Katherine Koller’s first plays, Cowboy Boots and a Corsage and Magpie, were for CBC radio. Stage plays include the Alberta LandWorks Trilogy: Coal Valley: The Making of a Miner (Royal Tyrrell Museum); The Seed Savers (Workshop West/Station Arts Theatre); and Alberta Playwriting Competition winner, Last Chance Leduc (Theatre Rising/Backstage Theatre). Riverkeeper was a finalist in the Alberta Playwriting Competition. Recent audio plays are Hope Soup (Edmonton Fringe) and The Percussionist, with music by her brother George Koller. Katherine’s books include Voices of the Land: The Seed Savers and Other Plays; a novel, Art Lessons, finalist for the Edmonton Book Prize and the Alberta Readers’ Choice Award; and short story collection, Winning Chance, which won a High Plains Book Award and the Exporting Alberta Award. Katherine Koller is a founding producer of Edmonton Script Salon, a monthly new play reading series now in its tenth year.

Collin Doyle is an Edmonton based writer. Previous writing credits include: The Mighty Carlins (Workshop West Theatre); Routes (Concrete Theatre); Let the Light of Day Through (Theatre Network); Slumberland Motel (Shadow Theatre); and Terry and the Dog (Edmonton Actors Theatre). He is a four-time winner of the Alberta Playwriting Competition. In 2018, Newest Press published a collection of his plays, The Mighty Carlins and Other Plays. Collin is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Julien is a proudly Edmonton based actor and director, having completed his BFA in Acting (1989) and his MFA in Directing (2006) here. His most recent acting credits include: The Little Mermaid (Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon); A Christmas Carol, The Importance of Being Earnest, Clue, Ring of Fire, The Garneau Block, Once (Citadel Theatre); The Wrong People Have Money, The Comedy Company, A Picasso (Shadow Theatre); and The Finest of Strangers (Teatro Live).

Coralie Cairns (she/her) is an award-winning actress who calls Edmonton home. Favorite plays include: All the Little Animals I have Eaten, Bloomsday, Vanya-Sonia-Masha & Spike, Outside Mullingar, Much Ado About Nothing, Boston Marriage, Glace Bay Miners Museum, Honor, The Weir, Full Gallop, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Summer and Smoke (Shadow Theatre); At the Zenith of the Empire (Teatro La Quindicina); The Children (Wild Side Productions); A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Three Different Heavens (Northern Light Theatre); Apple (Workshop West Theatre); and Marion Bridge (Theatre Network Theatre).    

Gabby (she/her) is an actor residing and creating in amiskwaciwâskahikan, colonially known as Edmonton. Some previous theatre credits include: Subscribe or Like, Tell Us What Happened (Workshop West); Stone and Soil (Nextfest); A Christmas Carol (Carter-Ryan Productions); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare by the Bow/Theatre Calgary). Gabby is passionate about the intersections of mental health and art-making and is currently working on her skills in crisis intervention. She has loved Jane Austen since her youth and is delighted to be reading for this new adaptation!

Pat is an Edmonton based actor and director; she is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program and MFA Directing program. Pat is a two-time Sterling award winner. Some Acting credits include: Shakespeare in Love and A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Going to St. Ives (Atlas Theatre); The Finest of Strangers (Teatro la Quindicina); Until the Next Breath (Catalyst Theatre); Steel Magnolias (Theatre Calgary); Unsung: Tales from the Front Line (Workshop West Theatre); Something Unspoken and Donna Orbits the Moon (Northern Light Theatre).

Alexandra Dawkins (she/her) is a theatre creator / performer, musician, and director based in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) / Edmonton, AB, on Treaty 6 Territory. She holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta (2017), a certificate from Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance (2017) and has completed the One Yellow Rabbit Summer Lab Intensive (2016). Recent stage performances include: Sheep Play, Arthur and Titi (Workshop West Playwright’s Theatre); and Bloomsday (Shadow Theatre). Recent film credits include: EUDAIMONIA (Truthful Work Productions); No Bedroom (Vital Only Films); and CONTAMINATION (Brimstone Pictures).

Clarice Eckford was last seen in The Colleen Bawn (Trunk Theatre). Other credits include The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Theatre Network); The Amish Project (Trunk Theatre); Doubt, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); The Lonesome West (Atlas Theatre Co-op); Kingfisher Days (Covenant Theatre); and The Love Course (SPIRIT Theatre). Clarice received Sterling nominations for Kingfisher Days, The Love Course, The Lonesome West and The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble and a Sterling Award for The Amish Project. She is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting Program.

Yassine El Fassi El Fihri (he/him) is an actor and writer who recently graduated from the University of Alberta’s BFA in acting program. Select credits include: Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (Freewill Shakespeare); Anahita’s Republic (Autash Productions).

Selected: Jane Eyre, Silver Arrow, Crazy For You, Alice Through the Looking Glass, One Man Two Guvnors, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); Clue (Grand Theatre \ MTC) The Breathing Hole (NAC) Joy Ride, Black Horse (Caravan Farm Theatre)Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labours Lost (Free Will Players); 6.0, 4th Graders Present…,Fat Pig (NLT); Buddy, Little One, Let The Light Of Day Through (Theatre Network).

