Mentor + Workshop Leader
Philip Jonah Logan Geller (they/them) is Jewish (Ashkenazi) and Red River Michif (Métis) with Logan, Dupuis, Vandal ancestors, and roots to the historic Métis community of Rooster Town. Philip is currently based in Winnipeg/Wînipêk (Treaty 1).
As a storyteller they have worked across Turtle Island as a performer, director, dramaturg, producer, clown, creator, and community worker with companies and festivals including Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts, National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre, Stratford Festival, Theatre YES, Gwaandak Theatre, Toronto Metropolitan University, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Citadel Theatre, and Paprika Theatre Festival. They are a graduate of the MFA directing program at York University and the BFA Acting Program at the University of Alberta.
Philip is the Co-Artistic Producer for Kiyanaan Indigenous Theatre Festival in Winnipeg, MB. They are creating new works in residency at The Theatre Centre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and as a part of the Playwrights Unit with Prairie Theatre Exchange and Manitoba Association of Playwrights. Their solo clown/trickster show who will save the night sky is currently touring Canada with stops in Ontario, Yukon, and Manitoba.