Jani Lauzon
Stratford: Co-playwright and director of 1939, Pelajia Patchnose in The Rez Sisters, Huumittuq/Panik/Marianne in The Breathing Hole. Elsewhere: Actor: Trebonius/Cato in Julius Caesar (Groundling/Crow’s); Cordelia/Fool in King Lear (NAC); Neighbour/Servant in Blood Wedding (Modern Times/Aluna Theatre). Film/TV: Ruby and the Well, Something Undone, Saving Hope. Awards: Gemini (puppeteering), Best Actress (American Indian Film Festival/Dreamspeakers), ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence, John Hirsch Directors Award, Toronto Theatre Critics—Best Director. Director: Alien Creature (TPM), The Monument (Factory Theatre), Almighty Voice and His Wife and Where the Blood Mixes (Soulpepper), Rope (Shaw Festival). Online: janilauzon.com; papercanoeprojects.com; @janilauzon. Jani’s company, Paper Canoe Projects, produces her original work, including A Side of Dreams, I Call myself Princess and Prophecy Fog (Ontario tour, January-March 2023). Jani is an associate artist at the National Theatre School.
