ARTISTS

Hannah Moscovitch Writer/Adaptor/Co-Creator

Hannah Moscovitch is an acclaimed Canadian playwright and TV writer whose work for the stage has been widely produced across Canada and internationally. Awards: She has won numerous accolades for her playwriting, including the Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award, the Governor General’s Award, and the prestigious international Windham-Campbell Prize. Past writing for the stage includes: East of Berlin, This is War, Bunny, What a Young Wife Ought to Know, Sexual Misconduct of the Middles Classes, and Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (co-created with Ben Caplan and Christian Barry). Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, developed by Halifax’s own 2b theatre, played at both 59E59 Theatres off-Broadway and at the International Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it garnered a landslide of a critical praise, including more than fifty four- and five-star reviews, becoming a TimeOut and New York Times Critic’s Pick and receiving six Drama Desk Award nominations. Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story has been touring the world since 2017, and in 2023 it will cross the 400 performances line. Film/TV: Hannah is the Co-Creator, Executive Producer and Head Writer of Little Bird for Bell Media and Rezolution alongside Jennifer Podemski set to air on APTN Lumi and Crave in 2023. Most recently, Hannah was Co-Executive Producer on Interview With The Vampire for AMC with Gran Via and Dwight Street Book Club producing. Hannah splits her time between Halifax and Los Angeles.

Cherissa Richards Assistant Director

Cherissa Richards has appeared on stage and screen throughout Canada. Recent Directing Credits: Red Velvet (Crow’s Theatre); Harlem Duet (Bard on the Beach); Meet Me at Dawn (Theatre by the River); VOICE (Prairie Theatre Exchange); The Power of Harriet T (Manitoba Theatre for Young People). Cherissa is a Crow’s Theatre RBC Rising Star Emerging Director recipient-‘21, Why Not This Gen Directing Fellow-‘21, she received a directing diploma from National Theatre School directing residency in independent study-‘21. Directing Residencies: Bard on the Beach, Shaw Fesitval, Stratford Festival. Upcoming Directing: Trouble in Mind (Royal MTC/Citadel), Julius Caeser (Bard on the Beach) 2023, Diggers (Prairie Theatre Exchange/BlackTheatre Workshop) 2024.

Natasha Powell Choreographer

Natasha Powell is a Toronto native who has been working in the dance industry for 17 years. Her soulful approach to movement that transcends genre can be seen and felt in her choreography and teachings. Credits: No stranger to the stage, Natasha has collaborated and created over 20 dance works for live performance. As the founder, artistic director, and choreographer for her company HOLLA JAZZ, she created the award-winning show FLOOR’D - the company’s first full-length production, presenting historical jazz dances in a new light. Awards: FLOOR’D was nominated for 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards (including Outstanding Original Choreography by Powell, and Outstanding Production) winner of the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, and named one of top 10 dance shows.