
NEWS
Cam Girlfriend Season 2
May 2023
Kelsey starred as Sandra, a foot model with a lot to say. Catch her in episodes 3 and 6 of Cam Girlfriend S. 2, premiering soon on Youtube. Stay tuned!
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Gay Women's Channel
June 2022
Kelsey was featured in artist L.E.S.S.'s official music video, " 'Straight' Girl". It was released on the Gay Women Channel.
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Cabaret Series
Feb-May 2020
Kelsey has been cast in Faraway Theatre's Cabaret Series.
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If interested, email farawaytheatre@gmail.com as soon as possible to reserve tickets. Tickets are going fast, as there are only 40 tickets available for each show!
Check it out!

Clay and Paper
Summer 2019
Kelsey has been hired as part of Clay and Paper Theatre's summer company! Check her out at Dufferin Grove Park and other various locations around the city this summer!
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Concrete Cabaret
Mar 2019
Kelsey teamed up again with Passing Through Theatre! This time, she and Lily Sutherland are created and performed a short puppetry piece for Concrete Cabaret on March 21st, 2019. It was a continuation and exploration of Ephemeral Home.
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Story Gathering Workshop
Nov 2018
Kelsey was accepted into Fixt Point's Story Gathering workshop! She was able to learn how to produce high-quality, compelling audio stories, how to use the medium of audio storytelling to engage the community in meaningful ways.
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Check out her some of her audio work here.
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Beats+Intentions with Expect Theatre
Sept 2018
Kelsey has been hired to be part of Beats+Intentions, with Expect Theatre. As part of the program, Kelsey will be performing in Nuit Blanche 2018.

Toronto Fringe: TENT Program
July 2018
Kelsey has been accepted as a member of the Toronto Fringe Tent Program (Theatre Entrepreneurs Network and Training)!​
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Check out Urgent Exchange at Postscript, an event produced in help by the members of Tent!

YAC blog!
May 2018
As part of her duty on the Youth Advisory Council of Theatre Ontario, Kelsey wrote a blog! Check it out at http://theatreontario.blogspot.com/2018/05/yac-thoughts-from-youth-advisory.html

The Tenth Muse!
Dec 2017
Kelsey has been cast as part of The Tenth Muse with Filament Incubator! Stay tuned for more details!​

Theatre InspiraTO Reviews
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
"The blueShow was comprised of 6 incredibly written 10 minute plays about life, death and what it means to grow up. The performances were strong, the writing was on point and the themes resonated with me."
- Justin Borrow, staff writer for The Theatre Reader
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"(The Great Engine) Flipping between childhood fantasies of trains and the mystical to the flawed adults they became. The writing had delightful moments that were like a time machine to childhood."
- Mary-Margaret Scrimger, My Entertainment World

Theatre InspiraTO!
Jan 2017 - Jun 2017
Kelsey has just been accepted into Theatre InspiraTO's Director's Toolbox 2017! That means she will be directing one of the ten-minute plays that are part of the festival this year. Keep an eye out! Kelsey's play is called "The Great Engine". More details to come!

Moving to Toronto!
Sept 2016
Kelsey is moving to Toronto! She aims to visit all the museums, the parks and the cool shops within her first month. Feel free to contact her with any good suggestions of places she just can't miss!

Picton Gazette - Splinter In the Heart
10.08.2016
"Splinter in the Heart", the show that Kelsey assistant directed, was featured in an article in the Picton Gazette.
"The performance runs the gamut of emotions and it is made more believable by the versatility and range of the actors - something that can easily be brought to sight through the concept developed onstage by director Sarah Phillips."
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Article written by Adam Bramburger

Festival Players
Jun - Aug 2016
Kelsey has been hired to be part of Festival Players' Young Company! She will be performing in a new, made-for-the-county, original play called Tale of A Town - Prince Edward County, featuring stories from the mainstreets of Picton, Bloomfield and Wellington.

Ghost Light
September 2022
Kelsey was cast as the Ghost Guide in "Ghost Light", an immersive touring ghost play. It toured through J.C. Saddington Park in Port Credit, Missisauga.
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forward march festival
2022
Kelsey has once again rejoined her friends at Passing Through Theatre, in the new site-specific play "Why The River Sings" premiering at Toronto's Forward March Festival, taking place in Earlscourt Park.
This year's theme - Stand in the Place Where You Live.
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Hot Docs Podcast Festival
Kelsey has been accepted into the Hot Docs Podcast Career Accelerator at this year's upcoming Hot Docs Podcast Festival and Creator's Forum.
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She has also been accepted into the Pod Doctor Workshop with Mia Lobel, Executive Producer at Pushkin Industries.

