Keith Barker

Raised in: Kenora, ON /Based in: Toronto, ON

For the NAC: Death of a Chief (co-production with Native Earth Performing Arts).

Theatre: Keith is a Métis artist from Northwestern Ontario.  A graduate of the George Brown Theatre School, he is the former Artistic Associate at Native Earth Performing Arts.  He has been a company member for The Nearly World Famous Dufflebag Theatre for over nine years.  Theatre credits include Tombs of a Vanishing Indian (Red Diva/Native Earth); Jesus Chrysler (Praxis/Rhubarb); Homegrown (Aluna/Summerworks); The Making of St. Jerome (Next Stage Festival); Job’s Wife (New Harlem Productions/Summerworks); Autoshow (Convergence Theatre).  His first full-length play, The Hours That Remain, is slated for production in 2012.  He is honoured to be the writer in residence at Native Earth Performing Arts for the 2011/12 season.

Other: Keith would like to dedicate his performance to the memory of Marilyn Koop.