Indigenous Artist

Kahentanó:ron Bri Montour is a theatre artist who grew up creating with friends at Kahnawà:ke’s Turtle Island Theatre. She began studying and pursuing theatre professionally to bring more opportunities to her community to tell stories and to strengthen our connection to each other. Bri has diverse skills and interests in theatre design and management, but is especially drawn to lighting design, programming and technical work. Bri loves collaborating within teams that are passionate about process, healing, and inspiring change and disruption.

Bri is a graduate of John Abbott College's Technical Theatre program and Production Design and Technical Arts, New Pathways at the National Theatre School of Canada and is an associate artist at Geordie Theatre.

Credits: Lighting Design: Verdigris, Salvage the Wrecked (NTS), A Midsummer Night's Dream (JAC); Lighting Design Associate: Jordan (Geordie), Assistant Lighting Design: Macbeth (NTS); Production Manager: Government Inspector (NTS); Head of Lighting: Trojan Kids, The Outhouse of Atreus (NTS), Where You Are (HVT); Stage Manager: Once Upon A Mattress (JAC), Urinetown (Turtle Island Theatre), ATD: Deadline; ATD/APM: Quiller, John & Beatrice (NTS), Assistant Set/Props Design: Feather Gardens (HVT), Co-Lighting/Set Design: Attached (MTL Fringe)

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

First Nations

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy