Mike Payette

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Mike Payette is a director, educator and actor and was born and raised in Montreal, QC.

FOR SOULPEPPER: Takwahiminana (Debut)

THEATRE: As an actor, Mike has worked with incredible companies across the country including The Citadel, Vertigo, Banff Centre, Geordie, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Repercussion Theatre, Segal Centre, Centaur, The Grand, Factory Theatre, Neptune, and the National Arts Centre, among others.  Selected directing credits: cockroach(曱甴), Come Home: The Legend of Daddy Hall, Craze, and Paint Me This House of Love (Tarragon), Blithe Spirit (Shaw Festival), Choir Boy (Canadian Stage/Arts Club Theatre), Harlem Duet (Black Theatre Workshop), Another Home Invasion (Tableau D’Hôte Theatre), Hosanna and Choir Boy (Centaur), Around the World in 80 Days (Geordie), Venus, Burning Vision and Indecent (National Theatre School), Sensitivity (Obsidian Theatre/CBC Gem, as part of 21 Black Futures), the French-language premiere of Héritage – A Raisin in the Sun (Théâtre Duceppe), along with the national tours of The Tashme Project (Tashme Prod/Centaur/Factory/Firehall) and Lorena Gale’s Angélique (BTW/Tableau D’Hôte/NAC/Factory/Obsidian).

OTHER: Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre; past Artistic and Executive Director of Geordie Productions (Montreal); two-time recipient of Montreal English Theatre Award (META) for Outstanding Directing. For W and Khy.