The Team
Songwriter/ WRITER/ PERFORMER, ALICE/ ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM
Eloise Harrington
Eloise is a songwriter, playwright and all round performer. Eloise’s musical style transcends genre and generation. Her lyrics are steeped in complex imagery and speak to something deep and universal in all of us. Eloise’s latest play, Zaagi’idiwin: Love and Little Fires, a collaboration with writer/educator Nahanni Shingoose, will be published on Edwin, an educational resource library later in 2024.
MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR/ PERFORMER, NOA/ ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM
Hiyab Araya
Hiyab is a performer, musician and theater creator. Hiyab was awarded the “Emerging Artists Award” (2022) as part of a collective that co-created and performed ‘Talk to Me’ (SummerWorks 2022) and appeared in ‘Is My Microphone On’ - A CanStage production in 2021. Hiyab is also a songwriter whose multi-dimensional music explores the fluidity of style, combining modern folk, alternative, and R&B genres.
COMPOSER/ PERFORMEr, VERA/ ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM
Mickayla D'Andrea
Mickayla is a Filipino/Italian multi-instrumentalist, composer, musician and performer. Her music takes inspiration from contemporary Pinoy artists and Y2K pop-punk. Mickayla thrives on subverting expectations about women in music and bringing down houses with innovative guitar solos.
Product Designer
Eliza Crabtree
Eliza is an actor, drummer and aerial acrobatics performer. Eliza willed ‘From the Wreckage’ into being, learning the drums when the form of the story shifted to a rock concert/play hybrid. Previous credits include: Rachel in “Zaagi’idiwin: Love and Little Fires” (NTS Drama Fest 2024)
Performer, Jesse
Greta Klesch
Greta is an actor and musician, and an integral piece in the ‘From the Wreckage’ soundtrack. Greta’s strong and inventive bass lines create the backbone of the original score, awarded Best Original Music at the 2023 NTS DramaFestival.
PRODUCER/ WRITER/ PERFORMER: SYLVIA/ ORIGINAL CREATIVE TEAM
Sara Nobrega Pedrosa
Sara is an artist educator with a passion for collective creation and the stories of young people. Recent producing credits include “O Nosso Fado” and “A Dark Horse in Low Light” (SummerWorks 2017 & 2019). Sara is also a coordinator of the National Theatre School Drama Festival - a festival that fosters a space for high school students to showcase their stories.
Performer, Imani
Adrian Fevlo
Adrian is an actor and aspiring graphic designer. Recently, Adrian developed his acting range as multiple characters in the multi-award winning Mag-ina at the 2024 NTS Drama Festival.
Director
Journey To
Journey is a 22-year-old director, journalist, comedian, and playwright. Her work, which explores identity and resilience among young women, was showcased at the SummerWorks Festivals in both 2017 and 2019. Journey studied Comedy Writing and Performance at Humber College, enhancing her storytelling skills with a unique comedic flair. As she continues to innovate in theatre, she remains committed to amplifying diverse voices and fostering meaningful conversations.
Stage Manager
Alexa Young
Alexia is a playwright and stage manager currently studying technical theatre at TMU. Her one act play “Proceed with Caution” was shortlisted for the 2022 Wayne Fairhead New Play Award at the NTS Drama Festival.