AMPD – York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

Our Alumni

Luke Reece is a theatre producer, playwright, spoken word poet and arts educator. He is the Producer for Obsidian Theatre, and a Member of the Toronto Poetry Project. Reece is one of Toronto’s most decorated slam poets, becoming the Toronto Poetry Slam (TPS) Grand Champion in 2017, winning the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word as the captain of the TPS team and then again in 2018 as the team coach.

Luke Reece Canadian Slam Poetry Champion; Producer, Obsidian Theatre Company; Co-founder & Director Little Black Afro and Dark Nights
Theatre BA '15

James Roy founded the Blyth Festival in 1975. It is one of the most successful Canadian theatre festivals. For a short period of time he was the Artistic Director the Belfry Theatre and the Manitoba Theatre Centre. He joined CBC Radio in 1990 and stayed in radio for over 20 years. He was the lead of the team that launched Radio One. He is now the president of Amazing Agency.

James Roy Founding Artistic Director of the Blyth Festival
Theatre BA 1974

Jillian Keiley is an award-winning theatre director, winning the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997. She founded Artistic Fraud in 1995 and became the Artistic Director of National Arts Centre English Theatre in 2012. Some of her productions have included A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, and Tartuffe. She frequently directs for the Stratford Festival.

Jillian Keiley Artistic Director of English Theatre at the National Arts Centre
Theatre BFA 1994

FilipiNEXT investigates the legacies, transformations, and aspirations of Filipinx people on Turtle Island

PhD Graduate Signy Lynch wins York University Barbara Godard Prize for Best Dissertation in Canadian studies

Professor Caitlin Fisher named president of Electronic Literature Organization

Apply Now