The Flin Flon Cowboy Program

Aaron Jan is a Toronto-based playwright, director and dramaturg. He has worked as a creator with Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, Theatre Aquarius, fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre, Soulpepper, Boca Del Lupo, York University, Theatre Sheridan, Theatre Direct, and most recently with Theatre Erindale. He is the 2019 winner of the Ken McDougall directing award, the 2021 co-winner of the Rita Joe Playwriting Award, a 2021 co-recipient of Musical Stage Company’s Aubrey and Marla Dan Fund for New Musicals, a 2021 Johanna Protege Recipient, and the 2022 winner of Tarragon Theatre’s Urjo Kareda Award for Emerging Artists. Aaron is currently the casting associate at the Stratford festival for the 2025 season.

Gloria Mok 莫嘉詠 is a theatre creator and arts manager who is the proud daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong. Alongside Chinese-Canadian theatre creators Aaron Jan and Bessie Cheng, Gloria co-founded Silk Bath Collective in 2016, focused on multidisciplinary plays about the Chinese diaspora. As 2b theatre’s Emerging Artist in Residence, Gloria created LDR for Mythical Times, a performance that weaves together her long distance relationship, her parents’ immigration story, and the ancient Chinese folktale of Cowherd and Weavergirl. Gloria is currently the Writer in Residence with Driftwood Theatre and is the Producer at Nightswimming, a dramaturgical company with a national mandate focused on commissioning new theatrical projects and performance research. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Production Design and Technical Arts program. Gloria wants to thank her parents, big brother, and partner for their continued love and support.

Victoria Wang is a Toronto based stage manager, producer and arts manager who works in theatre, dance, film and interdisciplinary forms of live performance. She has worked with companies across Canada including Native Earth, Why Not Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, Cahoots, Aluna Theatre, Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, the National Arts Centre, Segal Centre, SummerWorks, Buddies in Bad Times, Nuit Blanche and the Toronto International Film Festival. Victoria is also the founder of Memory Palace Project, a public art project that has appeared at the Toronto Fringe, Assembly Theatre, Long Winter, and the Art Apart Festival. Victoria is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the National Theatre School of Canada. Outside of theatre, Victoria is also a certified yoga instructor. As a second-generation Chinese Canadian settler, Victoria is grateful to call Hong Kong and Tkaronto home.

Joey is a stage manager and multidisciplinary artist residing in Toronto, Canada. After receiving her BFA in theatre production from Toronto Metropolitan University, Joey was selected as the 2020-2021 RBC Apprentice Stage Manager with The Musical Stage Company. Selected Credits: The Musical Stage Company: UNCOVERED: FLEETWOOD MAC AND THE EAGLES (Apprentice Stage Manager), GET A LIFE! (Production Coordinator), UNCOVERED: THE MUSIC OF ABBA (Apprentice Stage Manager), ONE SONG GLORY 2022 & 2024 (Stage Manager/Production Coordinator), UNCOVERED: THE MUSIC OF DOLLY PARTON (Apprentice Stage Manager), BAAPII ROHO (Stage Manager), BLACKOUT (Apprentice Stage Manager); Theatre Calgary: MAUDIE: THE MUSICAL Workshop (Stage Manager/Workshop Coordinator); Lua Shayenne Dance Company: YASSAMA AND THE BEADED CALABASH (Touring Stage Manager); Stratford Festival: SALESMAN IN CHINA Workshop (Stage Manager); Canadian Children’s Opera Company: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Stage Manager).

NOAH FEAVER is a Dora Award nominated lighting designer. He works frequently in Dance and Opera and has designed for companies such as: Edmonton Opera, Toronto Dance Theatre, Tapestry Opera, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Holla Jazz, Citadel + Compagnie, Zata Omm, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Against the Grain Theatre, and Rock Bottom Movement. Noah holds a BFA from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Performance Production program and spent two summers as a lighting design practicum at The Banff Centre. He works as a Lighting Design Coach at The National Theatre School of Canada. Noah is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

Wei Qing Tan (she/her) is a theatre artist based in Tkarón:to. She is a stage manager and production manager who is passionate about sharing stories, uplifting voices, and centering care in processes. She is a graduate of the PDTA program at the National Theatre School of Canada. Wei Qing strives to be a resourceful and enriching collaborator and is interested in being part of teams that invest in their communities.

