seven methods of killing kylie jenner

Kara

I’m a Caribbean-Canadian artist, born and raised in Toronto, who loves theatre and has been immersed in it since I was a little girl. As a child I was always being taken to shows around the city by my mother, and still love watching a stage light up and hearing the excitement grow in the theatre. Recently I graduated from the National Theatre School Of Canada where my love for theatre continued to grow as I worked with so many amazing artists over my 3 years. I’m so excited to be joining this team and to share this show with all of you. It’s been a gift and a joy bringing this story to life! Special thank you to my family and friends for supporting me! 🙂

Other credits: 

Lucy in The Fiancée at Chemainus Festival Theatre

Phoebe in Truth at Young People’s Theatre 

Cleo

Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, Déjah is a proud member of the African Diaspora with roots in Jamaica and Trinidad. Dedicated to her craft, she hopes to inspire change through fearless storytelling and her commitment to inclusive representation.  

A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Déjah has been fortunate enough to lend herself to a variety of projects across the Theatre and TV/Film industries. Most recently, she was seen as Regan in King Lear and Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing during her fourth season at the Stratford Festival. 

Selected other credits include: Death and the King’s Horseman, The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, An Ideal Husband (Stratford); The Penelopiad (The Grand); Cymbeline (Shakespeare Bash’d); Antony and Cleopatra,Three Musketeers, Julius Caesar (St Lawrence Shakespeare); The Railway Children (Mirvish); Sex/Life (Netflix); Pretty Hard Cases (CBC); Unicorn Academy (Spinmaster)

Déjah is beyond excited to be making her Obsidian and Crow’s Theatre debuts and is eager to share this important and incredibly personal story with the world.

Writer

Jasmine Lee-Jones – Jasmine’s debut play SEVEN METHODS OF KILLING KYLIE JENNER was first commissioned as part of the Royal Court’s Young Court programme and had a sold out run at the Royal Court. Jasmine won numerous accolades for the play, including most promising playwright at both the Critics’ Circle and Evening Standard awards, as well as being nominated in the 2020 Olivier Awards. Jasmine’s second play, CURIOUS, a one woman show that she also performed in, opened at the Soho Theatre in 2021.  She is currently writing a feature film for Film4. As an actress, Jasmine most recently shot THE LONG SHADOW for ITV, and she also performed her one woman show at The Soho Theatre – CURIOUS which she wrote and starred in.

Director

Jay Northcott (They/Them) is a multidisciplinary artist; director, playwright, producer and former Big Brother Canada contestant. Jay works to decolonize their art and practice through storytelling, movement, gesture, and joy to create the fundamentals of their work. They continue to grow and make it their mission to uplift projects that put BIPOC Queer artists in the spotlight. This year, Jay was part of The Stratford Festivals Langham cohort, assistant directing King Lear under the guidance of Kimberley Rampersad as well as the Program director of Young Gifted and Black for Obsidian Theatre. Their goals: to make you cry and laugh at the same time, they want to bleed, break, grind, make money, fight and blow some stuff up. Inspired by pop culture, lived experience, and finding truth. They work to develop techniques and experiment with aesthetics to answer the question: Why are we still making theatre?

Set Designer

Nick Blais designs across Canada in all manner of discipline and venue: from theatres, parks, abandoned buildings, schools, storefronts, living rooms and concert halls. As Head of Design for Toronto’s leading immersive theatre company, Outside the March, Nick specializes in creating and facilitating thematic, impactful designs, and transforming unconventional spaces into immersive, dramatic environments.

Nick has received Dora Mavor Moore Awards in Toronto for both set and lighting design, nominated for the Virginia Myrtle Cooper award in costume design, and various other awards and nominations across the country.  Nick was showcased in Professional Lighting Magazine for his innovation in off-the-grid lighting design and site-specific scenography. 

Select credits include: Wildwoman (Soulpepper); Things I Know to Be True (Mirvish / Company Theatre), Rock of Ages (More Entertainment); Trojan Girls, Lessons in Temperament, Flick, Jerusalem, Terminus (Outside the March);  Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Into the Woods (YES Theatre); The Effect, Antipodes, Marjorie Prime (Coal Mine); Sweeney Todd (TIFT); Vespers: an original ballet by James Kudelka (Royal Winnipeg Ballet); Human Animals, Dissidents (ARC); Glass Menagerie (Grand Theatre); Bang Bang (Factory); Vespers(Royal Winnipeg Ballet); Don Giovanni, L’Elisir D’Amore (Opera Nuova); West Side Story (Citadel); Brantwood(Sheridan)

Sound Designer

Maddie Bautista (she/her) is a Bi, Saudi Arabia-born Filipina sound designer and composer. In the daytime, you can catch Maddie creating and shaping sound in iconic theatres across the country – from composing original music in the earliest stages of new work development, to tuning systems with live musicians and mid-sized casts. After the sun goes down, she moonlights as half of xLq with Jordan Campbell – a queer pop performance duo who tours across the country with their daring, interactive theatre and bizarre, grungy drag.