Dayna (she/her) is a biracial multidisciplinary actor/artist currently based in amiskwaciwâskahikan. She is a graduate of the U of A’s BFA Acting program and holds a theatre diploma from Douglas College. She is a former performer and teacher of the Vancouver Circus School, and an alumni of Canada’s National Voice Intensive. Currently, Dayna is touring her show Rat Academy and working as Thou Art Here Theatre’s Artistic Leader Mentee. Recent credits: Mermaid Legs (Skirts-a-fire), Pillowman (TheatreYES), All the Little Animals… (Shadow), A Hundred Words for Snow (Northern Light).

Andrew is the Artistic Director of Teatro Live! (formerly Teatro La Quindicina), a comedy-focused theatre company in Edmonton. Previous credits include: Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, 9 to 5, Matilda, Crazy for You, Shakespeare in Love, Mary Poppins, Avenue Q, One Man, Two Guvnors (Citadel); A Grand Time in the Rapids, Fever Land, Witness to a Conga, Pith! (Teatro); Best Brothers, The Comedy Company (Shadow); Forever Plaid, Shear Madness, Wizard of Oz (Mayfield); Avenue Q, Matilda (Arts Club); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Crazy for You (Theatre Calgary). @drewmacsmith

Abby McDougall (she/her) is an Alberta-based actor and University of Alberta BFA Acting alumna. Recent theatre credits include: Robot Girls (World Premiere – Shadow Theatre); A Christmas Carol (Carter-Ryan Productions); The Radical Re-Education of Generation Z, Internet Hygiene, and Being AFK (Play The Fool Festival 2023, SkirtsAfire Festival 2023); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Grindstone Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Theatre Calgary). As a filmmaker, Abby received the Golden Nose and Best in Alberta awards from Play the Fool Film Fest for her films Outtshgh and EGG, respectively.

Graham is a Queer Albertan actor residing in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Theatre credits include: A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre); MOB (Workshop West); Twelfth Night, Romeo & Juliet (Freewill Shakespeare Festival); Strange Familiar, The Curing Room, How to Leave (Theatre Outré); Tune to A (Expanse Festival); A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, The Tempest (Theatre Calgary); Fortune Falls (Catalyst Theatre/ATP); CTRL – ALT – DEL, The Antyssey (Concrete Theatre); The Brothers Grimm Operetta (Opera NUOVA). Film/television credits include: Wynona Earp, Like Right Now, Dive, King Crow. U of A BFA (Acting) graduate.

Citadel: Trouble in Mind, Network (co-production with Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), The Candidate, The Party, A Christmas Carol, Peter and the Starcatcher, Death of a Salesman, One Man, Two Guvnors, and Beauty and the Beast. At Shadow Theatre: Outside Mullingar, Mistakes Were Made, The Odd Couple, Sexy Laundry and Flyfisher’s Companion. In January he’ll be appearing in Shadow Theatres production of a great Canadian classic, The Drawer Boy.

Davina is an award-winning actress, improviser, director and graduate of the U of A BFA Acting program. Previous Credits Include: The Importance of Being Earnest, Collider Festival – Broadway Heist), An Ideal Husband, Hello Dolly, Suddenly Last Summer (Citadel Theatre); Cottagers and Indians, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike (Shadow Theatre); Squeamish, Something Unspoken (Northern Light Theatre); Pia & Maria (Concrete Theatre); Cocktails At Pam’s, Pith, & Evelyn Strange (Teatro Live!); Marion Bridge, A Beautiful View (Theatre Network); Woman Caught Unaware (Uno Festival); Sexy Laundry (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); MOB, Unsung (Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre).

George is an Edmonton-based theatre artist and urban forester, and is most pleased to be collaborating with other Edmonton-based theatre artists in the Collider Festival.  Most recent credits include The Garneau Block and Double Bubble (Citadel Theatre).  Many years ago George was honoured to receive a Sterling Award for his performance in his play Hockey Stories For Boys, which also garnered Sterling nominations for Outstanding New Work and Outstanding Independent Production (Aarrgghh Productions).  He is continually grateful for the support of his family: Sharla, Elijah and Rain.

Michelle is thrilled to be working with the talented people at the Collider Festival!  An Edmonton native, Michelle has been active in the arts community for over 25 years. A graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Arts program, Michelle recently performed in Tiny Beautiful Things, Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Shadow Theatre); Snow White (Edmonton Repertory Theatre); Lady Porn, Destination Wedding, Destination Vegas (Whizgiggling Productions); Skylar (Theatre Network); until the next breath (Catalyst); Open Invitation (Saint Maggie Productions); and SLUT (Northern Light Theatre). Much love to Bob for his support!

Holly trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse and performed in New York and regional theatres before moving to Edmonton. After a career in law, Holly has performed with Northern Light Theatre, the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, L’Uni Théâtre, the Citadel, and Wishbone Theatre.   Her Fringe performances in The Year of Magical Thinking and Love Letters were particularly well received.  She received a Sterling nomination for her performance in the NLT production of Testament of Mary. Thanks to Don for his unfailing support.