Indigenous Artist

PJ Prudat --a Toronto-based, northern Saskatchewan-hailing, proud Métis actor-- is a writer of plays, poetry and creative fiction. As an artist, PJ is galvanized by the Indigenous perspective, experience and stories of this land. She is a Creator-In-Residence at Nightswimming Theatre and a RBC Resident Creator at Canadian Stage. PJ has performed as a company actor at both the National Arts Centre English Theatre and the Shaw Festival and has been fortunate enough as an artist, to tour shows extensively across the country, multiple times over. She is a former Playwright-in-Rez for Native Earth Performing Arts and a writer in the Natural Resources Creation Group at Factory Theatre. PJ is a recent nominee for the inaugural Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Award and a Laureate of the Reveal Indigenous Art Award. Her play Réunir (Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company), inspired by the Métis Résistance— was nominated for a SATAward (Outstanding Achievement in Playwrighting). Recently performed in: the Ministry of Grace (Belfry Theatre) and the Unnatural and Accidental Women (NAC-Indigenous Theatre). Kitatamihinâwâw.

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

Métis

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Direct ancestral roots to Métis Résistance of Batoche, Red River and around the Great Lakes and beyond.