JANI LAUZON

Creator & Collaborator

BIOGRAPHY

Jani Lauzon is a 10 time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress/writer/director, a three time Juno nominated singer/songwriter and a Gemini Award winning puppeteer. Her company Paper Canoe Projects was created to support production of her own work including: A Side of Dreams, I Call myself Princess, and Prophecy Fog. 

Previous writing includes: The Scrubbing Project, The Triple Truth and The Only Good Indian with Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. She has been a Playwright in Resident at Cahoots Theatre Projects and  Factory Theatre. Residencies include: The Tracey Wright Global Archive at The Theatre Centre, Nightswimming Theatre and The Barker Fairly Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. Jani was theSenior Playwright in Residence at the Banff Playwright Colony in April 2015. She is excited to work with long time collaborator Wayne Kelso as they dive into the world of storytelling using technology and AI.

COLLABORATOR

Wayne Kelso

BIOGRAPHY

Wayne is a Métis composer/sound designer and musician from northwestern Ontario. He has toured throughout North America with a diverse group of performers including José Feliciano, Jimmy Rankin, Michael Burgess, Kim Stockwood, Dianne Heatherington, and Billy Newton-Davis.

As a composer/sound designer, Wayne has created works for numerous plays for both CBC and live theatre. His score for Factory Theatre's production of The Leisure Society was nominated for a Dora award in 2005. Wayne's most recent scores include Stratford's 2023 production of Grand Magic and The Belfry's (Victoria) staging of Yaga. His most recent CD, North of Jazz, was released in Feb, 2022.