Karen Jarowicz is the Creative Administrator for On Cue. She is an artist, writer, director, producer, educator and a dedicated arts administrator. Karen’s work as a performer has taken her from Saskatchewan to Vancouver, where she spent time touring and performing with Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding and directing sketch comedy in Vancouver nightclubs. Karen was a talent agent in Vancouver’s film and television industry and booked clients on projects such as Masters of Horror, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Psych, and X-Men. Karen is the former live announcer for the Pile O’ Bones Derby Club. In 2018, Karen directed Reginas’s premiere performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch .

Karen strives to support and amplify the work of artists whose voices have traditionally been ignored or dismissed. The arts can and should belong to all people; it is a significant invitation to participate in active social change.

Ann Kipling Brown is Professor Emerita in dance education in the Arts Education Program in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. She has worked extensively with children, youth and adults in dance teacher preparation, creative/modern dance, composition, and notation. She has also choreographed for theatre productions and continues her own work in performance and choreography. Her philosophy focuses on incorporating movement in education for a complete understanding of self, involving Laban Movement Analysis, a theoretical and experiential system, for the observation, description, performance, and interpretation of human movement.

Aren Okemaysim is an interdisciplinary performing artist with a professional background in theatre and in music. He is originally from Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation located in Treaty 6 territory and now lives in Treaty 4 Regina SK where he currently works with the Globe Theatre as a production staff member.

As a theatre artist, he has performed across Canada on stages such as Arts Club in Vancouver, Belfry Theatre in Victoria, Thousand Islands Playhouse in Ontario, Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, Caravan Farm Theatre in the Okanagan region and even at the Globe Theatre here in Regina. He is also a devised theatre collaborator, producer, sound designer, and audio technician.

Ibukun Fasunhan is a producer, stage manager, playwright, producer, and researcher. As a national/international artist whose works have graced different theatres globally in London, United Arab Emirates, and South Africa, amongst others, his interest spans the area of musical theatre, site-specific theatre, and children’s theatre. Before leaving Nigeria for Canada, he was one of the most sought-after stage managers in Nigeria. He was selected as one of the five African theatre producers to participate in the “Pan-African Creative Exchange Producers Lab” in South Africa and the “Playwright Virtual Lab” between 6 Nigerian and UK emerging playwrights.

Kathleen Irwin is Secretary for On Cue’s Steering Committee. She is a professional scenographer (Associated Designers of Canada), a site-specific producer and an internationally published academic. Formerly Associate Dean with the Faculty of MAP (U of R), she is now Professor Emerita and devoting her time to generating more opportunities for Regina artists—including a new performance space.

Mary Blackstone chairs On Cue’s Steering Committee. As Director of the Regina-based Centre for the Study of Script Development, she is a professional dramaturg specializing in the development of new dramatic work.  She is Professor Emerita in Theatre (U of R) and formerly the first Dean of Fine Arts (U of R), in which capacity she was responsible for securing funding for and building the Riddell Centre.

Pamela Uhrmann is an Emerging Artist Representative for On Cue’s Steering Committee. She holds a seat on the Diversity Committee for Theatre Saskatchewan Inc. She is also a former board member of Regina Summer Stage. For over a decade, she has acted and worked behind the scenes in a variety of performance venues in southeast Saskatchewan on Treaty 4 territory.