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Ethan Stark is a queer, neurodivergent playwright based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also directs, acts, artist admins, stage hands, production assistants, assistant stage manages, and occasionally will direct and edit music videos and short films. Basically, he is obsessed with the creative process and loves making cool stuff with cool people no matter what his role is. He was an artist in residence with One Trunk Theatre. There, he wrote and directed the first iteration of his play "Sinking Ship." He continued seeking out mentorship through Creative Manitoba. His playwriting debut at the 2023 Winnipeg Fringe (A Work in Progress) was awarded the Harry S. Rintoul Honourable mention award. The next year he made his fringe producing and directing debut with new original play, The Ethan in the Room, which was once again shortlisted for the Harry S. Rintoul Award and given five stars by Winnipeg Free Press’s Ben Waldman. He was also a 2024 participant in Real Wheel Theatre’s playwriting circle and most recently assistant stage managed for We Quit Theatre’s newest show Glory. His work often features casual queer representation and explores the role of vulnerability and honest conversation in healing relationships both on a personal and societal level, often through the lens of magical realism.
Hope McIntyre is an award winning playwright and director. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg Department of Theatre and Film and also teaches through the Walls to Bridges program in correctional centres. Her training includes a BFA in performance from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA in directing from the University of Victoria. She was the founding Artistic Director of Sarasvàti Productions, a company dedicated to social change that she helmed for 22 years. During this tenure she developed multiple new theatrical works, produced FemFest (an annual festival), worked as a dramaturg for emerging playwrights, and developed community-based play creation methods.
Hope is former Chair of The Women’s Caucus and former President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. She has received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, the Bra D’Or, the Women Helping Women Award, the Mahatma Gandhi Social Change Award, and the University of Winnipeg Arts Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2023 she published the e-book The Business of Theatre: Pathways to a Career in Theatre.
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