- ABOUT THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR -
Photo by James McLean
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Santiago Guzmán (he/him/they) is an award-winning playwright, dramaturge, performer, and director originally from Metepec, Mexico, now based in St. John’s, NL. He is the Artistic Director of TODOS Productions & the Artistic Associate for Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre.
Santiago’s work as a writer aims to put local, under-represented narratives and characters on the frontlines, whilst inviting audiences to appreciate the vibrancy of Newfoundland and Labrador from a diverse perspective. |
Their work has been supported, developed and/or produced by theatre companies and festivals such as TODOS Productions (NL), Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company (NL), Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland (NL), Poverty Cove Theatre Company (NL), Rising Tide Theatre (NL), Neighbourhood Dance Works (NL), Eastern Front Theatre (NS), PARC (pan-Atlantic), Ship's Company Theatre (NS), Theatre New Brunswick (NB), Boca Del Lupo (BC), Paprika Festival (ON), and the National Theatre School of Canada’s Art Apart Program (QC). He is a member of Playwrights Canada Press's inaugural editorial committee.
His play ALTAR was produced by the Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company in 2021 and toured across high schools in Newfoundland and Labrador as a digital offering, as well as national presentations at Prismatic Arts Festival, (NS) and Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS Festival (ON). ALTAR will receive a second production by Theatre New Brunswick in the winter of 2023 and tour their province alongside the world premiere of my new TYA play, S.T.O.P.
Santiago’s play Urn received the Senior Dramatic Script Award of the Newfoundland and Labrador 2022 Arts and Letters Awards & was shortlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award 2022. Most recently, Santiago has been awarded the inaugural John Palmer Award 2022 through the Playwrights Guild of Canada for his advocacy work in the arts regarding equity, diversity, and anti-racism.
Santiago's work is very gay, very brown, and very real. Representation matters.
www.sguzman.ca
His play ALTAR was produced by the Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company in 2021 and toured across high schools in Newfoundland and Labrador as a digital offering, as well as national presentations at Prismatic Arts Festival, (NS) and Aluna Theatre’s RUTAS Festival (ON). ALTAR will receive a second production by Theatre New Brunswick in the winter of 2023 and tour their province alongside the world premiere of my new TYA play, S.T.O.P.
Santiago’s play Urn received the Senior Dramatic Script Award of the Newfoundland and Labrador 2022 Arts and Letters Awards & was shortlisted for the NLCU Fresh Fish Award 2022. Most recently, Santiago has been awarded the inaugural John Palmer Award 2022 through the Playwrights Guild of Canada for his advocacy work in the arts regarding equity, diversity, and anti-racism.
Santiago's work is very gay, very brown, and very real. Representation matters.
www.sguzman.ca
- PROJECT COORDINATOR INTERN -
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Ana Claudia Magalhaes Pitol come from Brazil. She has a Bachelor's degree (2011) and a Master's degree in History (2015) and had been a History teacher since 2010. She studied acting between 2018 and 2020 and acted in Romeo and Juliet, in 2018 and Flicts in 2019. She worked as Director's Assistant at Arto Company Theater (Paraná, Brazil) under the direction of Giovana de Liz. Since she arrived here in St. John's (in September 2021), she has worked with the same theatre company as a remote producer, assisting in research and applying for funding in Brazil. In St. John's she had the opportunity to participate as a storyteller in the First Light event "Stories of Ghosts and Spirits" and also took part as a storyteller in "Power of One Project" with Perchance Theatre. She also has a Youtube Channel, Histórica, where she talks about History for kids in Elementary School.
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This position is generously supported by the YWCA ST. John's CONNEXTIONS program
- CORE MEMBERS OF TODOS PRODUCTIONS -
As TODOS Productions has found space within the Newfoundland and Labrador Theatre Ecology, artists like Nora Barker, Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan, Robyn Huxter, and Ruth Lawrence have been there to support the growing needs of our company. We are honoured, humbled, and grateful to count with their years of experience, knowledge and talent to support TODOS' endeavour of creating space for voices like ours.
