Daniel Chapman-Smith, Co-Founder & Executive Director
A Co-Founder of Project: Humanity, Daniel (he/him) has spearheaded clothing drives, eco events and Tokens4Change (with Youth Without Shelter). Daniel has been a lead producer on PH theatre productions. He has also developed and facilitated programming for youth in schools and shelters across the GTA.
As an actor, Daniel has appeared with Soulpepper, Burning Passions, Lonesome Crowded West and BLR Studios. His formal training was at Ryerson Theatre School, and the Claude Watson Arts program before that. Daniel also has a strong dance and music background.
Daniel’s non-professional passions include his family, ultimate frisbee and tango.
Contact: dan@projecthumanity.ca
Andrew Kushnir, Artistic Director
Andrew (he/him) is a Toronto-based playwright, actor, director, dramaturg, and community arts worker. He's been a member of Project: Humanity since 2009. Playwright of The Middle Place, Small Axe, and Wormwood, Andrew’s writing has been described as “more than dramatized social work.” A four-time Dora Award nominee (twice for writing, twice for performance), Andrew is a graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA Acting program as well as a Loran Scholar. In 2011, his play The Middle Place picked up the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Production. In 2013 he received the U of A’s Alumni Horizon Award in recognition of his verbatim theatre practice. Along with his work at Project: Humanity, he has held artistic roles at Crow's Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, and Tarragon Theatre. He is the inaugural recipient of the Shevchenko Foundation REACH residency prize.
Contact: andrew@projecthumanity.ca