Heather Marie Annis
Co-Artistic Director/Creator/Performer "Morro"
For U.N.I.T.: Morro and Jasp in Stupefaction, Morro and Jasp: 9-5, Morro and Jasp: Lost and Found, Morro and Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, Of Mice and Morro and Jasp, Morro and Jasp Gone Wild, Morro and Jasp: In a Pickle, Morro and Jasp do Puberty, Morro and Jasp Go Green, The Bully Show: Clown in the Round (with Mixed Company Theatre), The Truth According to Morro and Jasp, The Funtastical Friendship of Morro and Jasp
Other Recent Work: Bright Lights (Theatre Brouhaha), Emily's Piano (Young People's Theatre), The Money Tree (Roseneath Theatre)
Elsewhere: Come Blow Your Horn (Classic Theatre Festival), By a Thread (Sterling Studio Theatre), Pornstar (BeefyGeek), The Godot Cycle (Yes Let's Go), Marat/Sade (SoupCan Theatre), M-Project (Obsidian), Mixed Messages, Showdown, and 2009/10 Playwright-in-Residence (Mixed Company Theatre), The Famous Remains of Piggy Palace (18 Hands), Savage/Love (Zeitgeist Theatre/Column 13), The Way (SummerWorks: Bareback Theatre), Vacancy (The Creative Ensemble/P. McKinnon), West Side Story (OLT)
Etcetera: Heather has been part of the Thundering Voices play development program with Native Earth Performing Arts and Playwright-in-Residence at Factory Theatre and Mixed Company Theatre. She is also a therapeutic clown for elderly and adults in long term care facilities.
Contact: heather@morroandjasp.com
Other Recent Work: Bright Lights (Theatre Brouhaha), Emily's Piano (Young People's Theatre), The Money Tree (Roseneath Theatre)
Elsewhere: Come Blow Your Horn (Classic Theatre Festival), By a Thread (Sterling Studio Theatre), Pornstar (BeefyGeek), The Godot Cycle (Yes Let's Go), Marat/Sade (SoupCan Theatre), M-Project (Obsidian), Mixed Messages, Showdown, and 2009/10 Playwright-in-Residence (Mixed Company Theatre), The Famous Remains of Piggy Palace (18 Hands), Savage/Love (Zeitgeist Theatre/Column 13), The Way (SummerWorks: Bareback Theatre), Vacancy (The Creative Ensemble/P. McKinnon), West Side Story (OLT)
Etcetera: Heather has been part of the Thundering Voices play development program with Native Earth Performing Arts and Playwright-in-Residence at Factory Theatre and Mixed Company Theatre. She is also a therapeutic clown for elderly and adults in long term care facilities.
Contact: heather@morroandjasp.com
Amy Lee
Co-Artistic Director/Creator/Performer "Jasp"
For U.N.I.T.: Morro and Jasp in Stupefaction, Morro and Jasp: 9-5, Morro and Jasp: Lost and Found, Morro and Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, Of Mice and Morro and Jasp, Morro and Jasp Gone Wild, Morro and Jasp: In a Pickle, Morro and Jasp do Puberty, Morro and Jasp Go Green, The Bully Show: Clown in the Round (with Mixed Company Theatre), The Truth According to Morro and Jasp, The Funtastical Friendship of Morro and Jasp
Other Recent Work: James and the Giant Peach (Young People's Theatre), Bright Lights (Theatre Brouhaha), Assistant Director of Emily's Piano (Young People's Theatre) and The Dog and the Angel (Theatre Columbus)
Elsewhere: Weather the Weather (Theatre Columbus), Here to Hear (Carousel Players), Annie (Assistant Director), Cinderella: A RATical Retelling (Dora Award), The Invisible Girl, Hana’s Suitcase (Young People's Theatre), Pornstar (BeefyGeek), The Godot Cycle (Yes Let's Go), Guns & Roses (The Original Norwegian/Toronto Centre for the Arts), David Mamet’s November (WJT; Canadian Premiere), Pride and Prejudice (Manitoba Theatre Centre), The Soldier Dreams, Our Lady of 121st Street, Balm in Gilead (Column 13 Actors Company), Savage/Love (Zeitgeist Theatre), I Will Not Hatch! (Hank Marvin Theatre), The Way (Summerworks; Bareback Theatre), Vacancy (The Creative Ensemble/P. McKinnon).
