Anita Rochon - teaching artist in the Acting and Directing programs

Anita Rochon (creator & producer) is a performance director primarily focused on the creation of new work. Since 2006, she’s been the Artistic Director of The Chop with Emelia Symington Fedy based on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, colonially known as Vancouver. The Chop has produced numerous new works and tours nationally and internationally.

Anita freelance directs in a range of styles from classical texts to documentary work to relational installations to contemporary dance. She collaborates with some of the country’s exceptional companies including Theatre Replacement, Electric Company Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Théâtre la Seizième, The Shaw Festival, Belfry Theatre, Vertigo Theatre, Globe Theatre and The Belfry Theatre. She has sat on the advisory committees for the Siminovitch Prize, Studio 58, Bard on the Beach and the National Transformation Project.

She mentors and directs at Studio 58 and the National Theatre School of Canada, and is an alum of both institutions. She was awarded the Ray Michal Prize for an Outstanding Body of Work by a New Director, the Siminovitch Protégé prize (awarded by Kim Collier) and a Mayor’s Arts Award (awarded by Donna Spencer).