Tooska Vaghedi
Writer/Director/Producer
Tooska is a Vancouver based puppetry artist. She has her bachelors in puppetry and masters in animation from Tehran faculty of Fine arts. Her theatre credits include producing My little dream, Spanish Stories, Chehlgis, & The girl who morphed to a mouse. In her free time, Tooska loves writing and biking. Her favorite movie is Being John Malkovich.
Alex Shirdel
PERFORMER/PUPPETEER
Alex is an actor, singer, assistant director and puppeteer. He performed in shows like the book of theatre ( Divaan e Theatraal) , and Faust. Alex has his M.A in English literature from Iran. He loves watching movies, reading and hiking. In Mayor’s Dilemma, Alex will be playing Sam the mayor.
Sarvin Esmaeili
PERFORMER/PUPPETEER/ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Sarv/سروین is a bilingual multidisciplinary theater artist with a focus on acting and creating shows/spaces that support the collective healing practice of our community. Sarvin has written and performed shows at Rumble,Arts Club’s LEAP, Frank Theatre’s Telling it Bent & Zee Zee Theatre’s virtual humanity.
When سروین needs a break, they drum and dance at a full moon ceremony with their soul family. Currently, Sarv is a festival coordinator of Blackout Theatre’s STAND festival.In November, come check out a festival supporting immigrant and refugee artists. Sarvin is a graduate of Studio 58’s acting program. Sarv is very appreciative of the opportunity to work with many beautiful farsi-speaker artists.