CV

Jillian Wakarchuk

Education

  • B.A.H. – Interpretation ASL-English | George Brown College, Toronto ON | 2017-2021
  • Certificate – American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Studies | George Brown College, Toronto ON | 2016-2017
  • B.A.H. – Stage & Screen (Film & Drama) | Queen’s University, Kingston ON | 2012-2016

Arts & Culture Administration

  • Haunted Walk – Administrator | 2017-Present
  • Summoning Circle Press [zine publishing] – Social Media & Campaign Manager | 2020-Present
  • Many Realms [podcast] – Social Media Director & Guest Liaison | 2019-2022
  • Damage Camp [Dames Making Games] – Project Coordinator | 2021
  • Damage Labs [Dames Making Games] – Outreach and Social Media Coordinator | 2020
  • Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf – Administrative Assistant | 2019
  • Haunted Walk – Social Media and Marketing Assistant | 2018
  • T.O. WebFest – Community Manager | 2016-2017
  • Barefoot Players (theatre company) – Administrator |2014-2015

Writing/Editing

  • “Abstraction Adjectives” | Splat 3 | 2022
  • Splat 3: Touched | Editor | 2022
  • Splat 2: Adventures in Cyberspace | Editor | 2021
  • Splat 1: Perspectives on Play | Editor | 2020
  • “From All Sides” | Skill Points Zine | 2019

Audio

  • Many Realms Podcast – Actor, Editor, Producer | 2019-2022

Teaching

  • SKETCH arts | Program Instructor |2019

Game Projects

  • Patch Me Up (DMG Killing CyberPunk Jam Showcase) – Narrative and Wearable Controller Designer with Sebastian Pines and Jesse Gazic | 2019
  • Night of Four Houses (Hand Eye Society Ball) – Narrative Designer | 2018
  • Bubble Trouble (Damage Camp 2017, It’s Gonna Stick) – Creator with Jesse Gazic | 2017
  • It’s For Melody (“What Can I Get You?” Anthology, Wordplay 2018) – Writer/Designer | 2017
  • Holiday Hell (Dames Making Games Holiday Showcase) – Writer/Designer | 2016
  • Crystal Witch Cyber Jams – Lead Writer, 2D artist, with Jesse Gazic and Jordyn Stern | 2016
  • Power Hungry – Creator with Jesse Gazic | 2016
  • Inertia – Writer with Jesse Gazic | 2016

Theatre

  • Bro Diaries by Mackenzie Parrot (Fishbar Productions @ Toronto Fringe 2018) – Costume Designer, Head of Wardrobe | 2018
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Queen’s University) – Costume Designer | 2016
  • Power Play by Jesse Gazic (Drama Studio Series) – Director | 2015
  • Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill (Staged Reading) – Front of House | 2015
  • Legacy (Colliding Scopes Theatre) – Costumer Designer, Head of Wardrobe | 2015
  • All the Stage is a World adapted from Shakespeare by Kim Renders (Barefoot Players) – Performer | 2015
  • If We Were Birds by Erin Shields (Queen’s University) – Head of Wardrobe | 2015
  • Rungs on the Ladder (STSC309) – Collective Member | 2014
  • Dream a Little Dream adapted from Shakespeare by Kim Renders (Barefoot Players) – Performer | 2014
  • Down There (ASUS Equity) – Stage Manager | 2014
  • Almost, Maine by John Cariani (5th Company Lane) – Head of Wardrobe | 2014
  • Redacted by Emma Bolf (Staged Reading) – Director | 2014
  • Heartwood by Jillian Wakarchuk (Staged Reading) – Playwright | 2014
  • Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht (Queen’s University) – Wardrobe crew | 2013
  • Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice (Blue Canoe) – Assistant Stage Manager | 2013
  • Vogt B (Vogt Studios) – Assistant Stage Manager | 2013

Volunteering

  • Dames Making Games – Volunteer | 2016-present
  • BreakoutCon – Game Master, Volunteer | 2019
  • Hand Eye Society – Volunteer | 2016-2019
  • T.O. WebFest – Volunteer | 2016-2018
  • Shakespeare in the Ruff – Volunteer | 2016
  • Toronto Fringe Festival – Volunteer | 2016
  • Arts in the Parks – Volunteer | 2016