Cliff Cardinal
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| WRITING | ||
| Everyone I Love Has A Terrible Fate Befall Them | Playwright/Actor | VideoCabaret/Crowe’s Theatre |
| The Land Acknowledgment or William Shakespeare’s As You Like It: A Radical Retelling by Cliff Cardinal | Playwright/Actor | Playwrights Canada Press/ Appearances in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Quebec City, and Ottawa |
| Too Good To Be True | Playwright/Actor/Director | Playwrights Canada Press/ VideoCabaret |
| *Huff | Playwright/Actor | Playwrights Canada Press/ Appearances in Australia, Great Britain, and Washington, DC |
| **Stitch | Playwright | Playwrights Canada Press/ Native Earth Performing Arts |
| ***Cliff Cardinal’s CBC Special | Playwright/Actor | SummerWorks 2019 |
| THEATRE | ||
| Orestes | Orestes | Richard Rose/Tarragon Theatre |
| Theatre in the Bush | Ensemble | Ramshackle Theatre |
| Romanceship | Dave | Karin Randoja /Cutline Productions |
| The Berlin Blues | Andrew Kakina | Kim Blackwell /4th Line Theatre |
| Bluenose | Gnat | Luisa Appeloni/Magnus Theatre |
| Land of Trash | Carson | Luisa Appeloni /Magnus Theatre |
| The People of NYC Vs Peter Pan | Detective James Barrie | Herbie Barnes/Hamilton Fringe |
| Jumping Mouse | Bossy Mouse/Frog/Buffalo | Mario Crudo/Magnus Theatre |
| See-Saw | Adam | Herbie Barnes/Magnus Theatre |
| An Illustrated History of The Anishnabe | Adam | Herbie Barnes/MTYP |
| Toronto At Dreamer’s Rock | Keesic | Herbie Barnes/Magnus Theatre |
| Three Little Birds | Troy Cardinal | V. Stromberg/Workshop West Theatre |
| Are We There Yet? | Ensemble | J. Jameson/Saskatchewan Native Theatre |
| ****Tales of an Urban Indian | Simon | P. McDonald/Green Thumb Theatre |
| The Saskatchewan Rebellion | Wandering Spirit | Michael Hollingsworth/VideoCabaret |
| Schoolhouse | Russell Yellowlees | L. Cherniak/Blyth Theatre Festival |
| The Singing Shards | Nanabush | T. Nepinak/Manitoba Theatre for Young People |
| Coo-Coosh | Clarence | Ross McMillan/ Manitoba Theatre Projects |
| TransCanada | Boy | Yvette Nolan/ Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Freeman’s Wake | Frank Nadijnikaz | Yvette Nolan/ Native Earth Performing Arts |
| Savage | Gary | Yvette Nolan/ Native Earth |
| Improv Troup: Other Peoples Kids
Improv Troup: Tonto’s Nephews |
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| * The Lustrum Award, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Winner | ||
| RBC Emerging Playwright Award, Winner | ||
| Buddies in Bad Times Vanguard Award for Risk and Innovation, SummerWorks 2012, Winner | ||
| Dora Award for Outstanding New Play & Dora Award for Outstanding Male Performance, Winner | ||
| Amnesty International’s Freedom of Expression Award, Shortlisted | ||
| ** Theatre Passe Muraille’s Emerging Artist Award, SummerWorks 2011, Winner | ||
| *** Jon Kaplan Spotlight Award for Top Performance, SummerWorks 2019, Winner | ||
| **** Outstanding Performance in a Play for Young Audiences, The Jessie Richardson Memorial Theatre, Nominee | ||
| SELECTED FILM/TELEVISION/OTHER | ||
| Go Get Dad | Principal | Adam Garnet Jones/Big Soul Productions |
| Taking Pulse (2 episodes) | Principal | Jeff Dorn/Big Soul Productions |
| Future Nation | Principal | Kent Monkman/Big Soul Productions |
| Ice Breaker | Principal | CBC Radio Drama |
| Apples and Oranges | Narrator | NFB |
| Playwright in Residence at Video Cabaret | 2015- Present | |
| Albums: | ||
| CLIFF CARDINAL & THE SKY-LARKS – THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE | 2016 | |
| CLIFF CARDINAL & THE SKY-LARKS – GONNA BE FINE | 2020 | |
