Stage Manager

Ciaran Brenneman (they/them) is a queer stage manager grateful to be living and working in so-called "Toronto." Recent credits include: Stage Manager - Small Gods: The Musical Workshop (Factory Theatre); Apprentice Stage Manager - The Bidding War (Crow's Theatre), Come From Away (Mirvish Productions), Cowboy Tempest Cabaret/After The Rain workshops (Musical Stage Company/Canadian Stage), Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre/Musical Stage Company), Richard II (Stratford Festival), Fall On Your Knees (Canadian Stage).

Creator/Performer

Tony Chong is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal. A choreographer, dancer, performer, and creative director, his work spans dance, theatre, film, new media, and photography. He has performed and toured with many of the country's major companies. Tony was Artistic Assistant Director for Cirque du Soleil’s Totem and Co-Director of Le Groupe Dance Lab before launching the Collective RNTF with Carol Prieur. His film Revealing the Invisible is currently touring internationally. 

Co-Sound Designer & Composer

Deanna is a composer, sound designer, and violinist who has collaborated on over 150 productions across Canada, the US, and the UK. She is fascinated by the interaction of sound, neurochemistry, architecture, acoustics, and the impact of live performance. Recent credits: The Tempest (Jamie Lloyd Company/West End), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Mirvish/Neptune), The Darkest Dark (YPT); upcoming: Ransacking Troy (Stratford), London Road (National Theatre, UK), Love You Wrong Time (The Cultch). Film/TV: Gray, The Nature of Things, Relax I’m From the Future.
Awards: 2 Dora Awards (5 nominations), Pauline McGibbon Award, Canadian Screen Award (nomination).

Core Member & Production Supervisor

Lisa has been a vital part of bluemouth inc. since 2014, contributing to acclaimed productions like It Comes In Waves, Dance Marathon, and Cafe Sarajevo.With over 20 years of theatrical experience, her expertise spans stage management, producing, and teaching. Lisa is also a musician and currently serves as the Production Stage Manager for Come From Away in Toronto.

Creator/Performer

Erum Khan is a multidisciplinary artist exploring intersections of live performance and filmmaking. She co-created Generous Friend alongside Erin Brubacher, governed by the principle, “how things are made shapes what is made.” Erum holds an HBA from the University of Toronto

Scenographer & Technical Director

Patrick is delighted to be collaborating with Bluemouth Inc. once again.  He has had the great pleasure of working across Canada and touring Internationally.  Highlights include; The Edinburgh International Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Stratford Festival, Nova Scena in Prague, Ubumuntu Festival in Kigali, The Singapore Fringe Festival, and World Stage Design in Taipei.  He is the recipient of 4 Dora Awards for theatre design in both set and lighting, and a Toronto Theatre Critics award.goes here

Core Member/Creator/Performer

Mariel Marshall, an award-winning artist, specializes in immersive performance and participatory experiences. A recipient of the 2024-25 Chalmers Arts Fellowship, she explores the intersection of emerging technologies and live performance.
Mariel co-leads bluemouth inc. and serves on York University’s Dean’s Advisory Committee for the Faculty of Art, Media, Performance, and Design.

Video Designer

For more than 10 years, Jeremy has been involved in still photography, film, AR, projection, and sound works that ask unanswerable questions contending with, and relevant to, living in this world today.

Founding Member/Creator/Performer

Stephen O’Connell is a core and founding member of bluemouth inc. His works span film, performance, and dance, and he has worked with notable companies across the US and Canada, including Radix Theatre in Vancouver and the Wooster Group in New York. He co-created bluemouth’s internationally successful Dance Marathon and Cafe Sarajevo, an immersive performance utilizing live radio podcasting and 360 video technology. Stephen holds an MFA in interdisciplinary arts from Simon Fraser University and a BFA in dance from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Creator/Performer

Carol Prieur began her career with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. She became a member of COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD in 1995.

In 2003, Carol received an Interpretive Award at Toronto's Moving Pictures Festival of Dance on Film and Video for Cantique no 1, in 2010 Performer of the Year by the prestigious German magazine TANZ, and in 2014 Carol won the RQD Award for Best Performer at the Prix de la danse de Montréal.

Driven by an unquenchable thirst for dance, performance, research and creation. She has participated in the creation of choreographic works with several choreographers and collectives. Most recently, she collaborated with Bluemouth inc on the project "Elephant" and the collective Remember not to Forget for the co-collaboration of the solo "Invisible无形".

To this day, Carol continues to immerse herself in various independent projects with artists and creators from the Canadian and international artistic scene, as well as continuing to perform with Compagnie Marie Chouinard.

Founding Member/Creator/Performer

Lucy Simic, a founding member of bluemouth inc., is motivated by breaking traditional boundaries and exploring unconventional performance spaces. Over the past 25 years, she has created works that invite audiences into non-traditional spaces, challenging conventional theatre norms. Lucy has contributed to some of bluemouth’s most iconic works, including Dance Marathon, Something About a River, and Cafe Sarajevo. She continues to push performance practice boundaries with ELEPHANT and Lucy AI.

Co-Composer & Sound Operator

Michael Wanless (they/them) is a Dora-nominated sound designer and theatre artist based in Tkaronto. They are a graduate of the PDTA program at the National Theatre School of Canada and have worked professionally as a sound designer since 2013.
Recent projects include Joys and Splendors (Winterbird Arts), Hedda Gabler (Coal Mine Theatre), and producing/sound designing the narrative podcast The Rest is Electric.
Michael is particularly passionate about queer stories and those from marginalized and under-served communities.