TD Creators Unit

About

The TD Creators Unit is composed of poets, musicians, dancers, actors, directors, playwrights, designers and anyone who is interested in being part of a tight-knit creative team. The piece made by the TD Creators Unit can take any form the group envisions; this is a place to take artistic risks, experiment with ideas, and try things you’ve been imagining. The professional facilitator will guide the group in the creation of the entire project, from first ideas to opening night.  Your work is shared in the Paprika Festival May 16-26, 2019 at Aki Studio (Daniels Spectrum). This program is supported through Theatre Passe Muraille’s Industry Partnership with Paprika.

Artists

Mentor

Bilal Baig

Creators’ Unit Facilitator

Bilal Baig (they/them) is a queer, trans-feminine, Muslim playwright, performer and workshop facilitator. Bilal’s first play, Acha Bacha, had its world premiere in 2018 and was recently named a finalist for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. Bilal is a core team member at community-based organizations such as Story Planet and Paprika Festival, where they develop and facilitate workshops for youth in under-resourced neighbourhoods in Toronto focused on creative writing and literacy (Story Planet), and oversee the playwrights unit for young writers (Paprika). Bilal is the co-creator and lead of the Peabody Award-winning television series Sort Of.