FOR BAD HATS (DIRECTOR): Narnia / LIFE IN A BOX / PRINCESS FROWNSALOT / THE BIKE SHOw / Alice in wonderland (associate director)

FOR BAD HATS (PERFORMER): PETER PAN (PETER PAN) / PRINCESS FROWNSALOT (KORI - WORKSHOP PRODUCTION) / THE GOLD ONE (JANE) / ALICE IN WONDERLAND (TWEEDLE DEE / THE HARE)

FOR BAD HATS (WRITER): Narnia / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / PETER PAN / PRINCESS FROWNSALOT  / THE BIKE SHOW / THE GOLD ONE 

Fiona Sauder a Director, Writer, Performer, and Educator with a focus in original, multidisciplinary works.

They co-founded Bad Hats in 2015 to champion artists with an appetite for collaborative working models and stories that implore our curiosity. Both in the work she creates and facilitates, Fiona looks for ways to highlight the wisdom of our younger generations and offer it to the generations who have come before; as a gift, as a request, as a challenge. Fiona is committed to creating environments centred around play as an act of resistance.

Outside of Bad Hats, select directing credits include: Every Brilliant Thing (Orillia Opera House - upcoming); A Year With Frog and Toad (Capitol Theatre - upcoming); Bed and Breakfast (Orillia Opera House); Holiday Inn (Asst. Shaw Festival); Uncovered: The Music of ABBA / Uncovered: The Music Of Dolly Parton / Baapii Roho (Musical Stage Company); Afro-Peruana (Canadian Stage); Mamma Mia! / American Idiot / Les Miserable In Concert (YES Theatre). Select performance credits: Universal Childcare (Quote Unquote / Canadian Stage); La Bete (Soulpepper Theatre); Under The Stairs (Young People’s Theatre); The Fighting 61st (Blyth Festival); Othello; / Taming Of The Shrew (Driftwood Theatre). Fiona is a multiple Dora Mavor Moore Award winner and has been shortlisted for Gina’s Prize.