STEVE ELM​ -DEREK LITTLE TREE

This is Steve's second outing with Spiderwoman Theatre. He had the honor and distinction of being the first man to work with the company, directing, in partnership with Amerinda Theatre and Spiderwoman Theatre Gloria Miguel's solo piece, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue at New York Theater Workshop and Ohio Northern State University. As a director, Steve has worked with Vicki Ramirez, William S. Yellowrobe Jr., and Eric Gansworth. As as actor, Steve has performed at such venues as Ensemble Studio Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Dance Theatre Workshop, La MAMA ETC, the Public Theatre, and the Lyric Theatre in London, England.

TOM PEARSON - TOM LITTLE MOOSE

Tom Pearson (Coharie/Tsalagi) is an award-winning director, choreographer, poet and multi-media artist. He is best known for his original works for theater, including the long-running immersive theater hits Then She Fell and The Grand Paradise, and as a founder and co-artistic director of the New York City-based performance company Third Rail Projects. He is also the director of the Global Performance Studio, an international program for cultural listening and exchange. His critically acclaimed debut poetry collection, The Sandpiper’s Spell, is available at tompearsonnyc.com.

SIR CURTIS KIRBY DAY - KENNY BROWN

Sir Curtis Kirby III (Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and African American descent), is enjoying his fifth year directing the Ikidowin Youth Theater Ensemble (IYT), a program for the Indigenous Peoples Task Force. He was honored to be selected as Emerging Artist for a TPT special, which aired in June 2019. Kirby is mentored by Dipankar Mukherjee, Artistic Director of Pangea World Theater and has participated in the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation the past two years. He has been awarded a Fellowship with Pangea World Theater for Directing.  He has worked with Bonnie Morris of Illusion Theater and Ty Defoe for a show at The Guthrie Theater. Kirby was the Assistant Director for Pangea World Theater’s Five Weeks, Sabra Falling and Mother Courage. IYT has been invited to perform at national conferences such as The National Boarding School Conference in Carlisle, PA, and the National Spit Tobacco Conference, where they premiered a new work, Beishigo Asemaa. 

MARJOLAINE MCKENZIE - GERALDINE BROWN

 is from Matimekush Lac-John of the Innu Nation. Passionate about the arts, she moved to Toronto in 2001 to learn the different facets of the theater with the Centre for Indigenous Theater. Later, she worked with Ondinnok Productions and eventually founded her own company Papu Auass (Child Laughing in Innu). "Since the very first time I worked with Muriel, I fell in love with Storytelling, the art of telling." In 2014, Papu Auass and Spiderwoman Theater collaborated to create Tipatshimutau which was presented at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City. 

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ANIMIKIIKWE COUCHIE - WAUKEY - CHILDREN  is an emerging multidisciplinary dance artist from Nipissing First Nation. She has worked across a number of disciplines and artistic genres. In 2013, Animikiikwe worked within acclaimed choreographer Penny Couchie’s dance theatre piece entitled When Will You Rage?. She narrated and danced within her mother’s piece. In 2015 she worked on Dances of Resistance with Aanmitaagzi, which was a three-year long process. She took dance all throughout school, as well as drama. She attended 3 years of the School of Toronto Dance Theatre’s four-week summer dance intensive. In 2015 she completed her studies at the Canadore College Theatre Arts Program. In 2018 she completed her training at the Ecole de Danse Contemporaine de Montreal. She currently works as a community artist with Jumblies Theatre in Toronto, and finds joy in the inclusivity and collaborative nature of the work. 

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