Our Huddle
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2021-2022 Board Members
Staff
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Founders: Susan Bonnell; Alison Carr; Jenn Deon; Janet Edmonds; Natalie Falk; Jean Graham
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Jenn Deon (she/her) - Producing Artistic Director
Jenn is a freelance theatre artist who has worked in St. John’s since the early 90’s. With PerSIStence, she has directed Robert Chafe's Isle of Demons (2017) and Berni Stapleton's The Haunting of Margaret Duley (2019). As artistic director with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival from 1995-2015, she directed many of its productions over the years, including a female-driven production of The Taming of the Shrew (2014) and an all-female production of Much Ado About Nothing (2008). In 2013, Jenn was a recipient of a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her community involvement, and in 2018, the Woman of Distinction Award for Arts & Culture from the YWCA St. John's. Jenn was also a nominee for the 2020 Human Rights Award from the NL Human Rights Commission. She is a founder of and the producing artistic director with PerSIStence Theatre. Jenn is also a CHRC-trained facilitator of Respectful Workplace workshops for arts and non-profit organizations. More at jenndeon.ca.
Jenn is a freelance theatre artist who has worked in St. John’s since the early 90’s. With PerSIStence, she has directed Robert Chafe's Isle of Demons (2017) and Berni Stapleton's The Haunting of Margaret Duley (2019). As artistic director with the Shakespeare by the Sea Festival from 1995-2015, she directed many of its productions over the years, including a female-driven production of The Taming of the Shrew (2014) and an all-female production of Much Ado About Nothing (2008). In 2013, Jenn was a recipient of a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her community involvement, and in 2018, the Woman of Distinction Award for Arts & Culture from the YWCA St. John's. Jenn was also a nominee for the 2020 Human Rights Award from the NL Human Rights Commission. She is a founder of and the producing artistic director with PerSIStence Theatre. Jenn is also a CHRC-trained facilitator of Respectful Workplace workshops for arts and non-profit organizations. More at jenndeon.ca.
Tiffany Martin (she/her) - Project Coordinator
Tiffany has over twenty years of experience in arts administration and a lifetime of love and commitment to the St. John's arts community. She has worked for RCA, NIFCO, Pope Productions, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, and the St. John's International Women's Film Festival just to name a few. Tiffany is one of the most loyal, caring, and supportive co-workers anyone could ask for. She is tickled pink to be able to combine her love for the arts with her beliefs in social justice with Persistence Theatre Company!
Tiffany has over twenty years of experience in arts administration and a lifetime of love and commitment to the St. John's arts community. She has worked for RCA, NIFCO, Pope Productions, Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, and the St. John's International Women's Film Festival just to name a few. Tiffany is one of the most loyal, caring, and supportive co-workers anyone could ask for. She is tickled pink to be able to combine her love for the arts with her beliefs in social justice with Persistence Theatre Company!
Erika Squires (she/they) - Marketing Coordinator
Erika Squires is a theatre artist and arts administrator based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Erika holds a BA in English with a specialization in Theatre and Drama, and the Diploma in Film in Stage Technique from MUNL. In her graduating year she was honoured to receive the Dick Buehler Award for Theatre, the Geoff Seymour Sr. Memorial Bursary, and the Michael Cook Scholarship for excellence in her program. Selected acting credits include Horatio in Hamlet (Perchance Theatre), Brooke in Be More Chill (Best Kind Productions), and Constance in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (MUNL Drama). Erika's new play Baby is currently in development, with dramaturgy by Robert Chafe, and her play Hush recently premiered as a part of the Ladies Reading Room, produced by PerSIStence Theatre as a part of the Votes for Women 100 series.
Erika Squires is a theatre artist and arts administrator based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Erika holds a BA in English with a specialization in Theatre and Drama, and the Diploma in Film in Stage Technique from MUNL. In her graduating year she was honoured to receive the Dick Buehler Award for Theatre, the Geoff Seymour Sr. Memorial Bursary, and the Michael Cook Scholarship for excellence in her program. Selected acting credits include Horatio in Hamlet (Perchance Theatre), Brooke in Be More Chill (Best Kind Productions), and Constance in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) (MUNL Drama). Erika's new play Baby is currently in development, with dramaturgy by Robert Chafe, and her play Hush recently premiered as a part of the Ladies Reading Room, produced by PerSIStence Theatre as a part of the Votes for Women 100 series.
