Meet Our Team

(playwright: Do You Remember?) Joelle Peters (she/her) is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe & Miami actor/playwright from Walpole Island First Nation in Southwestern Ontario. A graduate of Seneca College’s Acting for Camera and Voice program, some recent theatre credits include: Embodying Power and Place (New Harlem/Native Earth/Nightwood), Queenie’s Castle (Women at Plays Festival), The Election (Nightwood/Theatre Direct/Commonboots/Theatre

(playwright: Remnance; script dramaturg: Coffee Talk) Curtis Peeteetuce is an award-winning theatre artist from the Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation. Since 2001, he has had the honour of working with many talented people in theatre, radio drama, music and film. He is a storyteller, actor, writer, director, dramaturg, dancer, musician and the playwright for the

(actor: Flag) KRYSTLE PEDERSON is a Cree/Metis actor singer songwriter with an outstanding career. Krystle is a recipient of CBC Future 40 Award, Shorted listed for the Saskatchewan Arts Awards for Emerging artist as well as a nomination in the YWCA Woman of Distinction Awards. Krystle’s list of acting credits includes Saskatchewan film Run: Broken

(musician) Marc Okihcihtaw (long John) is Cree from Sturgeon Lake First Nation and resides in Saskatoon. Marc has been drumming traditional drum music and has his bachelor’s degree majoring in Native studies and minor in Fine Arts. Marc works with the S.I.I.T Career Centre as an operations manager, and fosters community development relationships with First

(actor: The Yard With the Old Plow) Aren Okemaysim is an interdisciplinary performing artist with a professional background in theatre and in music. He is originally from Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation located in Treaty 6 territory and now lives in Treaty 4 Regina SK where he currently works with the Globe Theatre as head

(series production dramaturg & cultural consultant; playwright: Flag; director: The Final Inquiry; script dramaturg: The Yard With the Old Plow, Do You Remember?, The Final Inquiry, Land; series host) Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Her works include the play The Unplugging, the dance-opera Bearing, the libretto Shawnadithit. She co-created, with Joel

(actor: Coffee Talk) Hi there, I’m Kam and in this radio play, you will hear me as the server. I am a high school student trying to push my way into the theater community. You may recognize me from the GTNT Circle of Voices production “You Didn’t Hear This From Me”. I really enjoyed being

(actor: You Said We’d Be Together Forever) Ed Mendez (he/him) is an actor, director, voice actor, and more based in misâskwatôminihk (Saskatoon) in the heart of Treaty Six Territory. Ed has appeared on-stage in productions for Persephone Theatre, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, multiple companies with Live Five, and was most recently in 25th Street Theatre’s

(director: Land) Kenn (he/his) is excited to be working with Burnt Thicket Theatre on this unique project. Originally from Treaty 4, now living and creating on Treaty 6 territory, Kenn is an award-winning performer, director, educator, and Clown. He received his BFA in Acting at the University of Regina and his MFA in Directing from

(actor: The Yard With the Old Plow) Alan Long is the Director of Marketing and Development of Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan. He is also an actor, musician, stage manager and writer; some favourite acting roles include drums/Jerry Allison in Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story and drums/various characters in Fire at the Persephone Theatre.  Alan was