Max Ackerman is an independent writer, director, and producer based in Toronto, Ontario. Max currently works as a producer for The Assembly Theatre and is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Dandelion Theatre, a new independent theatre company focusing on immersive, oral storytelling. Selected credits include The Hands of Hypatia and Other Stories (writer/director, Dandelion Theatre & The ArtFolk Collective), After Icarus (writer, Hart House Theatre), and DEATH: A Love Story (writer/director, MiST Theatre).