SOPHIE SCHADE

Sophie (she/her) is an actor/theatre worker based in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. She studied acting at Dalhousie University and has since branched out to production, stage management and film. Recent work credits include: From Season 2 (MGM), The Station (BARE Theatre), Washington Black (Disney) At This Hour, Tiny and This Is Nowhere (Zuppa Theatre), Henry V, The Wizard of Oz, and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare by the Sea), Listen to the Wind and Macbeth (Steady Theatre Co.), What to Expect When You Aren’t Expected (Annie Valentina), and various shows for Dalhousie.

ALEX MCLEAN

​Alex McLean is a theatre artist based in Kjibuktuk/Halifax. He is a co-artistic director of Halifax’s Zuppa Theatre Co. and has co-written and directed the majority of that company’s shows. Recent works with Zuppa are The Movements, The Archive of Missing Things, tiny (with Vertical City), Pop-Up Love Party and This is Nowhere, a large-scale live/digital performance for out-of-the-way places. With his ad hoc group Surplus Production Unit, he directed and wrote (from verbatim sources) A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript with Additional Notes. With Ker Wells he was a founding member of Number Eleven Theatre (1998 -2006), and he holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. A specialist in devising, Alex has taught extensively, published scholarly articles, and collaborated with practitioners across multiple disciplines. His work explores the past, the present, and things that are too big to grasp or too small to contain.

FALY MEVAMANANA

Faly (she/her) is a queer mixed race actor, writer, and singer. Since graduating from the Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she has performed in seven provinces across Canada and been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for individual performance. Some of her favourite theatre credits include playing the title role in Alice In Pantoland at Neptune Theatre, The Dream Catchers at The Charlottetown Festival, and starring as Juno in Juno's Reward at the Grand Theatre. Most recently, she played the lead in In Lieu of Flowers at Neptune Theatre. As a creator and a leader, Faly is driven to tell stories which showcase marginalized voices in a joyful way. Big thanks to her family for their love and support.

CHRISTIAN LUDWIG HANSEN

Christian (He/Him) is a Video and Projection Designer as well Performer with special focus in Collaboration, Puppetry, and Stage Combat. He is from Northern Friesland by the German-Danish border and now lives in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Select Design Credits: The Movements (Zuppa), Bluebirds (TNB), The Glass Menagerie (ARC), The Proletariat (HAT), #IAmTheCheese (HTYP & EFT), Fat Juliet (EFT & SBTS). Acting Credits: Midsummer nights dream (SBTS), Settle Elsewhere (Theatre du Poulet).

STEWART LEGERE

Stewart is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Punamu’kwati’jk/Dartmouth. He is the Associate Artistic Director of ZUPPA, co-Artistic Director of THE ACCIDENTAL MECHANICS GROUP, and is currently an artist-in-residence at THE THEATRE CENTRE in Toronto. He has released two albums: "Quiet the Station' (2017), and To the Bone: Songs from Splinters (2020). With ZUPPA he has co-created and toured over a dozen original shows, including “Poor Boy", “Pop-Up Love Party” and "The Archive of Missing Things". Solo work includes "El Camino or The Field of Stars" and "Let's Not Beat Each Other To Death." He has appeared in festivals and theaters across the country and internationally. He is fascinated with vulnerability, intimacy, the destruction of persona and the celebration of performance. 

REBECCA WOLFE

Rebecca Wolfe (she/her) is an emerging theatre-maker in Kjipuktuk. She is an actor, choreographer, freelance producer, and occasional director. Specializing in physical and devised theatre, she is a graduate of Humber College’s Theatre Performance Program. You can find her teaching across the HRM at places such as the MacPhee Centre for Learning, Leica Hardy School of Dance and Halifax Regional Arts. Rebecca has worked as a Producer and Administrator at Shakespeare by the Sea, The Villains Theatre, Eastern Front Theatre, Kinetic, HomeFirst Theatre, Kick at the Dark Theatre and Live Art Dance. She has received the NSTT Lieutenant Governor Award, Theatre Nova Scotia Award and won the Eastern Front Theatre’s Ten-Minute Play Writing Contest (2013).

Acting: Macro Digitals (Eastern Front Theatre); 4.48 Psychosis (Caravan Theatre); Young Company 2020 (Theatre New Brunswick); Penny (Alinea Theatre); PEACE Project (Transitus); The Nutcracker (9 seasons, Symphony Nova Scotia). Film: Diggstown, Trailer Park Boys, Mr. D. Direction & Choreography: Birds of a Feather (Director, Neptune Theatre Young Company) Elf The Musical (Chrysalis Choreo, Neptune Theatre) The Movements (Asst. Director & Choreo, Zuppa), Shakespeare’s Time Machine (Co-Director, The Villains Theatre), Observatory Mansions & Zomblet (Asst. Director & Movement, The Villains Theatre), High School Musical on Stage & Elf The Musical Jr. (Director & Choreographer, Halifax Regional Arts).