Matt Miwa

Bio

Matt Miwa is a theatre, performance and video artist based in Ottawa Ontario, where he works to build bridges and collaboration between cultural communities. Matt proudly serves on the board of the Ottawa Japanese Community Association and was the Executive Director of Les Prix Rideau Awards, a community building organization for Ottawa-Gatineau’s professional and co-lingual theatre community(ies).

For theatre, Matt is currently in residency with Ottawa’s undercurrents theatre festival in which he is writing and directing his new piece entitled, Bold Woman, Love! both a dream play and a modern retelling of Electra’s story.

Selected acting credits include 2nd Priest in Murder in the Cathedral (Third Wall Theatre); Jacob in Little Martyrs (Evolution Theatre); Swiss Cheese in Mother Courage (NAC-English Theatre); He in Someone`s Going to Come (Unicorn Theatre); and the Schmurz in The Empire Builders (Third Wall Theatre).