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Danielle Ouellette

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A lover of all arts from a young age, Danielle was particularly drawn to the Theatre. Having attended a specialized high school with a Musical Theatre program, she now holds a BFA with Honours from York University's Theatre department, with specializations in Playwriting and Collective Creation.

Danielle has written and directed several of her own works, including Right and Convertsing, both one-act plays which debuted as part of PlayGround, Theatre @ York's annual showcase of student produced theatre. Upon graduating from York, Danielle and three of her peers; Jessamyn Needham, Natalia Goodwin and Rachael Griffith formed Showing Pink Productions. Based in Toronto, Showing Pink is a company that is dedicated to the production of feminist theatre and female-driven creation. Their first piece, Girls!Girls!Girls!, debuted in the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2003. Danielle served as actor, choreographer and co-writer of this piece. In 2004, she served as writer and lead actor for Showing Pink Productions: Insatiable, inspired by the journals of the late, great Anais Nin.

Danielle's independent work shows her love of using theatre as an educational tool and as a mode of social and political change. As a member of the New Democratic Party, she holds strong political opinions and these will often be incorporated into her work: Right is a one-act play focusing on the plight of two young activists in a post-Quebec City culture, while Not to Breathe a Word tells the story of an underground abortion doctor in the southern United States.

In addition to her plays, Danielle has currently completed her first poetry anthology, Post-Romantic Stress Disorder, a collection of love poetry from the trenches. She is currently working on a novel as well, tentatively entitled A Matter of Geography. All this, plus dabbling in other artistic fields such as Visual Art, keeps Danielle quite busy. Her current focus is Showing Pink’s newest collective and first full length play, tentatively titled The Sleeping Beauty Project.