Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Biography
Cole Alvis (she\her) is a Turtle Mountain Michif (Métis) artist based in Tkarón:to with Chippewa, Irish & English ancestors. She is one of the leaders of lemonTree creations, manidoons collective, and AdHoc Assembly, and is on the board of the Dancers of Damelahamid.
Previously, Cole performed in Louis Riel (Canadian Opera Company & National Arts Centre), directed bug by Yolanda Bonnell (manidoons collective & Luminato), Lilies by Michel Marc Bouchard (lemonTree creations, Why Not Theatre & Buddies in Bad Times Theatre) codirected with Samantha Brown White Girls In Moccasins by Yolanda Bonnell (manidoons collective & Buddies In Bad Times Theatre), codirected with Michael Greyeyes the Indigenous opera double bill Two Odysseys: Pimooteewin / Gállábártnit (Signal Theatre, National Sami Theatre Beaivváš & Soundstreams), and was Executive Director of Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance a national arts service organization advocating for Indigenous artists.
Recently, she directed Salt Baby by Falen Johnson (Theatre Aquarius), a digital presentation of Toka by Indrit Kasapi (lemonTree creations & Theatre Passe Muraille), codirected with Yvette Nolan Three Fingers Back by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (lemonTree creations & Tarragon Theatre), and performed in You Used To Call Me Marie by Tai Amy Grauman (Savage Society, The Cultch & NAC Indigenous Theatre).
Next: Cole performs in The Eighth Fire: Parts I & II by Yolanda Bonnell (Animikii Creations). https://bio.site/ColeAlvis
Profile photo by: Diana Tyszko
Invitations
4th National Indigenous Theatre Forum, Brisbane Australia
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Playwrights Lab (50th)
Stratford Festival of Canada, Indigenous Directors Lab
McMaster University, Artist in Residence (inaugural)
Canadian Opera Company, Circle of Artists
Awards
Finalist for Ontario Arts Council (OAC) John Hirsch Award in Directing, OAC Pauline McGibbon Award (Directing), OAC Indigenous Arts Award, and Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award
Four Dora Award Nominations, One Awarded
Harold Award (House of Paul Bettis)