Avery-Jean Brennan

Avery-Jean is an award winning Transfeminine actor, director, music director, teacher, and playwright born in Kjipuktuk, now based in Tkaronto. Over the past five years, they have facilitated workshops on Trans Inclusive Practices in the Arts, which they have led for professional arts organizations across Canada, such as Young People’s Theatre, the Associated Designers of Canada, and the Stratford Festival. In 2020, they were nominated for the Bra d’Or Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada for their advocacy work for gender parity in live theatre. Avery-Jean's first original musical, The Pansy Craze, was the recipient of Queer Theatre Toronto's inaugural LGBTQ Fringe Award for pushing boundaries in representation for Queer & Trans characters in musical theatre. Avery-Jean's work focuses on creating opportunities for queer & trans artists in plays & musicals, onstage & off. Their artistic mandate is to explore the extraordinary in the mundane to create healing, community building experiences that feel like a warm cup of tea with which to fuel a revolution.