Michaela Di Cesare

Michaela is a playwright-performer with a Master's Degree in Drama from the University of Toronto. As an actor, theatre credits include Gratitude by Oren (MainLine Theatre), A Bear Awake in Winter by Ali Joy Richardson (Next Stage Theatre Festival at Factory Theatre), Birds of a Feather (Roseneath Theatre), Urban Tales (Centaur Theatre/Urbi et Orbi), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Humber River Shakespeare) and State of Denial (Teesri Duniya Theatre). Michaela performed her one-woman show 8 Ways my Mother was Conceived in Toronto, Montreal, New York City, Ottawa, Hudson, Winnipeg and Stratford. Film & TV credits include The Bold Type, Mike, Fatal Vows, Psych Out, A Stranger in My Home, Sex & Ethnicity. Michaela wrote and performed in In Search of Mrs. Pirandello in the 2016 WildSide Festival (Centaur Theatre Company). Michaela's relationship with Centaur continued with a mainstage production of her play Successions in the 2017/2018 season (Outstanding New Text, METAs 2018). Her latest play Extra/Beautiful/U won first place (Pam Dunn Award) in the 2017 Write on Q competition presented by Infinitheatre.