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Women Theatre Practitioners’ Directory

Image First Namesort descending Last Name Professional Role(s) Biography
Dainty Smith
  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Burlesque Performer

Dainty Smith is a Toronto based Actor- Burlesque Performer- and Writer. Dainty Smith has a...

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Dana Fradkin
  • Playwright
  • Actor

Dana Fradkin is an actor, writer and stunt performer in Toronto. Theatre companies include;...

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Daniela Vlaskalic
  • Actor
  • Playwright

Daniela Vlaskalic is an award winning actor and writer and has worked extensively across Canada...

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Dawna Wightman
  • Actor
  • Playwright

You got to tell the truth, which looks different to different people. My truth includes: an...

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Debbie Patterson
  • Director
  • Actor
  • Playwright

Debbie Patterson is a Winnipeg playwright, director and actor. She is an alumnus of the National...

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Deborah Tennant
  • Actor
  • Performer
  • Teacher

Deborah Tennant is an actor and singer who has performed across Canada. She has created many...

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Deborah Ann Smith
  • Actor
  • Playwright
  • Teacher

Deborah Smith is a writer, teacher and actor. Recent adaptations include "Echoes of the War...

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Delia Barnett
  • Actor
  • Co-Artistic Director
  • Producer
  • Board Member

Delia Barnett holds both a BFA in acting from the University of Alberta and a BA Honours from...

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Denise Mader
  • Playwright
  • Actress

Denise has created two diverse solo shows. THIS ONE is an autobiographical journey through love...

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Denyse Gervais Regan
  • Playwright

Denyse wrote the play THE THIRTEENTH ONE, which premièred in Blyth, Ontario, to a sold out...

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Diane Grant
  • Playwright

Diane Grant is an award winning playwright and screenwriter, whose film Too Much Oregano, won...

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Diane Gordon
  • Playwright
  • Actor

Diane has been a working actress/writer over many decades.  She currently lives in Toronto. Her...

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Donna Byrne
  • Playwright

Donna Byrne is a Montreal based playwright, actor and director whose credits encompass theatre,...

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Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
  • Director
  • Performer
  • Playwright
  • dramaturge
  • Administrator
  • Emcee

DM St. Bernard is an emcee, playwright and arts administrator.

Currently: Creator of...

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Dorothy Lees-Blakey
  • Playwright

Writer/composer/lyricist/actress/translator Dorothy Lees-Blakey was born in Bolton, England. An...

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Elaine Avila
  • Playwright

Elaine Avila's plays include: Quality: The Shoe Play (London, England; Edmonton;...

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Elif Isikozlu
  • Director

Elif Işıközlü works in theatre, film and contemporary dance. She is a 2015.16 RBC Emerging...

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Elise Campbell
  • Actor
  • Video Director

As a child, Elise fell in love with the world of theatre. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Drama...

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Elizabeth Saunders
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Acting Teacher
  • Coach

Based in Toronto, Elizabeth trained at the University of Alberta where she received her BFA...

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Elizabeth Moes
  • Writer
  • Director
  • Producer
  • Dramatic Arts Educator
  • Filmmaker
  • Dramaturge
  • Administrator

Elizabeth Moes was born in Saskatchewan in 1957 and moved to Toronto in 1960 where she lived all...

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