Actor: Lwam Ghebrehariat
Lwam Ghebrehariat is delighted to be working with such talented people. He is a third year law student at the University of Toronto and a graduate of the University of Alberta and the National Theatre School of Canada.
Actor: Shannon Perreault
Shannon is an actor and voice-over artist. Recent Theatre credits: If We Were Birds (Tarragon); Kindness (MTYP/Roseneath); Ritter, Dene, Voss (One Little Goat/Trap Door – Chicago); Terminating (SummerWorks). Recent Film/TV credits: Little Films About Big Moments (Movie Central).Upcoming: Ritter, Dene, Voss (One Little Goat/La MaMa ETC – New York).
Actor: Keith Barker
A Métis artist from Northwestern Ontario Keith is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Formerly the Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts his recent credits include The Making of St Jerome, Next Stage Festival, Job's Wife, New Harlem Productions, and Death of a Chief, NEPA/National Arts Centre.
Actor: Nabeel Salameh
Nabeel is a Canadian actor of Palestinian heritage. His recent theatre credits include West Side Story (BirdCage Productions); Lifeboat (Toronto Fringe Festival/Forward Theatre); Romeo & Juliet (Forward Theatre); and Macbeth (Forward Theatre). Nabeel is thrilled to be involved with Homegrown, and is excited to bring this true story to life.
Actor: Omar Hady
OMAR HADY is a Toronto born actor, writer, director, and producer. Theatre Credits: Tall Time Barbara Gowdy's 'The White Bone'(Summerworks '07), John Fred Bigani 'The Son of The Man'(Fringe '08), Matry Hirsch 'The Good Bye Rounds'(Fringe '09), Bear 'An Ordinary Wonder'(U of T Festival '10), Paul 'Warriors' (Theatre Lab '10).
Actor: Razi Shawahdeh
Born and raised in Nazareth, Palestine/Israel, Razi moved to Toronto in 2007, and attended George Brown’s Acting Program. He plays the lead in the feature film, “A Man without a Cell Phone” to be released at the end of summer 2010, and is excited to be a part of Homegrown.
Playwright: Catherine Frid
Catherine Frid’s plays include Dead Cat Bounce (Toronto Fringe), Buff (New Ideas Festival, Arts and Letters Club), Over the Edge (Arts and Letters Club), The Tango Player (Inspirato 10-Minute Festival). Her monologue Us and Them has been published in Thirtysomethings: Mother-Daughter Monologues, ICWP Press (2009). Upcoming: GuineaPigging (Alumnae Theatre).
Director: Beatriz Pizano
BEATRIZ PIZANO (director, dramaturge) is the founder and artistic director of Aluna Theatre,a leading Colombian/Canadian theatre company in Canada that encourages hybrids of creation. In 2009 she received the John Hirsch Prize for direction from the Canada Council for the Arts. Beatriz has written and directed a trilogy about women and war that includes La Comunión, For Sale and Madre which have received a total of 13 Dora nominations and won 4 of these awards. Directing credits also include: Three Dollars and Six Dimes, Afamefuna, I Think of You Erendira, Bear with Me, The Dinner, Capturing Freedom; The Fire Story, and Meeting Playce. She has been a recipient of: The Ken McDougall Award, the Chalmers Fellowship, the Metcalf and the Chalmers Professional Development, and the Urjo Kareda. Further she has also been an associate director at Nightwood Theatre and Theatre Revolve.
Scenography: Trevor Schwellnus
Trevor Schwellnus is a Toronto-based Scenographer, Designer-in-Residence at the Theatre Centre, and Artistic Producer of Aluna Theatre. He has recently collaborated with: Dancemakers (Double Bill #2), Ame Henderson's public recordings (relay, /dance/songs/, and the upcoming 300 tapes), Aluna Theatre (La Comunión), Crow's Theatre (Out the Window), Buddies in Bad Times (Silicone Diaries). He has 2 Dora Awards for his work with Aluna, among 9 career award nominations. In November 2010 he takes his collaborative dance-theatre work-in-progress, Nohayquiensepa (NoOneKnows), to Bogotá, Colombia.
Blog: www.trevschwell.blogspot.com
Blog: www.trevschwell.blogspot.com
Sound Design: Thomas Ryder Payne
Thomas Ryder Payne is a Toronto-based composer, producer and sound designer. Starting as a songwriter with a 4-track recorder, Thomas has followed a varied musical career including studying with composer James Tenney, recording and touring for six years with the Juno nominated band Joydrop and producing numerous records.
Assistant Director: Navneet Rai
Navneet is an emerging writer, actor, director. She recently performed in “The Beauty Project” at the New Waves Festival with the rAiz’n ensemble.
