Andrew Kushnir is a playwright, director, and activist who lives in Toronto. He is artistic director of the socially engaged theatre company Project: Humanity. His plays include The Middle Place, Wormwood, The Gay Heritage Project (with Paul Dunn and Damien Atkins), Towards Youth, Small Axe and Freedom Singer (with Khari Wendell McClelland). A proudly queer Ukrainian-Canadian, he founded the We Support LGBTQ Ukraine Fund in April 2022, to assist NGOs meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ Ukrainians trapped or internally displaced by war. lgbtukrainesupport.com