JIG theatre company is a Toronto-based company, founded in 2015, with a mandate to develop and perform texts from found or verbatim sources. We have since expanded our mission to include remounts of rarely-performed play texts and storytelling.
Artistic Director - Jessica Gardiner
Jessica is a Toronto-based actor and director who has performed in academic and professional productions across Canada and in the UK.
Education: Diploma - Guildford School of Acting now at University of Surrey (Acting Stream) Guildford, Surrey, UK ; BAH in Theatre and Drama from Queen's University, Kingston Ontario; MA and Ph.D in Theatre and Drama from the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto.
Artistic Director: JIG theatre company; Little Red Hen; Co-Artistic Director - Stubborn Muses