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Maïna Belray is a queer, bilingual, multidisciplinary creator living in Toronto.

They are a member of bc/pa, an assembly space for artists who are investigating the possibilities that exist between performers and audience, ACMJIS (Artists for Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty) and a graduate of the Randolph College for the Performing Arts. Their past credits include: ARTSTAR!!! (bc/pa, Nuit Blanche 2019), Operations (1945-2006): Movements (bc/pa, Nuit Blanche 2018), BAAMAAPII | After a While (Moontime Productions), The Weavers/Die Weber (RCPA 2017), The Drowsy Chaperone...

Jesse Byiers is a Toronto-based theatre-maker, puppet-maker, and puppeteer. They studied Theatre and Performance at Red Deer College (2011), and are a graduate of the Humber Theatre Arts Performance Program (2015). They are a core member of Toronto's [elephants] collective, with whom they have helped to create A Wake For Lost Time (SummerWorks - Toronto, Live In Festival - Halifax, Katzman Contemporary - Toronto) and Kitchen Sink Drama (Rhubarb Festival). Works in progress include: punk rock-music-roadtrip-play Shitty Songs for Shitty Kids with Thomas McKechnie, and puppet performance An...