Merlin Simard (they/them) is a Franco-Ontarian, queer, trans-feminine performer, playwright, dramaturg and filmmaker originally from Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal) now based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Select theatre performance credits: Curious Voyage (Talk is Free Theatre/DLP), The Flick (Crow’s Theatre/Outside The March), Tape Escape (Outside The March), FEAR OF MEN ((Staged Reading) Assembly Theatre) and Gruesome Playground Injuries (Playground Productions) TV/Film: Grand Army (Netflix), This Life (CBC) Playwriting: FEAR OF MEN (in development at Theatre Passe-Muraille) and TRANSACTIONS co-written with Gabe Maharjan (in development at Buddies In Bad Times)