Etcetera: In addition to writing, performing, assistant directing and producing, Amy often works in theatre education. She has been a resident artist educator at Young People's Theatre for five seasons and is currently a mentor for the AMY Project and the Paprika Festival.
Contact: amy@morroandjasp.com
Other Recent Work: James and the Giant Peach (Young People's Theatre), Bright Lights (Theatre Brouhaha), Assistant Director of Emily's Piano (Young People's Theatre) and The Dog and the Angel (Theatre Columbus)
Elsewhere: Weather the Weather (Theatre Columbus), Here to Hear (Carousel Players), Annie (Assistant Director), Cinderella: A RATical Retelling (Dora Award), The Invisible Girl, Hana’s Suitcase (Young People's Theatre), Pornstar (BeefyGeek), The Godot Cycle (Yes Let's Go), Guns & Roses (The Original Norwegian/Toronto Centre for the Arts), David Mamet’s November (WJT; Canadian Premiere), Pride and Prejudice (Manitoba Theatre Centre), The Soldier Dreams, Our Lady of 121st Street, Balm in Gilead (Column 13 Actors Company), Savage/Love (Zeitgeist Theatre), I Will Not Hatch! (Hank Marvin Theatre), The Way (Summerworks; Bareback Theatre), Vacancy (The Creative Ensemble/P. McKinnon).
Etcetera: In addition to writing, performing, assistant directing and producing, Amy often works in theatre education. She has been a resident artist educator at Young People's Theatre for five seasons and is currently a mentor for the AMY Project and the Paprika Festival.
Contact: amy@morroandjasp.com
Byron Laviolette
Co-Artistic Director/Creator/Director/Dramaturg
For U.N.I.T.: Morro and Jasp in Stupefaction, Morro and Jasp: 9-5, Morro and Jasp: Lost and Found, Morro and Jasp: Go Bake Yourself, Of Mice and Morro and Jasp, Morro and Jasp Gone Wild, Morro and Jasp: In a Pickle, Morro and Jasp do Puberty, Morro and Jasp Go Green, The Bully Show: Clown in the Round (with Mixed Company Theatre), The Truth According to Morro and Jasp, The Funtastical Friendship of Morro and Jasp
Other Recent Work: Liza Live with Total Betty Productions, ByoLogyc: Shadowfall, Visitations and ZED.TO with The Mission Business.
Elsewhere: Pornstar (BeefyGeek), Little Crickets (Foundry Theatre/Summerworks), The Complex: A Toronto Tale (Bound To Create), MONSTER (soloNOVA Festival, NYC), Waiting for Gilgamesh: Scenes from Iraq (Amir Al-Azraki), The Hunt for Treasure (English Rose Productions, NYC), Canadian Premiere of Reefer Madness (Hart House Theatre).
Etcetera: Byron has a PhD in Theatre Studies at York University with a dissertation on Interactive Theatre. He is a board member of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association and his criticism/ art journalism has appeared in Scene Changes, EYE Weekly, AdBusters and IN Toronto magazine. He is also a founding member of The Mission Business. Next up, he will be directing Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua for the RISER Project at The Theatre Centre.
Contact: byron@morroandjasp.com
Other Recent Work: Liza Live with Total Betty Productions, ByoLogyc: Shadowfall, Visitations and ZED.TO with The Mission Business.
Elsewhere: Pornstar (BeefyGeek), Little Crickets (Foundry Theatre/Summerworks), The Complex: A Toronto Tale (Bound To Create), MONSTER (soloNOVA Festival, NYC), Waiting for Gilgamesh: Scenes from Iraq (Amir Al-Azraki), The Hunt for Treasure (English Rose Productions, NYC), Canadian Premiere of Reefer Madness (Hart House Theatre).
Etcetera: Byron has a PhD in Theatre Studies at York University with a dissertation on Interactive Theatre. He is a board member of the Canadian Theatre Critics Association and his criticism/ art journalism has appeared in Scene Changes, EYE Weekly, AdBusters and IN Toronto magazine. He is also a founding member of The Mission Business. Next up, he will be directing Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua for the RISER Project at The Theatre Centre.
Contact: byron@morroandjasp.com