danica charlie
theatre artist
about
Danica Charlie (she/they) is a mixed Nuu-chah-nulth/settler & queer theatre artist and is a 2021 graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, where she attained her three-year Applied Performing Arts Diploma. She finished her education performing as part of the Company C Studio Ensemble.
She is a member of the Canadian Actor's Equity Association.
Danica endeavors to learn more about herself through Indigenous storytelling, and deconstructing colonial practices in the rehearsal room and onwards.
In every piece of work, Danica works to bring honesty and vulnerability, not only to the characters but as a human being. They value bringing kindness and empathy in the work space.
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As a performer, Danica has worked on the west coast with companies such as the Arts Club, Chemainus Theatre, Axis Theatre, the frank theatre, Kaleidoscope Theatre, and the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival to name a few.
She began dabbling in playwriting after finishing college, presenting a short piece at the Victoria Fringe Festival in 2022 through the support and mentorship of Intrepid Theatre and Yolanda Bonnell, followed by support through the Belfry Theatre and Native Earth Performing Arts' Animikiig Creators Unit. After taking a few years to focus on establishing her path in acting, Danica is looking forward to making a longer piece with the support of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre's New Voices program.
In her free time from creating on stage, Danica creates and sells handmade beadwork items, from earrings, to lanyards, necklaces, and bookmarks. For more information, go to her beading account on instagram: instagram.com/deadlydeerdesigns
Danica also works collaboratively with Extended Space Theatre, (a collective created in 2021 with some of their CCPA classmates) as an actor/writer/co-collaborator.
They are currently situated on the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, also known as 'Vancouver'.