Writer and Actor

Hannah Foulger (she/her) is a disabled writer and theatre artist in Toronto. Born in Amsterdam to British missionaries, she was raised in Cambridge, Ontario. She has a BA in English and Theatre at the university of Winnipeg and an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph. Her writing has appeared in Prairie Fire, the Winnipeg Free Press, Matrix Magazine, and the Disabled Voices anthology. Her writing for performance has appeared in the PTE Festival of New Work, Femfest, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and Sick and Twisted Theatre’s Lame Is…. cabarets. She lives and writes with a brain injury, epilepsy, and mental illness in Toronto.

Curator and Artistic Director of Inter Arts Matrix

Sheila McMath (she/her) is a curator, facilitator, and community organizer. McMath is committed to cultivating long-standing relationships with artists at all stages of their careers and consciously building community in the arts. A graduate of the University of Waterloo's MFA program, McMath's work in the arts has been grounded in direct involvement with artist-run initiatives while simultaneously engaging with larger organizations. She was Curator of Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery from 2014 to 2019, while simultaneously co-founding Tri-City Stopgap, an artist collective that hosts exhibitions in marginal or transitional spaces. McMath was attracted to the experimental and interdisciplinary mission of Inter Arts Matrix and was appointed Artistic Director in 2020. She has received support from the Ontario Arts Council to support her work as an independent curator. McMath is consistently attracted to working with artists who have an impulse towards narrative, an engagement with psychological themes and experimental approaches to processes that are associated with craft.

Director and Dramaturge

Natasha Greenblatt is a playwright, producer, dramaturg and director. Her plays include The Peace Maker (Next Stage Festival, Imago/Playwrights Workshop Montreal), Two Birds One Stone, co-created with Rimah Jabr (Two Birds Theatre, Riser Festival, Impact Festival, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre and Teesri Duniya Theatre), The Election, co-created with Yolanda Bonnell (Common Boots Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Direct), and Apocalypse Play, co-created with her mother, Kate Lushington (Two Birds Theatre, Common Boots). Natasha’s writing has been published by Playwrights Canada Press, GrayLit, CBC and GEIST. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph and is currently working on her first creative nonfiction book, My Brother Is a River.

Projection Designer and Actor

Gary is a video projection and theatre artist. He created live video performances for Numus, Canadian Arab Theatre,  Randolph Academy, and the critically acclaimed Music and the Shadow People  by William Parker & Andrew O’Conner. He's created installations for Idea  Exchange, Night Shift, CAFKA, and UnSilent Night. Gary has authored several plays including Falling: A Wake, Queen Milli of Galt,  Pocket Rocket (w/Lea Daniel) and Pearl Gidley. He collaborated with MT Space  for AMAL, Body13 and The Last 15 Seconds . His plays have been translated  into French, Italian and Arabic and have been performed in over 100 theatres  internationally.

Indigenous Consultant

Heather Majaury (Artistic Director - Outta Work Actors Inc.)  founder of the Kaleidoscope Two Minute Play Laboratory is also currently co-directing The Canadian Dream as a part of this year's IMPACT Festival. Having written and performed her own monodrama grappling with a complex legacy and relationship to colonialism in 2015 she was asked to support and advise on The View From Here. It has been an honour to walk with Hannah in a small way on her journey toward presenting her story about growing up on the grounds of the Grandview Training School for Girls. Exploring the intimate with the epic inside the ephemeral and lasting imprints of difficult history.

Contributing Artist

Maggie Winter is a creative living in the west end of Toronto who moved to the city from Portland, Oregon in 2021. She recently graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University studying Art and Contemporary Studies and often focused her projects on the history of textiles throughout the world and its intersection with traditional women’s work. She is excited about her first foray into costuming as a lifelong sewist, taking her passion for garments in a new direction.