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Meet the NIFF Collective

Advisor/Mentors

Muriel Miguel
Muriel is a choreographer, director and actor. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater, the longest running Indigenous women’s theater company in North America. Muriel is a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow; awarded an Honorary DFA from Miami University in Ohio; a member of the National Theatre Conference and in 2015 attended the Rauschenberg Residency. She taught at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre and is a pioneer in the development of a culturally based Indigenous performance methodology. She facilitates Storyweaving Workshops in universities and communities across the US, Canada and Europe.


Drew Hayden Taylor
Drew is a well-known author, playwright and journalist from Curve Lake First Nation and the author of more than twenty plays and 33 books. 

As a playwright, Drew has proudly been a part of what he refers to as the contemporary Native Literary Renascence. An author of more than 20 plays (resulting in almost a hundred productions), his popular plays such as TORONTO AT DREAMER’S ROCK, ONLY DRUNKS AND CHILDREN TELL THE TRUTH, THE BERLIN BLUES, and COTTAGERS AND INDIANS have left their mark on the Canadian theatre scene.

The NIFF Collective

Joeann Argue
Joeann is an Indigenous musician, artist, and educator. She has worked for fifteen years under the mentorship of Muriel Miguel from Spiderwoman Theater in New York City, learning how to teach, develop, and present Indigenous theatre. Joeann studied and taught with the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in their summer school intensive and currently teaches music and storytelling and Trent University.
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Lee Bolton
Lee is a life-long theatre practitioner who is a director, playwright, and has managed numerous theatres and festivals. She has a long history of working with Indigenous arts and artists, including Full Circle: First Nations Performance in Vancouver. As a Fringe veteran, she has done shows in the Vancouver, San Francisco, Charlottetown and Fundy (Saint John) festivals. She is currently Theatre Coordinator of Nozhem First Peoples Performance Space. 


Board Members

President

Nancy Stevens

Treasurer
Sandra Tomatuk
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Secretary
Brenda Maracle-O'Toole
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  • About
    • Meet the NIFF Collective
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  • FAQ
  • Work with us!
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