Meet this year’s finalists for the Siminovitch Prize, Canada’s highest valued theatre award.
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2026 Siminovitch Prize Finalists
Catherine Bourgeois
After studying directing and set design, Catherine Bourgeois co-founded Joe Jack et John in 2003, a company for which she has directed, designed and co-written fourteen works.
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop was founded back in the blustery winter of 1999, with the dreaded Y2K looming, on a ranch in southern Alberta – their first show opened in the bunkhouse to an audience of cowboys and Hutterites.
For over 20 years, Sherry J. Yoon and Jay Dodge have been making experiential, interdisciplinary works of theatre that reach beyond conventional stages.
Miriam Fernandes is the Co-Artistic Director of the Toronto-based international company Why Not Theatre. Having worked primarily as a creator and performer for over a decade, Miriam is now turning her focus toward directing.