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Queer FM Episode May 11, 2021
QueerFM featured guest : Katharine King So is a Canadian actor, artist, and filmmaker. New major role in Bloodthirsty out now!
8:00am - 10:00am
Katharine King So is an actor, artist, and filmmaker.
Katharine is a graduate of the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University and Black Theatre Workshop s Artist Mentorship Program. As a queer, mixed Asian woman, her work provides insight into reclamation and visibility. She acknowledges those who have come before her to lay the groundwork for LGBTQ2S+ and BIPOC individuals in media.
Katharine King So is represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners in Los Angeles and PLAY Management across Canada.
Last Updated: Friday, May 7, 2021 13:42
A partnership has been forged between three Canadian theatre companies to support emerging Indigenous and Black playwrights.
Creative Catalysts is a new program that will welcome two creators from Indigenous communities and two from Black communities and offer them compensation, resources, expertise and mentorship.
“The voices of Indigenous and Black writers are still underrepresented in Canadian theatre,” said Quincy Armorer, artistic director of Black Theatre Workshop (BTW). “And this joint initiative is in response to this imbalance, addressing the need for added support and guidance to emerging playwrights from these communities.”
Black Theatre Workshop calls itself Canada’s longest running theatre company dedicated to the works of Black and diasporic communities. This project fits in well with its stated goal of creating “greater cross-cultural understanding by challenging its audience and the status quo.”
Loft and collective tapped for Centaur s Indigenous Artist Residency The initiative was sparked by the wide-ranging conversation about diversity in the arts last year following the Black Lives Matter protests.
Author of the article: Brendan Kelly • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 20, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Multi-disciplinary artist Ange Loft, who originally hails from Kahnawake. Loft and the Talking Treaties Tio tia:ke Collective were named the first Indigenous Artist Residency at the Centaur Theatre. Photo by Courtesy of Centaur Theatre
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