Writer/Performer
Lili Robinson (she/they) is a theatre artist, poet and facilitator born and raised on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Lili’s debut play, Mx, was the winner of the 2019 Vancouver Fringe New Play Prize and the 2019 Cultchivating the Fringe Award, and they are currently developing their sophomore play, Infest, as part of Obsidian Theatre’s Playwrights Unit. Other recent hats they’ve worn include: Community Engagement Producer for Playwrights Theatre Centre and the frank theatre; Resident Curator at rEvolver Festival; and dramaturg for the Parallel Project, supporting emerging BIPOC playwrights to develop new work. They are the winner of the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s 2023 John Palmer Award, which recognizes a new generation playwright dedicated to making art that agitates the status quo.