Indigenous Artist

Jessica Carmichael is an artist of mixed Abénaki(non-status)/Euro heritage specializing in directing, dramaturgy, acting and creation. In her primary disclipine as a director she has worked recently with such companies as Canadian Stage (Hamlet, 2024), The Shaw Festival (The Clearing 2023), the National Theatre School of Canada (Middletown, 2023), Concordia University (Grief, 2023), Native Earth, Nightwood Theatre, New Harlem Productions (Embodying Power and Place- 4 short audio works, 2022), The Stratford Festival of Canada (The Rez Sisters, 2021), as well as three years with Carousel Players as their Artistic Director. Jessica is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting), the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art/Kings College London (MA Text & Performance Studies), the University of Alberta (MFA Directing) and studied with the Stratford Festival’s Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction (2014, 2016). Jessica is a tenured associate professor in the Theatre Department of Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke/Molian/Montréal where she lives with her daughter.

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

First Nations

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Mixed Abénaki (non-status) and European Heritage