Laine Zisman Newman is a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies and the collaborative programs in Sexual Diversity Studies and Women and Gender Studies. She received a Masters degree in Drama in 2010 and a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Documentary Media in 2013. Alongside Rebecca Burton, Zisman Newman is co-organizer of a new national initiative called Equity in Theatre. Her creative and scholarly work has been published in Canadian Theatre Review; Studies in Documentary Film; Able Muse; The Rusty Toque; and Journal of Dance, Movement and Spiritualties.