MATT HERTENDY
Matt is an Ottawa born and raised theatre creator, whose recent credits include playwright/performer of the Prix Rideau Award winning Outstanding New Creation Rideshares & Rope Swings for which he was also awarded the Prix Rideau Award for Emerging Artist of the Year. Matt’s work has been produced in Ottawa, Halifax and Philadelphia. Matt is a creator/producer of House Show which sold out it’s run at the 2017 Ottawa Fringe Festival.
MATTHEW VENNER
Matt is an Ottawa-born theatre creator and alumnus of Carleton University’s Drama Studies concentration. He has served as Artistic Director of Sock ’n’ Buskin Theatre Company, as Senior Producer of Ottawa’s Youth Infringement Festival, and he is passionate about providing new platforms for young, emerging artists. Recent credits include directing Rideshares & Rope Swings, which won Best Director at the Halifax Fringe Festival (2017), and the Prix Rideau Award for Outstanding New Creation (2016).