Moss Theatre Collective was formed in the spring of 2024 by Liz Best, Lori Delorme, Elizabeth Friesen, and Cassidy Sadler.
The collective is dedicated to promoting the work of Canadian playwrights at all stages of their careers, and to fostering the development and experience of emerging artists, designers, and production team members.
A symbol of renewal and resilience, moss is a problem solver within ecosystems. It plays a vital role in supporting and sustaining new growth. Like our namesake, MTC strives to cultivate rich creative communities and contribute to the vibrant ecology of Canadian theatre.
Liz Best
Liz is an actor, director, playwright, and producer. Recent acting credits include: The Children, Immaculate Emasculation, and I Love You More. Liz has directed at the Toronto Fringe Festival, FireWorks Festival, Marion Abbott Productions, and Toronto Queer Theatre Festival. Recent directing credits include: Better Living (Alumnae Theatre) and History of Visual Sources (FireWorks Festival). Liz is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada. Her plays have been performed at Alumnae Theatre, Palace Theatre, Kincardine Theatre Guild, and Curtain Club. Readings of her work have been done at PAL (Performing Arts Lodge), Target Theatre, Village Players, and 4th Line. Liz co-produced Tunnel At The End Of The Light for the Roland Gossage Foundation last year. Liz is one of the founding members of Moss Theatre Collective.
Lori Delorme
Lori is a Toronto-based director and producer. She is a co-founder of No Model Types Productions, and Just in a Bowl Productions, with whom she co-wrote and acted in two plays, Unsinkable and The Hungarian Suicide Duel, both performed as part of the Fringe Festival across Canada. Previously for Alumnae Theatre Company, Lori has directed The Children, Governing Ourselves, B to Z, and Belle Darling Klondike Queen, and co-produced Top Girls. She has acted as dramaturge for Scrambled Eggs (No Model Types), B to Z, and Belle Darling Klondike Queen (Alumnae). She is grateful to the fierce women of Moss Theatre Collective, for being such good engines and making it all happen!
Elizabeth Friesen
Elizabeth is a Toronto-based actor, singer, storyteller, playwright, director, and dramaturge. An out-of-the-box thinker, who enjoys creative collaboration and experimentation, she is always looking to expand her community of like-minded individuals. She is a founding member of Moss Theatre Collective, as well as an active member of Alumnae Theatre, the Village Playhouse, Haven Theatre, and ACT II Studio at TMU. Her most recent stage performances include lead roles in The Children, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and The Female of the Species, as well as performances in two Toronto Fringe Festival plays (Back to the Bar in 2023 and The Apartment in 2024). Upcoming productions include Shadows in the Nooks and an as yet unnamed solo production. Elizabeth is the loving mother of two incredible young people and eight frisky felines. She spends a good part of every day experimenting in the kitchen and picking cat hair off her clothing.
Cassidy Sadler
A director, actor and producer, Cassidy is passionate about new works, immersive experiences, and experimental theatre. She is a co-founder of Moss Theatre Collective, and Alumnae Theatre’s seasonal speakeasy cabaret, the Studio Open Mic. She is a company member of Live History, whose site-specific work can be seen internationally. Cassidy is the Associate Producer at Roseneath Theatre. Additional credits include: The Seqret City and The Curious Voyage (DopoLavoro Teatrale); Back to the Bar (Sidestreet Theatre/Toronto Fringe); A Tonic for Desperate Times (Theatre Gargantua); The Pride of Life and Mankind (Poculi Ludique Societas/Stan’s Cafe/Metropolitan Museum of Art). Upcoming: Bone Cage at Alumnae Theatre, November 2024.
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