Performer
Dillan (He/They) is an Ojibwe storyteller from Garden River First Nation. He first trained at Sheridan’s Musical Theatre program and holds a Masters degree in Musical Theatre Performance from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dillan was the Syd & Shirley Banks prize recipient (2020) and is one of the recipients of the Musical Stage Company’s Aubry Dan Fund for new musicals for The 7 Fires: A New Musical, where Dillan is the book writer. He was recently nominated for a Dora award for Outstanding performance by an Individual for his portrait of Hummingbird in the world premiere of Bentboy at YPT in Toronto. Dillan has a passion for telling his peoples/Indigenous stories from Turtle Island and Indigenizing the Musical Theatre industry. Select Credits. Film/TV: SkyMed (CBC); Run The Burbs (CBC); Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Theatre: Starwalker – Eddie Starwalker (Urban Ink & Musical Stage Co); Bentboy – Hummingbird (Dora nomination) (YPT); Baapi Roho – Banks Prize Cabaret (Musical Stage Co); Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth – Rodney (Magnus Theatre); Children of God (Citadel, Segal Center, Western Canada Theatre, Urban Ink).