Jani Lauzon is a multiple award-winning actor/writer/director, a Juno nominated singer/songwriter and a Gemini Award-winning puppeteer. Her company, Paper Canoe Projects, was created to support production of her own work including: A Side of Dreams, I Call myself Princess, and Prophecy Fog. Previous writing includes: The Scrubbing Project, The Triple Truth and The Only Good Indian with Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. She has been a playwright-in-residence at Cahoots Theatre Projects and Factory Theatre. Residencies include: The Tracey Wright Global Archive at The Theatre Centre, Nightswimming Theatre, and The Barker Fairly Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. Jani was the Senior Playwright-in-Residence at the Banff Playwright Colony in April 2015.