On Cue has evolved as a grassroots, community-driven organization with a hands-on group of volunteers who have invested their time to make a better financial and creative future for local performing artists—as well as the community.

OUR TEAM

  • Amber Phelps Bondaroff (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, musician, community organizer and settler living on Treaty 4 Territory (Regina) since 2012. Amber was Programming Director at Neutral Ground, Artist-Run Centre from 2017-2023 and is a co-founder and co-artistic director of Swamp Fest, an annual, community motivated music and arts festival in Regina. Amber has sat on numerous boards, including Common Weal Community Arts, ARCA (Artist Run Centers Association) and is currently the chair of the Heritage Neighbourhood Association, a neighbourhood she has called home since 2019.
    Amber received an MFA in Intermedia Arts from the University of Regina, in 2014 and a BFA in fine arts from NSCAD University, Halifax in 2007.

    Amber is passionate about supporting artists in their creative and professional projects, and looks forward to working with the local performing arts community, in this part-time, administrative role. 

  • On Cues’ Publicist, born in Salamanca, Mexico, mainly from a Basque and Catalán background. He has been doing photography and invested in the world of film since high school, where he created the first film club in his school’s history. He then graduated with a bachelor’s in communications from the Universidad Iberoamericana León in 2018. He has worked in many fields since then, including journalism, cultural events coverage for the Mexican government and marketing. Since University he has focused in doing documentary filmmaking, some of his work includes Piernas vs Cabezas (roughly translated to Legs vs heads) which centers on the corruption that permeates the landscape of Mexican professional soccer, as well as LOCAL STRANGERS, produced during an international exchange in the University of Regina on 2018. More currently he has held positions as Graduate Teacher Assistant at the University of Regina, as well as Photo Editor and Web Content Manager for Decolonizing Film Festival Research. He is currently a student in the MFA Film Production program at the University of Regina and is working on his latest project, Assembling the Shards, a participatory autoethnographic documentary work which centers on the topic of migration.

  • Jana is the film production manager intern for On Cue’s theatre performances. She is a director, project manager, stage manager and artist from Regina. She has a BFA in film production from the University of Regina. She has worked on multiple short films, documentaries and movies. She stage managed Sask Express’ “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” during the winter of 2024. As part of On Cue, she has taken stills for Inside the Creative Mind 2025, Femme Fest 2025, and filmed/edited our Riser Regina productions.

    She wants to help others bring their stories to life and have a record of their creativity.

  • Jacey Jacobs is On Cue’s intern accessibility coordinator. She graduated from the University of Regina with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance with an acting concentration in 2024. In 2023, she trained as an audio describer for film and theatre with Bonnie Barlow of B-Creative Audio Description. She has provided surtitles and/or audio description for The Spotted Cat and the Swallow Sinha as part of the 2023 Riser Regina season,  Breaking the Curse, City; or Stories and Bodies, Koping Mechanism, and (Re)member as part of the 2024 Riser Regina season, and Off Guard as part of the regular 2024 season.

  • nêhiyaw Fine Artist Sadi Rose ᓴᕀᑏ ᒥᐦᑯᑲᐧᓂᕀ Vaxvick. Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Sadi currently lives in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Sadi is registered on Ochapowace First Nation on Treaty Four Territory. Sadi has achieved her degree; Bachelor of Fine Arts specializing in Indigenous Art from the First Nations University of Canada in 2023. Sadi’s main work is painting with acrylic on canvas and drawing on a large scale. Sadi also beads, creates sculptures with Brazilian soapstone and wood. Sadi joined On Cue Performance Hub as the Indigenous Liaison helping build strong lasting relationships with Indigenous artists and organizations. Sadi has also helped curate and direct "Re-Creating Community Together" 2025 performance show.


OUR STEERING COMITTEE

  • 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.

  • Phyllis Littletent is a Two-Spirited Cree Indigenous Women from the Kawacatoose First Nations Reserve. She represents herself in a traditional way, practicing her culture and traditions by attending sweats, round dances and other ceremonies. Her family background is strongly traditional. She is the first female emcee in her family and has led many events including as Master of Ceremonies for The Kawacatoose Boyz Singers and Dance Troupe, a multi-generational family group that promotes healing through song and dance. She has traveled extensively, speaking and sharing a positive message to break down the barriers between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Her dedication to bringing families back together and guiding young people to a deeper understanding of their cultural identity has been widely recognized throughout the City of Regina. Her work promotes positivity and the determination needed to heal families broken by a darkened past. She works with the City of Regina sharing her knowledge and teachings as well as successfully running programs for the City, for example the Indigenous Youth Employment program, her very own Cultural healing program and her own agenda for youth after school /evening programs where culture is shared, each program having only positive outcomes. Phyllis and Her Mother Sandra Littletent created a program that involves healing with the community in North Central Parks in which they bring their family of singers and Hand drums, feed the community and heal together “North Central is where we need the most healing and we need to help guide our people back to the drums”.  Phyllis also helps others walk in truth and reconciliation. She does a lot of work with Residential school survivors.   The groups are known as the Regina survivor circle, The Circle of Allies as well the Archdiocese of Regina.  She advocates for Elders, as she continues to be guided by them. She also advocates for young people who struggle with self-confidence and identity issues. A volunteer parent coach with the Rancherlo Sports Venture Program for the past four years, she helps restore positive family values by spreading positivity and healing. In 2022, she was invited to be guest speaker for the Jays Care Foundation Gala, an award-winning program catering to children and youth facing barriers to success. As she continues to uplift and inspire others, her message is "we cannot change the past or forget what happened to our people but we can surely change the future by walking together, healing with one another, learning from each other and teaching our young people how to love respect and accept one another the way the creator always intended it.