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Gwendolyn Collins

• Gwendolyn Collins (she/her) is a theatre and film actor, writer, producer, devised theatre creator and the Co-Artistic Producer of One Trunk Theatre based on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has extensive experience overseeing film and theatrical projects from conception to final presentation. Having co-created many productions with One Trunk Theatre, Theatre Projects Manitoba and Green Kids Inc.

  She has performed as an actor professionally for 14 years appearing on stage at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Prairie Theatre Exchange, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and Theatre by the River. She has toured theatre shows having traveled across the prairies in One Trunk Theatre productions, PTE Munsch shows, for Green Kids Inc, RMTC rural tour and for MTYP. She has taught and facilitated theatre workshops for youth at MTYP, The Winnipeg Storytelling Festival and for Green Kids Inc. She has championed rural collaborations such as Small Town Ghost Stories with artists from Arborg and Talking Roots with artists from Pinawa, Altona, Morden and Neubergthal. Gwen is a graduate of The University of Winnipeg’s BA Honours program in theatre, and has trained with Ghost River Theatre in Calgary.