Aviva Armour-Ostroff is an actor/producer/director living in quarantine with her (life and working) partner, step-daughter, seven year old son, and cat. Aviva currently spends her days watching her asparagus grow, playing monopoly, ordering cheese, making cookies, doing yoga, and editing her feature film, Lune.
Read MoreBahareh Yaraghi is an actor. She’s an ensemble member of ARC in Toronto and has been spending lots of time during these self-isolation days taking care of the future of ARC, reading plays, cooking, baking, exercising and catching up with dear ones around the globe. Also, lots and lots of daydreaming about adopting all the puppies and kitties! We’ll see!
Read MoreNiki Landau is an actor, playwright and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre PANIK. She is currently based in a house in west Toronto, upstairs, first room on the left. Niki spends her isolation eating anything her child bakes for her, ordering hand soap online, and trying to figure out grade seven math, which is the reason she went into theatre in the first place. Niki is glad you can't see the nearly empty family-size bag of Ruffles Sour Cream 'N Onion potato chips resting against her computer as she writes this.
Read MoreFaly Mevamanana is a Dora-nominated actor/singer from Coquitlam BC, who generally resides in Toronto (except during a pandemic). Some of her favourite credits include Peter Pan at Neptune Theatre, and Juno's Reward at The Grand Theatre. Faly is currently hiding away at her sister and brother-in-law's house in Nova Scotia. She is dealing with the current situation by creating music videos, fermenting EVERYTHING, and eating copious amounts of sourdough bread.
Read MoreToo Close For Comfort: May 11, 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 31
Blind (Phone) Date: May 15, 20, 24, 28
Kimwun Perehinec is an actor, producer, educator, and was a co-founder of Studio 180 Theatre. Most recently she got to play with the superb ensemble of Howland Company’s Casimir and Caroline and she hopes that someday soon she’ll get to play with the superb ensemble of VideoCabaret… for now she’s thinking about funny voices and doing communications coaching over the phone, sometimes at the same time. Her home office chair is not at all comfortable. Her onesies are.
Read MoreToo Close For Comfort: May 11, 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 31
Blind (Phone) Date: May 15, 20, 24, 28
Jeff Lillico is a Dora Award-winning actor, having played many of the largest stages throughout Canada, as well stints in Chicago & New York City. Jeff appeared on 11 episodes of Designated Survivor and in a moment of supreme idiocy asked Kiefer if he’d “ever been on a big tv show before?” Perhaps Jeff will use this extra time to learn about the legacy of Jack Bauer.
Read MoreJulie Tepperman is an actor, playwright, educator, and Co-Artistic Leader of Convergence Theatre. She comes from a long-line of germaphobes, and has worked really hard her whole life to curb that habit...but so much for all that now. What a relief to never have to shake hands with anyone ever again! Read more about Julie!
Read MoreColin Simmons is an actor, writer, producer, and director—turned web designer and developer—based in Toronto. Colin’s worked on [and off] stages both big (the Stratford Festival) and small (the Toronto Fringe Festival). Lately, he’s turned his focus to voiceover and is a principal or guest on a number of animated series, including Hero Elementary, Kingdom Builders, and Hailey and the Hero Hearts. Nowadays he’s particularly thankful that his second passion—web design and development—is in high demand. Though it does mean a lot of screen time… and pots of tea. www.colinsimmons.ca
Read MoreMorro and Jasp are a Dora and Canadian Comedy-Award winning clown sister duo who have created 12 full-length plays about their lives together. They recently traveled to Finland and Cape Breton to perform Morro and Jasp: Save the Date (their most recent play about planning a wedding) which now seems like it was a dream that happened in the land before time. They are staying sane by serenading each other over Zoom and every now that then stepping outside to howl at the moon. They really miss hugs and rooms full of people laughing together.
