Joylyn Secunda (They/Them)
Joylyn Secunda is an actor, dancer, singer, and puppeteer living on the stolen land of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, colonially known as Vancouver. They are a BFA Acting graduate from University of British-Columbia and have studied clown at the Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance and puppetry at the Banff Centre for the Arts. They have performed their solo physical comedy, The Moaning Yoni, 50 times in cities across Canada. Highlights from their recent tour include performing for audiences of 600 people at the Vancouver Island MusicFest, receiving a 5-star review in the Edmonton Journal, and having a sold-out run at the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Joylyn was selected for the Startle Reflex Residency with Tara Cheyenne Performance where they were mentored by Crystal Pite and Tiffany Tregarthen. When they aren’t performing, Joylyn leads community engaged theatre projects for seniors (Theatre Terrific and Arts & Health), teaches puppetry, physical theatre, and storytelling to school groups with Evergreen Cultural Centre and Théâtre la Seizième, and instructs yoga classes at various studios. They recently starred as Scrooge in A Wonderheads Christmas Carol.
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