Brianna Kahentanó’ron Montour

Kahentanó:ron Brianna Montour is a Kanien’kehà:ka theatre artist who grew up creating with friends at Kahnawá:ke’s Turtle Island Theatre. She began studying and pursuing theatre professionally to bring more opportunities to her community to tell stories and strengthen our connection to each other. Bri has diverse skills and interests in theatre design and management but is especially drawn to lighting design, programming, and technical work. Bri loves collaborating within teams that are passionate about process, healing, and inspiring change and disruption.

Credits:
Lighting Design: Verdigris, Salvage the Wrecked (NTS), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (JAC);
Production Manager: Government Inspector (NTS);
Head of Lighting: Trojan Kids, The Outhouse of Atreus (NTS), Where You Are (HVT);
Stage Manager: Once Upon A Mattress (JAC), Urinetown (Turtle Island Theatre);
ATD: Deadline; ATD/APM: Quiller, John & Beatrice (NTS);
Assistant Set/Props Design: Feather Gardens (HVT);
Co-Lighting/Set Design: Attached (MTL Fringe)

Bri is a graduate of John Abbott College’s Technical Theatre program and has learned from many wonderful teachers, coaches, and collaborators in and around her time at NTS, including Andrea Lundy, Noah Fever, Krista Jackson, Leigh Ann Vardy, Timothy Rodrigues, Kathryn Westoll, Crystal Laffoley, Lee Tucker, Taylor Cott, David Surette, Paul Chambers, Dean Fleming, Rob Denton, Troy Slocum, Katey Wattam, Barry Bilinsky, Ange Loft, Jimmy Blais, Kevin Saylor, Carolyn Murdoch, Kevin Conforti, Jesse Ash & Peter Vatsis.

Skills: ETC Eos, Vectorworks, Lightwright, Qlab, Reaper, Isadora, Adobe Suite, AutoCAD, scenic carpentry