A reading by two QTBIPOC authors: Makram Ayache & C.E. Gatchalian.
Makram Ayache is a Lebanese-Canadian playwright, performer, educator and activist based in Tkaronto. His theatre work is currently concerned with amplifying historically marginalized voices. He creates culturally specific work that speaks in a Canadian context. His play, Harun, was developed at the Banff Centre’s Playwrights’ Lab in 2018 & was nominated for Best New Play (non-professional) by Broadway World Regional Awards.
Based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples (a.k.a. Vancouver), C.E. Gatchalian is the son of mixed-race settlers from Imus, Philippines & a queer-identified author, theatre-maker & producer. His plays have been produced on stages nationally & internationally. In 2013 he received the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, awarded annually by The Writers' Trust of Canada to an LGBT writer of merit. His memoir, Double Melancholy (Arsenal Pulp Press), will be released this spring.