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 (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
Shaneen (she/her), also known by the stage name Middle, is a Canadian artist, DJ, composer, and audio engineer from the city of Toronto. Shaneen has extensive knowledge in music production, having graduated with honours in 2018 from Canada's premier entertainment arts college, Metalworks Institute, as well as by getting involved in an array of community arts initiatives that have contributed greatly to her arts education. Shaneen is passionate about arts education and sharing insight on ways in which young creatives can begin navigating the music industry. She is keen on providing this support to youth embarking on their artistic journeys, with an emphasis on providing safe access to underserved BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth.
Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman (she/hers) is an artist, educator and activist and is thrilled to be back working with Project: Humanity! Sarah first worked for PH from 2009-2012 doing random jobs of all kinds - including but not limited to being a teaching artist in youth shelters, a high school tour coordinator, a commissioned playwright, and once ran a PH Gift Wrapping Station at Yorkdale Mall at Christmas time.
Since that time Sarah has primarily been based in Chicago working in storytelling. She spent 4 years on the literary team of Steppenwolf Theatre Company helping to see the fruition of 6 world premiere productions. As an educator, Sarah has worked as an adjunct professor of playwriting and script analysis at The University of Illinois – Chicago, in high schools and elementary schools, in summer camps, and prisons. For 5 years Sarah was the Director of Hearts to Art, a performing arts program for young people who have experienced the death of a parent.
Antonio (he/him) is an actor and arts facilitator , as well as a Co-Founder of Project: Humanity. Past credits include Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Canadian Stage), Jude in The Innocents, and Project: Humanity's The Middle Place. His experience as an arts and outreach facilitator has seen him work with youth groups from Soulpepper Theatre Company and Canadian Stage, as well as in various TDSB classrooms, most notably Bishop Strachan Academy, Havergal College, City Adult Learning Centre.
Antonio now resides on the West Coast.
Catherine (she/her) is an experienced arts outreach facilitator and has worked extensively with both marginalized communities as well as executive level business clientele. Catherine has experience in theatre production and not-for-profit business administration. She completed much of the transcription for The Middle Place and has been a major part of developing Project: Humanity's approach to interview transcription.
Catherine now resides on the West Coast.
