An actor, director, and author, Daniel Brière is co-Artistic Director of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental. Television appearances include roles in Faits divers, Feux, Les Appendices, and Web Thérapie, among others. From 2008 to 2016, he played Louis-Paul in the comedy series Les Parent, a role which earned him 3 Artis Awards in the category “Best Male Lead : Quebec Comedies.” In film, he held roles notably in Le déclin de l’empire américain, La Moitié gauche du frigo, Gaz Bar Blues, and C’est pas moi, je le jure ! Other professional activities include stage directing several plays, some of which also feature him in acting roles: Une conjuration, Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, Bébés, Alpha et Oméga, Le plan américain, Camillien Houde, and Léo, the latter having premiered in Berlin and continued touring the world ever since. His distinctive creative approach has made him a pillar of contemporary theatre in Quebec.

Since completing his studies at the National Theatre School of Canada in 2008, Mani Soleymanlou has become a prolific Montreal theatre actor, appearing in several acclaimed productions, including Projet Andromaque (Serge Denoncourt), Opéra de Quat'sous (Brigitte Haentjens) and Les trois mousquetaires (Serge Denoncourt). In 2011, Mani founded the production company Orange Noyée, for which he writes, directs, and acts, and with which he premiered his triptych on cultural identity: UN, DEUX, and TROIS, subsequently produced in Paris to include 40 performers. He continued with a new cycle, Ils étaient quatre, Cinq à sept, Huit, Neuf (working title) and thereafter completed this series with his solo performance ZÉRO. His performance in UN earned him the award for Best Male Lead from the AQCT (Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre) in the 2012–2013 season, as well as a nomination for Best Original Script.

Former Artistic Director of the Théâtre du Trident in Quebec City from 1997 to 2003, Marie-Thérèse also directed the Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui from 2004 to 2012. On the live stage, she held the title role in Élizabeth, roi d’Angleterre at the TNM (Théâtre du Nouveau Monde), for which she won the Gascon-Roux Award for Best Female Lead. She also acted in Belles-Soeurs, a musical adaptation of the play by Michel Tremblay penned by René Richard Cyr and Daniel Bélanger. She has acted in lead roles in some fifty plays, including Furieux et désespérés, L’homme Atlantique, Le balcon, Extramoyen, and Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine. Marie-Thérèse is also a prolific television actor. She has held key roles in several productions including Boomerang, as Monique and Mémoires vives as Claire Hamelin. She was awarded three Prix Gémeaux for these roles, in 2013, 2014 and 2016. Marie-Thérèse Fortin’s film roles include appearances in Les grandes chaleurs, Inch’Aallah, Le journal d’un vieil homme and Le fils de Jean.

Montreal actor and musician Chimwemwe Miller has performed with theatre companies including Black Theatre Workshop, Talisman, Hudson Village Theatre, Théâtre Arrière Scène and Geordie Theatre. In film and television, he has worked in productions for the likes of CBC, EuropaCorp, Paramount Pictures, Netflix and Sony Pictures Television among others. His voice can heard in video games, animated series, as well as commercials and narration. He has worked as an actor, a musician and as a storyteller here and abroad.

Patrick Emmanuel Abellard is a bilingual artist who graduated from the professional theater program of Dawson College in 2015. Since then, some of his stage credits include Paradise Lost (Centaur Theatre), Choir Boy (Centaur Theatre), Héritage (Théâtre Duceppe), Urban Tales (Centaur Theatre), Fight On (Infinitheatre), Race (Montreal Theatre Ensemble). On TV, he played recurring characters in Bellevue, The detectives (CBC), District 31, Faits Divers II and Unité 9 on Radio-Canada. He made his big screen debut in Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan. He can also be seen in Denys Arcand’s La chute de l’empire américain  released in 2018 and Tales from the hood 3 released in 2020. Also interested in writing and directing, he created two shows in 2015, Evolution of Oppression and Brain People.

Warona Setshwaelo is a storyteller, mother and activist. Since moving to Tiohtià:ke 12 years ago, Warona has immersed herself in the theatre community, both locally and nationally. Apart from performing with several theatre companies in Montreal, such as Tessri Duniya, Repercussion Theatre, Geordie Theatre, Black Theatre Workshop, The Segal Centre, Tableau d'Hote and Scapegoat Carnivale she has performed in Toronto at the Tarragon Theatre as well as at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Company in Winnipeg and the Belfry in Victoria. Her credits also include Death Wish, The Disappearance, 19-2, Quantico, The Detectives, Fatal Vows. She also sat on the board of ELAN (English Language Arts Network) 2015 - 2017, she is presently the co-coordinator of the Artist Mentorship Program at Black Theatre Workshop.