Tanisha Taitt

Tanisha is a director/actor/playwright, singer-songwriter, teacher, and accidental essayist who has worked with companies including YPT, Musical Stage, Obsidian, Buddies In Bad Times, Nightwood, National Arts Centre, Soulpepper, and The Theatre Centre. She is Artistic Mentor of the 2018 Paprika Festival Creators Unit, a Drama Mentor with the Toronto District School Board, and an Anti-Oppression & Conflict Transformation educator with Children’s Peace Theatre. An anti-VAW activist since 2006, Tanisha is a two-time YWCA Woman of Distinction nominee for her commitment to artistic excellence and social justice. She teaches 1st Year Contemporary Scene Study at George Brown Theatre School.