JAY NORTHCOTT IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST; DIRECTOR, PLAYWRIGHT, BURLESQUE DANCER, AND PRODUCER. JAY WORKS TO DECOLONIZE THEIR ART AND PRACTICE WITH STORYTELLING, MOVEMENT, AND GESTURE TO CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR THEIR WORK. THEY PUSH THEIR OWN BOUNDARIES BY REJECTION NOTIONS OF A ‘FINAL’ OR ‘POLISHED’ PROJECT AND FOCUS ON A LIVE-NESS BY CONTINUING TO DISCOVER THEIR OWN BIAS AS A THEATRE MAKER. THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND MAKE IT THEIR MISSION TO CONTINUE TO UNLIFT PROJECTS THAT PUT BIPOC QUEER ARTISTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT. THEY CONTINUE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY THAT IS RUN BY AND FOR RACIALIZED AND QUEER ARTIST. THEIR GOALS: TO MAKE YOU CRY AND PISS YOURSELF AT THE SAME TIME, AND TO BLEED, BREAK, GRIND, MAKE MONEY, FUCK, FIGHT AND BLOW SOME SHIT UP WITH THEIR POST-BRITNEY2007 (AFTER SHE SHAVED HER HAIR OFF) AESTHITIC. DIRECTING CREDITS INCLUDE: BLACKTOP SKY (OBSIDIAN THEARTE), PASSOVER (OBSIDIAN THEATRE, AD) SWEAT (ARTS CLUB & CITADEL THEATRE, AD), SCARLET LETTER (THEATRE CALGARY, AD), IPHIGENIA AND THEFURIES (SAGA COLLECTIF, AD), COWS (THEATRE JUNCTION)