BIOGRAPHY
Lianna Makuch is a second generation Ukrainian Canadian theatre artist from Amiskwaciwâskahikan / ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Edmonton). Lianna has enjoyed a diverse career working as an actor, creator, and theatre instructor. She is co-Artistic Producer of Pyretic Productions and a producer with Punctuate! Theatre.
Lianna is also the playwright and principle performer in Barvinok, which has garnered her awards and recognition from across the country and internationally. The play will be touring throughout Alberta in Fall 2022. She is also the 2020 REACH Grant recipient, which is supporting her as she develops this story into a feature length screenplay.
Lianna was recently the first Canadian artist-in-residence with the IZOLYATSIA cultural Institute in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she began development of her new play which she is thrilled to continue developing as part of the Punctuate! Playwrights' Unit. Lianna is a graduate of the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta.
