Bio:

Brett Dahl (they/them) is a queer, Métis, and gender-non conforming non-binary theatre artist based in Alberta, often working between Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), Mohkinstsis (Calgary), and Sikoohkotoki (Lethbridge/Blackfoot Territory).

Primarily a director, writer, and actor, Brett also works as a dramaturg, teacher, producer, administrator and drag performer. They have worked with theatre organizations across Canada and is currently the Artistic Director of Theatre Outré, Southern Alberta’s only queer theatre. Brett also hosts and curates the pop-up queer cabaret Sissy Fit. They focus on reclaiming, revisiting, and reimagining classical texts through a modern lens as well as developing new work. 

Brett is the proud recipient of the 2018 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award and the 2020 RBC Emerging Artist Cultural Leader in Calgary Award. Brett holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing and a BFA in Acting from the University of Alberta.

Recent directing credits include: Is My Microphone On? (Citadel Theatre Young Company); Troilus & Cressida (Studio Theatre); Strange/Familiar (Theatre Outré); Hecuba (University of Alberta); Pretty Ugly (Alberta Queer Calendar Project/Cardiac Theatre). And the assistant director to Jackie Maxwell on The Importance of Being Earnest (The Citadel Theatre). Selected acting credits include: The Hooves Belonged to the Deer (In Arms Collective - Sterling Nomination); The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, (FreeWill Shakespeare); A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); Like Orpheus (OUTstages, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Theatre Outré); King Lear, Twelfth Night (Canadian Stage); The Circle (Alberta Theatre Projects); All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Company); and A Thought in Three Parts (Theatre Outré). Upcoming: Creator/Performer of Sissy Fit: Battle Cry (Expanse Festival); Choreographer on Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Theatre Outré); Assistant Director on Little Women (The Citadel Theatre); and Director of The Doorstep Plays (Theatre YES)