Centre/Donna Spencer

Children of God (Tour)* | Elizabeth | Urban Ink/Corey Payette

Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories | Edith/Various | Neworld Theatre/Chelsea Haberlin

Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? (Tour) | Buffalo Puppeteer | Axis Theatre Company/Amanda Testini+Chris McGregor

The Great Bloom (Tour) | Dawn | Story Theatre/Erica Petty+Sydney Marino

The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito (Tour 2024) | Mary Jane Mosquito | Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People/Jessica Schacht

Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure | Maryanne | Arts Club Theatre+Touchstone Theatre/Roy Surette+Quelemia Sparrow

Th'owxiya: The Hungry Feast Dish (National Tour 2023) | Sasq'ets (Sasquatch) | Axis Theatre Company/Chris McGregor

Ghost the Musical | Louise/Ensemble | Chemainus Theatre Festival/Mark DuMez

Goodnight Desdemonda, Good Morning Juliet | Juliet | Blue Bridge Theatre/Tamara McCarthy

Th'owxiya: The Hungry Feast Dish (Tour 2022) | Sasq'ets (Sasquatch) | Axis Theatre Company/Chris McGregor

White Girls in Moccasins | Miskozi | the frank theatre company/Quelemia Sparrow

The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito (Tour 2021) | Mary Jane Mosquito | Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People/Jessica Schacht

Cymbeline | Imogen | Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival/Karen Lee Pickett

Break Horizons (Staged Reading) | Y | TheatreOne Emerging Voices/Kim Senklip Harvey

Kamloopa (Staged Reading) | Indian Friend #1/Raven/Ancestor | UVIC Staging Equality Project/Kim Senklip Harvey

CITY NDN LUV ( Staged Reading) | Stella | Savage Society/Audrey Dwyer

Pandemonium: Master in Pieces | Ensemble | Atomic Vaudeville/Britt Small

The Violin (Workshop) | Ensemble | Peach Street Productions/Mercedes Bátiz-Benét

Paradise Lost | Satan | CCPA/Yvette Nolan

Newsies | Medda Larkin | CCPA/Jessica Hickman

Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet | Romeo | CCPA/Janet Munsil

Yerma | Washer Woman #5 | CCPA/Mercedes Bátiz-Benét

If/Then | Ensemble/Architect | CCPA/Sara-Jeanne Hosie

West Side Story | Sharks Ensemble | CCPA/Matthew Howe

Urinetown | Little Sally | Black Wing Theatre/Melissa Young

festivals

SHIFT | Riley | Victoria Fringe 2022/Extended Space Theatre

The Middle Place (Staged Reading) | Ada | Victoria Fringe 2022/Danica Charlie

tv / commercial

*upcoming

BCAA - "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Commercial | Featured | Scout's Honour/Chris Woods

The Great Salish Heist | Waitress | Reclamation Productions/Darrell Dennis

Blue Moon Marquee - "Come on Down" Music Video* | Indigenous Mural Artist | Lindsay Dakin

training

Canadian College of Performing Arts | Applied Diploma Program 2021

Acting: Duncan Ollerenshaw, Christopher Weddell, Barbara Poggemiller, Caleb Marshall, Matthew Howe, Jim Leard, Jeffrey Renn, Jessica Van der Veen, Melissa Young

Voice: Heather Burns, Meredith Zwicker, Matthew Howe, Arlene Overman, Karen Snowsell

Dance: (Tap) Michael Boston, Janice Tooby-MacDonald (Ballet) Amalia Schelhorn, David Roland

(Jazz) Tiffany & Jeremy Miton (Contemporary) Angela Mousseau

(Musical Theatre Styles) Sara-Jeanne Hosie, Jessica Hickman, Joel Sturrock, Tiffany Miton, Melissa Young

Physical Theatre: Barbara Poggemiller, Stacey Horton, Treena Stubel, Celine Stubel

Speech: Dr. Iris MacGregor Bannerman, Erin Ormond

Stage Combat (Armed & Unarmed): Jacques Lemay

awards

Award for Drama | Canadian College of Performing Arts

workshops

Class BASH’D | Shakespeare BASH’D

Bard Studio: Hot Takes | Bard on the Beach

Acting for Film & TV | Venn De la Lune | Victoria Academy for Dramatic Arts

Auditioning | Sara Lazarus | Circle in the Square Theatre School

Voiceover | Michael Adamthwaite | CCPA

Devising Theatre | Marjorie Chan | CCPA

Screen Acting | Andrew Mcilroy, James Kot | CCPA

Puppetry | Ingrid Hansen | CCPA