Michie Mee, Actress & Rapper, performing with Timal Garnier, Artist & Rapper, and Dance Collective BBoyism/Crazy Smooth, GGPAA Show, June 8, 2024.
Photo: Sophimage 

Etta Fung, Soprano-aerialist (on the silks) & Miriam Khalil, Soprano, perform during the GGPAA Show, June 8, 2024. 
Photo: Sophimage 

Martin Short (Lifetime 2017), Paul Shaffer & Eugene Levy (Lifetime 2008) in the final act of the GGPAA Show in honour of laureate Andrea Martin (Screens & Voices, 2024)
Photo: George Pimentel Photography

 

 
































 

TODD Houseman (Kaskitew Asiniy)
2024 RBC EMERGING ARTIST AWARD Recipient

Photo by Maxime Côté
 

Todd Houseman (aka Kaskitew Asiniy) was chosen as the 2024 recipient of the RBC Emerging Artist Award in a selection process conducted by a committee of artistic leaders based on merit and impact on the community.

Todd is a graduate and current teacher at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. A player and instructor with Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre improv company for over a decade, he was awarded Alberta’s Best Actor at the Alberta Film and Television Awards (Rosies) in 2020. The following year, in 2021, he was awarded a position on the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation’s Top 30 Under 30 list in recognition of both his artistic and cultural facilitation work. 

He is currently working with Toronto’s Outside the March on his new play The Children of the Bear, which has been in development as a large-scale, immersive play. 

“Winning this prize makes me feel grateful, humbled, and complex. Throughout my career, I have felt a lot of imposter syndrome so it's sometimes difficult to accept a compliment. Also, with everything happening in the world right now I feel extremely privileged to be in this position; to be recognized for my artistic practice. I'm grateful for this recognition and I give thanks to all the people who came before me who forged this path that I am following. I only hope to make the most of this moment and this prize by continuing to make work that I think would make my ancestors proud. Kinanâskomitin ekwa hiy hiy.”
 
- Todd Houseman, RBC Emerging Artist Award recipient
 
Todd was nominated by the NAC’s Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre, Kevin Loring.

“Todd Houseman is an innovative artist whose work blends traditional and contemporary Indigenous narratives. Todd's exceptional talent, professionalism, dedication to his craft and commitment to using his platform to highlight Indigenous issues and inspire the next generation of artists makes him an exemplary choice for this prestigious award.”

- Kevin Loring, Artistic Director, NAC Indigenous Theatre