The Whiteface Cabaret

My Name is Lady Vanessa y yo soy Caleña, Colombiana and I am a multi-disciplinary artist choosing to learn from as many mediums to get my messages across. I offer tools for self- healing and community engagement, building and accountability. I am the 2018 ‘Candian’ Individual poetry slam champion. I am a former youth mentor of “Newcomers are Lit”. I am playwright, author and performer of the play “Three Ladies” and co-creator of “Whiteface”. I am Founder of Sinergia, Fiesta y Resistencia and “Remix the Ritual”- A Hip Hop theatre collective. I am a crew member of “Los FreeRoosters” in Cali, Colombia. I am a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister, a lover, a neece, an auntie,a woman, a human, a future birth worker, a healer, a mentor, a student, an artist, a poet and a prophet always aiming to channel the message of loVe.

Todd Houseman is a Nehiyo (Cree) mixed-blood actor, improviser, and writer from Edmonton (Amiskwaci) and a recent graduate of the National Theatre School of canada. From 2009-2017 Todd was a senior performer and instructor with Rapid Fire Theatre. He is the co-creator and star (with Ben Gorodetsky) of Folk Lordz and the co-creator of the play Whiteface (with Lady Vanessa Cardona). Recently, Todd’s play The Children of the Bear was commissioned by Toronto’s Outside the March. At the 2020 Rosie awards, Todd received the award for Best performance by an Albertan Actor for his role in Whiteface the short film. This season at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Todd will star as Charlie in the Metis adaptation of Mary’s Wedding. In his free time, Todd enjoys building masks, forging knives, or being in the forests of western Alberta.