MEET THE ARTISTS

Rhiannon Collett | Playwright (Canada)

Rhiannon Collett (they / them) is an award-winning playwright, performer, director and translator based in Vancouver. They are interested in interdisciplinary creation processes, sexual labour, gender performativity and science fiction. Selected playwriting credits include Miranda & Dave Begin Again (2016 Playwrights Guild of Canada RBC Emerging Playwright Award); Wasp (Nightswimming); The Kissing Game (Youtheatre/META for Outstanding New Text); Tragic Queens (CABAL Theatre/Wildside Festival); Girlfriend (Young People’s Theatre). Rhiannon’s work has been presented internationally at the LungA festival in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, and at the Festival les Petites Formes in Fort-de-France, Martinique.

Izabel Hart | Translator (Brazil)

Izabel Hart is a graduate of Cênicas pela Escola Superior de Artes Célia Helena (2010) and received their MA in Theatrical Direction from the University of Essex and East 15 Acting School, London (2013) including an exchange with GITIS University of the Performing Arts of Arts (Moscow, Russia). In 2011, they began directing their own work with “Vazio” for the Virada Cultural de São Paulo. From 2009 to 2015 they served as assistant director for Companhia Teatral Arnesto nos Convidou (São Paulo, BR), and directors Samir Yazbek and Helio Cicero including: Post Scriptum, Frank – 1, O Fingidor, Fogo Fátuo and As Folhas do Cedro. In 2018, they directed Shakespeare de Bolso: Macbeth e Qualquer Coisa ou Noite de Reis (Pocket Shakespeare: Macbeth & Twelfth Night) translated, adapted and created with Thiane Lavrador), which premiered at Teatro UMC and toured Unibes Cultural, Pinacoteca do Estado, and São Paulo cultural spaces such as community centres, librairies, and independent cultural venues. In 2020, they directed digital interactive performance Fragilidade, teu Nome é Mulher (Frailty, thy name is woman) interweaving women’s social isolation situations with Shakespeare plots (devised and created with Thiane Lavrador). Fragilidade, teu Nome é Mulher was a recipient of the 2021 Prêmio WeDo! de Teatro Online award.

Jordan Arseneault | Cultural Dramaturg (Brazil)

Jordan Arseneault (b. New Brunswick, 1980) is a critic, drag performer, social artist, meeting facilitator and translator. His staged work and participative workshops address issues of criminalization, stigma, mental health, HIV/AIDS, addiction, biculturalism, queerness and community. Former editor of Quebec’s only English language monthly for the LGBT community, 2Bmag (2010-2013), his reviews and articles have been published in Maisonneuve, Nightlife.ca, Forget the Box. He currently lives in Montreal.