Owen Carter

Owen Carter (they/them) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist, born and raised across the East Coast. 

Prior to coming to train at the National Theatre School of Canada, they worked professionally as an actor in both classical text and musical theatre with many theatre companies across Newfoundland including Terra Bruce Productions, Stephenville Theatre Festival, Untellable Movement Theatre, Resource Centre for the Arts, and three seasons with Perchance Theatre. 

Throughout their training, they have been challenged with a multitude of complex roles allowing them to expand on their range as an actor, from Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Victor in Yerma. They have also had the privilege of learning from Gregory Doran, Marla McLean, Graeme Somerville, Brad Cook, Tawiah M’Carthy and Thomas Morgan Jones. 

Their first play, puppy teeth.’ which revolves around age gap relationships and child loss in rural Newfoundland, is currently in development with support from ArtsNL, the National Theatre School’s Theatre Engaging Communities grant, and Untellable Movement Theatre. Through Untellable Movement Theatre, parts of the puppy teeth. script have been adapted into an upcoming virtual reality movement piece. 

They are excited to get back into the world, freshly armed with new skills from their time at NTS and driven by an incurable love for theatre. 

“The readiness is all”