Corey Payette

Corey Payette is proud of his Oji-Cree heritage from Northern Ontario. Corey has worked as a playwright, actor, composer, and director across Canada. He is the Artistic Director of Urban Ink Productions (Vancouver, BC), was the 2014-15 Artist-in-Residence with English Theatre at Canada's National Arts Centre, and the founder of Raven Theatre (Vancouver, BC) focusing on new works by Indigenous artists. As a playwright, Corey's work has been developed at the Vancouver Playhouse, the Firehall...See more

Corey Payette is proud of his Oji-Cree heritage from Northern Ontario. Corey has worked as a playwright, actor, composer, and director across Canada. He is the Artistic Director of Urban Ink Productions (Vancouver, BC), was the 2014-15 Artist-in-Residence with English Theatre at Canada's National Arts Centre, and the founder of Raven Theatre (Vancouver, BC) focusing on new works by Indigenous artists. As a playwright, Corey's work has been developed at the Vancouver Playhouse, the Firehall Arts Centre, Western Canada Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, Urban Ink Productions, Full Circle: First Nations Performance, and Raven Theatre. He is currently collaborating on an original musical Les Filles du Roi with Julie McIsaac, commissioned by Fugue Theatre. See less