"What You Didn't Learn in School" Panel
Apr 2019
Kelsey spoke as a panelist for Theatre Insomnia's panel: "What You Didn't Learn in School: Overcoming Challenges and Learning from Experience" on April 6th, 2019.
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She spoke of her experience in and out of school and the lessons she's learned from working in the industry since graduating school.

24hr Radio Challenge: February Blues
Feb 2019
Kelsey was a top five finalist and received honourable mention in CJRU's 24hr Radio Challenge for her audio piece entitled February Blues. She will be featured as part of CJRU's soundcloud, here.
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Kelsey was a zombie!
Sept 2018
Kelsey was cast as a zombie for this year's Fan Expo, promoting the upcoming release of Call of Duty's Black Ops 4. Check out her ghoulish stares here!

Hamilton Fringe: Ephemeral Home
July 2018
Kelsey is thrilled to be dramaturg and director for Passing Through theatre's production of "Ephemeral Home" playing at Hamilton Fringe, July 18th to July 29th!
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Check out this link for tickets!
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Inspirato 2018: All About Her
June 2018
Kelsey will be performing in the Red Show at Inspirato Festival 2018: All About Her. She will be playing Darcy in "The Inheritance".
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Check out this link for tickets!
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The Tenth Muse Review - Dec 2017
Kelsey was featured in Mooney on Theatre's review of The Tenth Muse.
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"Kelsey Dann, who was my favourite actor in the piece, was able to slide seamlessly between characters as Sappho’s girlfriend, young and grown daughter Cleïs, mother (also named Cleïs), an academic and elder of Lesbos. Dann brings a different energy and air that give depth and genuineness to each character."
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Check out link to read full review!
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https://www.mooneyontheatre.com/2017/12/11/review-the-tenth-muse-filament-incubator/

Summer Performances! Nerve and Liam: The Musical
Aug 2017
Kelsey will be performing in two productions at the end of August!
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Get your tickets for Nerve - http://baddogtheatre.com/calendar/
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Get your tickets to Liam the Musical -https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/liam-the-musical-tickets-36480795040

Theatre Gargantua's Emerging Artists Roundtable
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Kelsey has just been accepted into Theatre Gargantua's Emerging Artists Roundtable, giving her a chance to connect, learn and network with emerging and working artists in the Canadian Theatre industry!

Kelsey Dann in "Radio Project X"
Nov 2016
Kelsey has just been cast as part of Radio Project X! Shows will be Dec 15th, 16th and 17th!

Kelsey Dann on "99.3 FM, The Voice Of the County"
04.08.2016
Kelsey was recently interviewed on 99.3, The Voice Of the County. She was featured as part of "artscene" a live chat segment with artists about the happenings of the arts in Prince Edward County. Taking place during "County Grapevine" a daily magazine show that airs weekdays from noon to 1pm, Kelsey had the chance to speak about her experience as part of Festival Players' Young Company. She talked about her time performing "Tale of A Town - Prince Edward County" as well as her time spent working in the box office. She also spoke about Festival Players' "Splinter in the Heart" written by Dave Carley, adapted from poet Al Purdy's only novel. Kelsey had the opportunity to be Assistant Director for the production of "Splinter in the Heart".

Picton Gazette - Tale of a Town
21.07.2016
Kelsey was featured in an article in the Picton Gazette about her performance in Tale of A Town - Prince Edward County.
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"...(Festival Players Young Company members Chelsea Riesz and Kelsey Dann) introduced themselves through their own cheesy cute, over-the-top ditty about how they're moving to the county, bringing their trendy pastimes with them, sampling Chardonnay, and, of course, looking for their reservations at the Drake."
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"In a compelling mixture of media and live theatre, stories... came to life. Meanwhile, DiGeatano, Reisz, and Dann brought their stories to life on stage."
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"... production was a worthy entry highlighting the social fabric of this community as part of FiXt Point's cross-Canada dramatic scrapbook leading up to Canada's 150th anniversary next year."
Article written by Adam Bramburger
