speaking in draft
iPhoto caption: Headshot courtesy of Davinder Malhi.
Speaking in Draft: Davinder Malhi
“When I was younger — around when I graduated theatre school in 2020 — queerness meant identity and identity politics,” says multi-hyphenate Malhi. “In many ways, it still does, but I’ve gotten to a place now where I don’t desire to discuss the identity part of queerness.”
iPhoto caption: Theresa Cutknife headshot by Dahlia Katz.
Speaking in Draft: Theresa Cutknife
“Of course, we all have to make money and make different sacrifices just to pay the bills, because this city is so horribly overpriced,” says Cutknife. “But why? Why do we have to suffer to feel like we’ve paid our dues to the industry?”
iPhoto caption: Photo courtesy of Erum Khan.
"[Buddies] is full of so many tensions," says Khan. "It’s full of so much history. I’m trying not to go in naively in a way that’s like, ‘let’s revolutionize this place and radically shift it overnight.’"
Speaking in Draft: Rachel Forbes
Rachel Forbes’ wide-ranging career has set this artist in a league of her own. The award-winning set and costume designer’s work has appeared across the country in productions by the Shaw Festival, Buddies in Bad Times, Obsidian Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Centaur Theatre, and more.