Indigenous Artist

Dillan (He/They) is an Ojibwe storyteller from Garden River First Nation. He first trained at Sheridan's Musical Theatre program and holds a Masters degree in Musical Theatre Performance from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dillan was the Syd & Shirley Banks prize recipient (2020) and a of the recipients of the Musical Stage Company's Aubry Dan Fund for new musicals for The 7 Fires: A New Musical, where Dillan is the book writer. The 7 Fires also recently was selected for further development at the National Center For New Musicals. He was nominated for a Dora award for Outstanding performance by an Individual for his portrait of Hummingbird in the world premiere of Bentboy at YPT in Toronto. Dillan has a passion for telling his peoples/Indigenous stories from Turtle Island, whether that be in film/tv or Indigenizing the Musical Theatre industry! Select Credits. Film/TV: SkyMed(CBC); Run The Burbs(CBC); Murdoch Mysteries(CBC); Theatre: Starwalker - Eddie Starwalker (Urban Ink & Musical Stage Co); Bentboy - Hummingbird (Dora nomination) (YPT); Baapi Roho - Banks Prize Cabaret (Musical Stage Co); Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth - Rodney (Magnus Theatre); Children of God (Citadel, Segal Center, Western Canada Theatre, Urban Ink).

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

First Nations

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Ojibwe from Garden River First Nation