Maddie received 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Love You Wrong Time (Outstanding Sound design and Ensemble). Selected sound credits: Wild Woman (Soulpepper), Les Belles-Soeurs (Stratford Festival), The First Stone (New Harlem Productions & GCTC); Kim’s Convenience (The Grand Theatre, London).

Lighting Designer

I’m Chris-Liz, a Queer Afro-Indigienous artist (direction, sound, lighting, composition, writing, joy, programming) with a focus on the interplay of technology, storytelling, and audience control. I enjoy long walks on the beach, making bleeps and bloops, igniting the playful spark inside of audiences, and on occasion, instilling a sense of dread into audience’s hearts where their hope should be. Some cool projects I’ve worked on that fit within my remaining word count are: Sound Designer for Maanomaa, My Brother (Canadian Stage/Bluebird), Head Technician for No Save Points (Outside the March/Starvox), Creator of the Untitled Video Game Project (Tarragon/Pickles) and Artistic Director of P-

Costume Designer

Des’ree Gray is a Toronto based Costume Designer with experience in film and theatre. She is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Production Design Program and takes pride in her abilities in all stages of the design process. www.desreegraydesigns.ca

Work: Costume Designer for Jesus Christ Superstar (Talk is Free Theatre) Costume Designer for Appropriate (Coalmine Theatre); Assistant Costume Designer for Frankenstein: Revived (Stratford Festival); Associate Costume Designer for Treemonisha (Volcano Productions); Assistant Costume Designer for Fairview (Canadian Stage); Assistant Costume Designer for

Maanomaa (Canadian Stage); Costume Designer for The Flight (Factory Theatre); Assistant Costume Designer for Yerma (Coal Mine Theatre); Assistant Costume Designer for Da Kink in My Hair (Canadian Stage); Costume Designer for The First Stone (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre); Assistant Costume Designer for Little Women (Stratford Festival)

Movement Consultant

Virgilia Griffith  is an actor based in Toronto. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore award for Outstanding Performance for Harlem Duet written by Djanet Sears. Winner of the Meta Emerging Artist Award for Gas Girls written by Donna Michelle St. Bernard. She was also a Dora Mavor Moore nominee for Outstanding Female in an Independent Division for her performance of Honesty directed by Jordan Tannahill and a Dora nomination for Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) (Saga Collectif) written by Jeff Ho and Our Place(Cahoots/ Theatre Passe Muraille) written by Kanika Ambrose. She was also a recipient of the Jon Kaplan Legacy Award for Canadian Theatre Performer in 2021. Selected credits include: Queen Goneril/ King Lear (Soulpepper Theatre Company), Serving Elizabeth (Stratford Festival), 21 Black Futures (Obsidian Theatre Company/CBC Gem), Contractions (Studio 180), Guarded Girls (Tarragon Theatre/ Greenlight Arts), Betrayal ( Soulpepper Theatre) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ( Soulpepper Theatre), The Wedding Party (Crow’s Theatre), Other Side of the Game (Cahoots/ Obsidian Theatre),  Da Kink In My Hair (Theatre Calgary/ Nac), How We Are (Mikaela Davies and Polly Phokeev Productions), Up The Garden Path (Obsidian Theatre Company).

Apprentice Stage Manager

Keleshaye Christmas-Simpson is an emerging theatre artist from Toronto, ON. After spending many years as a competitive dancer, Keleshaye furthered her studies in Sheridan College’s Performing Arts Prep Program. There she worked to become a well-rounded artist, studying dance, direction, stage management and more. Keleshaye is excited to share her knowledge and passion for the arts with the world. Keleshaye would like to thank her family, both chosen and blood, your support means the world. Much gratitude and love to each and every one of you <3 

Selected Credits: Three Sisters (Soulpepper/Obsidian); Jesus Christ Superstar (Talk Is Free Theatre); Guildwood (Fringe NextStage); Intimate Apparel, The Music Man (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Artist Mentorship Program 2023 (Black Theatre Workshop); Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Volcano/Luminato); Prodigal (The Howland Company/Crow’s Theatre); RENT (BurlOak Theatre Group)

Head of Props

Thadea Berezny is a multidisciplinary props artist, set designer, illustrator and painter.