KANIKA AMBROSE

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Kanika Ambrose is a playwright, librettist, screenwriter and mom. She is a recent graduate of Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Primetime TV Program (2022-2023). Her critically acclaimed play “our place,” was first produced by Cahoots Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille in November 2022 and received a Dora Mavor Moore Award in June 2023. Her children’s opera “Anansi and the Great Light” with composer Nick diBerardino and the students at Girard College premiered at Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia) in 2019. Her opera "Of the Sea" with composer Ian Cusson premiered at the Bluma Appel Theatre in March 2023, commissioned by Tapestry Opera and Obsidian Theatre Company. Other short works have premiered across North America including celebrated digital work “Tak-Tak-Shoo” with composer Rene Orth. OTHER THEATRE: Kanika has been in residences, festivals and programs including at Cahoots Theatre, Obsidian Theatre Company, Tapestry Opera, Musical Stage Company, Toronto Fringe, and Rhubarb Festival. OTHER: Kanika is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University and is Associate Artistic Director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company. She was featured as one of Cahoots Theatre Company’s 30 for 30 theatre makers for their 30th anniversary season.