Select credits: Production Management – Burning Mom (RMTC), SummerWorks Festival 2022; Stage Management – Everything Has Disappeared (Mammalian Diving Reflex & UNIT Productions), They Know Not What They Do (Native Earth Performing Arts), Just For Laughs Montreal 2023, Between a Wok and a Hot Pot (Cahoots Theatre); Assistant Stage Management – Alice in Wonderland, Storybook Search (Bad Hats Theatre), The Ballad of Stompin’ Tom (Capitol Theatre)

Julia Kim is a set, costume, and projection designer based in Toronto. She graduated from TMU with a BFA (Hons.) in Performance Production in 2015. She’s been working mostly in Southern Ontario, designing for independent theatre and dance productions, and working as an assistant designer at Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival.

She recently moved back to Toronto, after working as a resident designer and teaching theatre design for two years at Mount Allison University.

In 2024, she was nominated for Virginia Myrtle Cooper Award.

IG: @yeon._.studio

Website: www.yeon.studio

Selected Design Credits:

Set and Costume: Jade Circle, rice & beans theatre (2024) Kim’s Convenience, Grand Theatre (2023)

Set: Pass Over, Obsidian Theatre Company (2019)

Costume: Richard Three, Shakespeare in the Ruff (2023) The Drawer Boy, Watermark Theatre (2022) Resonance, Human Body Expression (2019)

Projection: Okay, You Can Stop Now, Theatre Passe Muraille (2023) Omisimawiw, Riser Edmonton (2023)

Irene Ly is a Toronto-based theatre, film and installation artist specializing in set and costume design. She is a recent BFA graduate in Performance: Production + Design at Toronto Metropolitan University. Creating work for theatre performances, film, music videos and installation art, she engages audiences into spaces and states of mind that feel familiar – struck by memory, time and lived experience.

Selected Credits: Set and Costume Designer – Insert Clown Here (Parlous Theatre), A Perfect Bowl of Pho (Send Noods Productions), Set Designer – Arctic Ocean (Toronto Metropolitan University), Creator – You are entering (Nuit Blanche at MOCA), Set Decorator & Wardrobe Assistant – Dandelion Green (Babyteeth Productions).

Maddie Bautista (she/her) is a Bi, Saudi Arabia-born Filipina sound designer and composer. In the daytime, you can catch Maddie creating and shaping sound in iconic theatres across the country – from composing original music in the earliest stages of new work development, to tuning systems with live musicians and mid-sized casts. After the sun goes down, she moonlights as half of xLq with Jordan Campbell – a queer pop performance duo who tours across the country with their daring, interactive theatre and bizarre, grungy drag.

Maddie received 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Love You Wrong Time (Outstanding Sound design and Ensemble). Selected sound credits: Wild Woman (Soulpepper), Les Belles-Soeurs (Stratford Festival), The First Stone (New Harlem Productions & GCTC); Kim’s Convenience (The Grand Theatre, London).

You can catch more of her design later this spring at seven methods of killing kylie jenner (Crows and Obsidian Theatre). www.maddiebautista.com

As a theatre artist, Anthony (He/Him) is eager to collaborate and advocate for himself and other artists looking to create. Anthony is looking forward to creating meaningful work for the disadvantaged in our community and promoting representation of all kinds. As a technical director and designer, he looks to make space and promote an enriching environment for others. He is a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada from the Production Design and Technical Arts program. Selected Credits: Technical Director: Sweeter (Cahoots), Technical Director: MASHUP pon di road (Why Not), Technical Director: Lay Hold to the Softest Throat (FTA), Assistant Sound Designer: Little Shop of Horrors (Capitol Theatre), Technical Director: Middletown (NTS), Sound Designer: Metamorphoses (NTS), Lighting Designer: New Words Festival (NTS), Production Manager: Maybe Not Tomorrow (NTS)

Jessica Watkin is a blind artist scholar who finished her PhD in disability and performance in 2022. She is a blind dramaturg, educator, facilitator, and activist. Along with dramaturgy and facilitation Jess is also a Metcalf intern with night swimming theatre in 2024.