Chris Bullough (he/him) is a performing artist, creator and Community Animator based in Edmonton/Amiskwaciwâskahikan on Treaty 6 territory. ​ Since graduating from the University of Alberta’s BFA (Acting) program in 1998, Chris has contributed as an actor, playwright, improviser, instructor, producer, and director to many professional and independent companies, including: Theatre Network; Rapid Fire Theatre; Workshop West; Freewill Shakespeare Festival; the Globe Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Toy Guns Dance Theatre, Punctuate Theatre, and Kill Your Television. In 2009, he co-founded wishbone theatre with Michael Peng, producing and directing WAITING FOR GODOT and SHIMMER (Sterling Award, Outstanding Director). ​ Chris’s plays PENELOPE vs. THE ALIENS!! (Co-written with Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull) and APPLES AND ORANGES, have been produced by Citadel Theatre and Concrete Theatre in Edmonton and by Quest Theatre in Calgary. Chris received an MFA in Directing from the University of Alberta in 2016 where he directed and created (with Michael Peng and wishbone theatre) OR THE WHALE, an original adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. In 2023, Chris joined the Community Animation team at Sage Seniors Association, where he works to support older adults connecting and contributing to their communities.

Edmonton Fringe hit, and official Fringe Holdover, UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, is the
remarkable tale of fictional country music star Tyler Wainwright Jr., from the imagination of Edmonton’s own, Chris Bullough. This mind-bending journey of one man’s quest to “find a song that could save us all”, features original music the Edmonton Journal called,

Claire Sonmor (they/she) is a Queer theatre artist currently living and creating in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). After emerging from the prairies of Treaty 7 territory as a wee babe, Claire moved to Edmonton and graduated from the University of Alberta’s BA/BEd program. They now wear many metaphorical hats and work as a stage/production manager, lighting/set designer, and theatre administrator. Recent projects include Re:Construct(ion) (Donkey Dog Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Citadel Theatre), Ecos (Diaspora Diaries Collective), Rat Academy and Rat Academy 2: Gnaw and Order (Batrabbit Productions), Reign Check (Walters & Watt), Once Upon a Mattress: Youth Edition (Sky’s the Limit Youth Theatre), The S.P.O.T.T. (Squawk Theatre), and Working It Out (Alberta Workers’ Health Centre)

Victor Snaith Hernandez is a Mexican-Canadian actor, designer, and technician, who is excited to be working and creating on Treaty 6 territory. Recent technical credits include Assistant Lighting Design for the Citadel’s Life of Pi, Lighting Design for Mump and Smoot’s production of The Exit at Theatre Network and at One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo, and Dogbite Theatre’s production of TELEVANGELISTS. Recent acting credits include ECOS (Diaspora Diaries), Marat/Sade (DRAMA 457); …and others (Fringe 2023). He would like to thank everyone in his life whose trust, support and encouragement are invaluable in this process!

David Kennedy is a professional stage director with over 25 years of experience. He was Associate Artistic Director of Connecticut’s Westport Playhouse from 2009-2023, where his directing credits included 4000 Miles, Doubt, Don Juan, The Understudy, Appropriate, The Invisible Hand (Connecticut Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Director), And a Nightingale Sang, Nora, Loot, Tartuffe, Suddenly Last Summer, Beyond Therapy, and Dinner with Friends. He has also staged productions at Dallas Theater Center (The Misanthrope, Glengarry Glen Ross, Thom Pain (based on nothing), I am My Own Wife, The Violet Hour), the Wilma Theater (The Real Thing, Assistance), Hartford TheaterWorks (The Invisible Hand), Clarence Brown Theatre Company (Triumph of Love, Arcadia), Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (Romeo & Juliet), Prospect Theater Company (Don Carlos), and Ship’s Company Theatre (Brighter Than the Light of the Sun), among many others. He previously served as Associate Artistic Director at Dallas Theater Center from 2004 to 2008 (acting as artistic director for their 2007-08 season), and was a founding co-artistic director of The Lunar Society in Toronto and Milkman Theatre Group in Halifax (1992-1999). Kennedy is a former Phil Killian Fellow at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a Drama League Directing Fellow, and he teaches in the MFA Directing and BFA Acting programs at the University of Alberta.

Even Gilchrist is a queer and trans scenic designer and theatre creator based onTreaty 6 territory (Edmonton). He was trained through the University of Alberta’s MFA Theatre Design program, focusing on set, costume, and lighting design. Previous select design credits include: Supper Club (Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador), Lucky Charm (Defiance Theatre), The Adventures of Young Turtle (So.Glad Arts), I Don’t Even Miss You (Tiny Bear Jaws), Rapunzel (Alberta Musical Theatre Company), #34 (Globe Theatre),The Maids (Putrid Brat), In My Own Little Corner (Carly Neis), The Innocence of Trees (Theatre Network), Robot Girls (Shadow Theatre), Ecos (Diaspora Diaries), and Re:Construct (Donkey Dog Theatre). For more information, you can look at his website: evengilchristdesign.com.

Glenn Hall was a devised theatre artist for many years, working and training in Canada, the United States, and Europe. He now does art in the sound domain, where his focus is still energy modulation, impulse, and artist-generated collaboration.

Laura Raboud is a theatre artist based in Edmonton. In addition to being an actor, she has a background in music composition for theatre. She composed music for Apocalypse Prairie (co-creation Steve Pirot, Aaron Macri, Murray Utas, Kristi Hansen, Azimuth Theatre, 2012), Matty and Boo’s Stardust Review (Colin Matty, Next Fest 2014) Salome (Chris Bullough, MFA production, 2014), BoneWars (Chris Bullough, Punctuate Theatre, 2017), Vern’s Diary (Tyson Kerr, Fringe 2017/Ed Metro chorus 2022). She has collaborated with Aaron Macri on solo projects and projects under the direction of Amber Borotsik. She held a studio at Harcourt House from 2021-2024 where she trained in devised theatre with Glenn Hall and they began improvising together with electronic music and field recording. For the past year Glenn and Laura have been regularly playing electronic music with Aaron Macri.