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Bio

Charlie Peters (ze/hir/hirs) is a proudly queer theatre and opera director, actor, lighting designer, playwright, dramaturge, poet, and clown. Born and raised on Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis nation in misâskwatôminihk, Saskatoon, and now living in amiskwacîwâskahikan, known in English as Edmonton, hir family ties stretch across the ocean to England, Poland, and the Campbell lands of the Scottish highlands. Ze holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Saskatchewan, an MFA in Theatre Practice at the University of Alberta, trained extensively at the Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance, and just completed an MA in Gender and Social Justice Studies also at the University of Alberta. Ze is the recipient of Saskatoon and Area Theatre Awards for Outstanding Emerging Artist (2013) and Outstanding Lighting Design (Two Corpses Go Dancing, 2015) and was nominated for Outstanding Direction (Diana Son’s Stop Kiss, 2014) and Outstanding Original Script (Many Fires, 2019). Hir artistic work has been seen on stages (and in parks, fields, school gyms, living rooms, and swimming pools) across Western Canada and in Europe. Charlie is Secretary of the Board of the Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals, Founding Director of Embrace Theatre, and Folk Trail and Live Theatre Coordinator of the Silver Skate Festival. Hir work has been published in Theatre Research in Canada, Canadian Theatre Review, Comedy Studies, and on HowlRound.