Read MoreTommie-Amber Pirie is a Canadian Screen Award Nominated actress and an emerging director. Named as Hollywood Reporter’s TIFF Top Ten To Watch, Tommie graces screens large and small and streamed from the comfort of your isolated couch. Most recently, she can be seen in James Versus His Future Self, now available on iTunes. Tommie-Amber is seasoned in self-isolation and finally feels affirmed in her stay-at-home tendencies. When not studying her craft, you will find her DIY-ing the shit out of her house and disappearing down a Pinterest rabbit hole.
Read MoreDiane Flacks is a writer, actor, story editor, and introverted extrovert who is rediscovering the joy of potato chips and wine. She has a number of projects in development that she should be working on, but that closet is not going to organize itself.
Read MoreNatasha Ramondino is a queer, female identifying theatre artist based in Toronto. Some recent theatre credits include: Worry Warts (Convergence Theatre), Above and Beyond (JackieTol Productions), FEARLESS (fu-GEN Theatre), Othello, Volpone (Shakespeare BASH’d), A Bear Awake in Winter, Get Yourself Home Skyler James (Binocular Theatre), Crow Hill: The Telephone Play (4th Line Theatre). After her upcoming gigs were cancelled, she was lucky enough to find work as a nanny for a young family caught without childcare upon school closures. She can now confidently sing the complete musical works of The Wiggles, and has brushed up on her Playdough sculpting and living room fort construction skills. She is thrilled to be working alongside old and new friends on this unique immersive experience and is always proud to collaborate with the ever-evolving and ingenious Convergence Theatre. natasharamondino.com
Read MoreNeil Silcox is an educator, director, and actor. He is the founder of the Canadian Theatre Educators’ Conference, the country's first conference for theatre teachers. He is currently the Crake Drama Fellow at Mount Allison University in Sackville NB., although Covid brought him back to Toronto (and his fiancée Ali) several weeks before the end of term. Neil spends much of his self-isolation time cooking and baking, and the rest of it eating.
Read MoreBlind (Phone) Date: May 11, 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 31
Too Close For Comfort: May 15, 20, 24, 28
Andy Trithardt is an actor and composer originally from Saskatchewan, based in Toronto, and currently isolating in Bradford with his partner Tennille and their dog Barrington. This experience has above all made him want to touch his face immediately.
Read MoreNoah Beemer is an actor and recent graduate from Sheridan’s Music Theatre program. Some of his credits include Pinocchio at YPT, as well as touring to long term care and CAMH as a Serenader with Smile Theatre. Since the world ended, Noah has been keeping busy in his apartment by doing lots of Yoga with Adriene, while also trying to let himself not be busy (and be okay with that).
Read MoreMelody A. Johnson is an actor, writer and educator who has spent lots of time performing on Toronto stages and touring Canada & the UK with her self-penned Miss Caledonia, and most recently her bad neighbour comedy/drama, Person of Interest. Since you’re inside these days baking bread and washing your hands, you might also hear Melody's voice on weekends as Nola the turtle in Binky: Pets of the Universe on Treehouse TV. More Melody hijinx can be found at: www.melodyjohnson.ca
Read MoreStewart Arnott has been happily at this for 4 decades, this being acting, directing, voicing, teaching and coaching. His recent directing gig was Marjorie Prime at Coal Mine Theatre, and his COVID-19-interrupted acting gig was Room at The Grand/Off-Mirvish. One thing about this plague: he is in excellent and multitudinous company.
Read MoreBlind (Phone) Date: May 11, 12, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 31
Too Close For Comfort: May 15, 20, 24, 28
Tennille Read is an actor. She spends her COVID-19 days with her fiancé Andy and sweet dog Barrington. She enjoys cooking, exercising with Ryan Heffington over Instagram, and finding ways to make her living space more aesthetically pleasing. Because if you haven't re-arranged at least one room during a pandemic, are you doing it right?
Read MoreAli Joy Richardson is a playwright, director, producer, and sometimes performer in the event of a plague (or if she has a really good idea for a one-woman-show). Her mother has been telling her to use disinfectant wipes on airplane armrests her entire life (but is thankfully too classy to say "I told you so"). Ali has discovered that running, writing, and dancing in the kitchen with her partner Neil are the best defences against bottomless existential dread these days. www.alijoyrichardson.com
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