Theatre Born Between is a Toronto-based theatre company interested in creating work that focuses on bringing the inner emotional realities of the play and its characters to the surface - the seen and unseen. Our mission is to create a platform for diverse emerging artists from all communities to explore the boundaries of theatrical practice through a blending of styles such as movement, verbatim text and fantastical realism.

Bryn Kennedy
Co-Founder

Bryn Kennedy has been an actor ever since she can remember, but found her passion for directing in high school when she lead a production of ‘night Mother at the Sears Drama Festival, winning an Award of Excellence in Directing and Producing. Since then, Bryn has continued this journey, taking Directing with Richard Rose at Tarragon Theatre and as a member of Nightwood Theatre’s Young Innovators Unit. She is also an arts educator and is growing her experience as an arts administrator with companies such as SOULO Theatre, Rabbit in a Hat Productions, Binocular Theatre and Nightwood Theatre. Her directing credits include, Jean Anouilh’s Antigone (co-director Rachel VanDuzer, UTMDC), Overtones, Beneath the Bed (Erindale Fringe Festival), Happy Family (Toronto Fringe Festival), Selections from Vitals (Paprika Festival Directors’ Lab), Reasons to be Pretty (RTBP Collective), Vitals (Theatre Born Between) and A Bear Awake in Winter (Assistant Director, Canadian Stage Workshop and Next Stage Theatre Festival with Binocular Theatre). She is a graduate of the joint Theatre and Drama Studies Program at Sheridan College and University of Toronto earning an Acting Diploma and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree. Her special skills include baking, knitting and finding a way to mention her recent haircut in almost any situation.

John Wamsley
Co-Founder

John Wamsley is an Indigenous actor, dancer and social media producer raised in Kitchener, Ontario. His first on-stage role was as Pig Pen in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Although the house was empty, this is where John discovered a love for performing - leading him to enrol in the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto.

John's selected credits include Private Harris in Timothy Findley's The Wars (The Grand Theatre), Jared in Spain (OPIA Theatre Collective), Chip Tolentino in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Hart House Theatre), and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare BASH'd).

John is currently one of the Social Media Producers at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Social Media and Graphic Design Coordinator for Pride Toronto. John recently completed the Social Media Marketing program at George Brown College Continuing Education and is *trying* to get into long-distance running. It's not going well.