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Colonel Vernon McRuffe | Newest Team Member
Colonel V McRuffe is an artist dedicated to explorations that make you exclaim “Good boy!” or “Awwww…….” or “Drop it!”
Paula Mayela Ramirez Sepulveda | Small Curiosity Artist
Paula Mayela is a Mexican writer-director who seeks to inspire and entertain through her work, leaving a lasting impact on cinema.
Natalia Bushnik | Small Curiosity Artist
Natalia Bushnik (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and Dora Mavor-Moore nominated playwright, as well as founder of Spindle Collective.
Ashley Chodat | Small Curiosity Artist
Ashley Chodat (she/her) is a playwright, dramaturg, director, teaching artist, and our latest Small Curiosity artist!
Roman Lacey | Small Curiosity Artist
Roman Lacey (he/they) is an openly Trans/Queer artist based in Yellowknife. He is also the creator of the clown character: Big Cow Trans Boy!
Lady Nova | Featured Artist
This Pride Month, we catch up with the shining superstar of Toronto – and Unwrap featured artist – Lady Nova!
Walter Rockett | Featured Dog
A Q+A with the newest addition to the Unwrap team. He is inimitable, distractible, very very cute and… a dog. Meet Walter Rockett!
Dreaming in Colour Program
The program for Dreaming in Colour – part of our 2024 Neighbourhood Series. An interactive performance for the whole family.
2023 Highlights
Take a look back at our successful 2023 season, featuring work by our incredible artists.
Michele Wilmot | Featured Artist
“I think life proceeds at its own pace. Sometimes we get stuck and have to be patient for either answers to come or new opportunities to present themselves to move forward.”
Wandering | Small Curiosities 2024
Part of Small Curiosities 2024, travel to a place where art is so plentiful it’s embedded in the sidewalks.
Twists | Small Curiosities 2024
Part of Small Curiosities 2024, Sasha L Henry explores her natural hair journey via a heartfelt and funny Ode to Black Hair.
Sasha L Henry | Featured Artist
“…I feel compelled to say the quiet parts out loud. I want to be a voice, a conduit, for the things so many of us feel and are scared to say or think about.”
Mini Movements | Small Curiosities 2023
Part of Small Curiosities 2023, a young dancer takes a small curiosity and dedicates herself to it. Through Mini Movements, she grows.
The Sun Will Rise Again | Small Curiosities 2023
Part of Small Curiosities 2023, The Sun Will Rise embraces the idea that the sun rises everyday.
Wonder | Small Curiosities 2023
Part of Small Curiosities 2023, “Wonder” is about the questions we ask to make sense of the world around us and find answers that satisfy us.
Catherine Duval-Russell | Featured Donor
“I hope that everyone will have the chance to express themselves through art, no matter how young or old they are, and that this will trigger in them some sympathy and appreciation for all artists.”
WEIGHTLESS Program
Check out the program for WEIGHTLESS: A Live Premiere.
Liv Arcangeli | Featured Artist
“I believe we spend most of our time thinking about the external aspects of ourselves that we often lose touch with our true essence of who we are.”
Rusty | Small Curiosities 2023
Ayesha Ahad sings a song to listen to when you’re feeling RUSTY.
Aveleigh Keller | Company Producer
“If I can make people laugh with joy, scream with terror, and cause a fight in the car ride home – I will be content and can die happy.”
Alten Wilmot; Artistic and Executive Director
“It is my dream that one day everyone in the world has access and interest in multiple works and mediums art that contribute to the multiple complex experiences they face as a human being.”
Edith Covach; Featured Artist
“I write music to close the gap between the music from the past and the complexities of modern music. Make it listener friendly!”
Grace Rockett; Associate Producer
“I have grown up my whole life being ‘the bigger kid’ and seeing larger figures on and off stage in the art world has really built my confidence.”
Beyond | Small Curiosities 2023
Part of Small Curiosities 2023, “BEYOND” explores the concept of art and its creation through the transformative media of makeup.
Rhiannon Hoover; Affiliate Artist
“I use drag as a vessel to practice everything I love doing, both on and off the stage, all at once.”
Synesthesia | Small Curiosities 2023
Synesthesia is a lighthearted portrayal of brain activity when dancing, painting, or when doing life.
Allison Ference; Featured Artist
“Creating allows me to get closer to and embody certain feelings without intellectualizing them.”
Kaleigh Murphy; Affiliate Artist
“… every time I choreograph something it gets embedded a bit deeper in my soul and body …”
Nick Boegel; Affiliate Artist
“[Theatre] offers a bridge between almost every artistic discipline, and it’s what I try to take advantage of in my own work.”
WISH Program
Check out the program for WISH: a Live Screening at the Apollo Cinema!
KEIRA TORRES
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KING SETHI
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PAUL MULLER
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BEN BAILEY
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Merry Christmas – Version 2020!
A Snoopy Christmas – Version 2020!
National Philanthropy Day
As the founder of Unwrap Theatre, I am writing to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for the members of our Unwrap family who contribute so much to our work, our artistry, and our very existence.
Jamie Murray
“THEATRE BRINGS COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEATRE TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE WATERLOO REGION TOGETHER AS IT HAS FOR MANY YEARS.”
Stephanie Graham
“Waterloo Region has incredible tech and insurance companies as well as amazing universities and colleges, but creating a healthy community must include art and culture.”
Sarah Nairne
“THEATRE FILLS PEOPLE IN SO MANY WAYS, EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY. PEOPLE DISCOVER THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES AFTER BEING ABLE TO SEE THEATRE OR HELP CONTRIBUTE IN INTERACTIVE SHOWS. IT HELPS US MEET EACH OTHER AT OUR NEEDS, USUALLY ONES THAT WE DON’T REALIZE. THE KIDS, THE PEOPLE HERE IN WATERLOO REGION? THEY NEED THAT.”
Jay McGill
“I am so thankful to have Waterloo in my DNA and am forever grateful for the community of artists there for shaping who I am today.”
BETHANY KOVARIK
“I BELIEVE WE ARE MOVING IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION; KW CREATING MORE ART AND LIVING THROUGH ART CREATES A DEEPER, MORE BEAUTIFUL, OPEN-EYED COMMUNITY.”
Announcing our 2020 Artists in Residence!
Rhiannon Hoover, Aveleigh Keller and Cameron Slipp
“UNWRAPPING” THE CONVENTIONS OF THEATRE
The Community Edition Interview