Amaka Umeh

Amaka Umeh

 
THEATRE
TWELFTH NIGHT Viola/Cesario Shakespeare by the Sea; Dir: Drew Douris O’Hara
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Queen of Hearts Shakespeare by the Sea; Dir: Jesse MacLean
**THREE SISTERS Igwe Soulpepper/Obsidian Theatre; Dir: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST Rosaline Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk
*/***SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD Styles/Buntu Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
FALL ON YOUR KNEES Rose/Doc Rose The Grand Theatre/National Arts Centre; Dir: Alisa Palmer
HAMLET Hamlet Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk
DEATH AND THE KING’S HORSEMAN Praise Singer Stratford Festival; Dir: Tawiah M’Carthy
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Helena/Flute/Moth Stratford Festival; Dir: Peter Pasyk
1851: 170 YEARS LATER Mary Ann Shadd Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Lisa Karen Cox
****MOBY: A WHALE OF A TALE Captain Ahab Art + Water; Dir: Alexandrea Montagnese
THE ITINERARY: PLAYTEST Performer Outside the March/Kick & Push Festival; Dir: Sébastien Heins/Mitchell Cushman
HILDA’S YARD Bobby Foster Festival; Dir: Jim Mezon
TOWARDS YOUTH: A PLAY ON RADICAL HOPE Ensemble Crow’s Theatre/Project: Humanity; Dir: Chris Abraham
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Abigail The Grand Theatre; Dir: Megan Watson
*****THE WOLVES Goalie Crow’s Theatre/Howland Company; Dir: Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Hermia Canadian Stage; Dir: Tanja Jacobs
ROMEO AND JULIET Sampson/Friar John Canadian Stage; Dir: Frank Cox-O’Connell
BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS Christa The Grand Theatre; Dir: Dennis Garnhum
TWELFTH NIGHT Viola/Cesario Classical Theatre Project; Dir: Jeremy Hutton
PETS Cat Shadowland Theatre; John Maize
PLUM BOMB Talysha Paprika Festival; Dir: Bilal Baig
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Spiker Young People’s Theatre; Dir: Nina Lee Aquino
SISTER ACT Deloris Van Cartier Lower Ossington Theatre; Dir: Tanisha Taitt
MUNSCH MASH Ensemble Solar Stage Children’s Theatre; Dir: M. John Kennedy
THE TEMPEST Ariel Hart House Theatre; Dir: Jeremy Hutton
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
*WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Individual (2024)
**WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (2024)
***WIN – Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award – Best Lead Performance in a Play
Peter Donaldson Award, Stratford Festival (2022)
Harry Jerome Award, Black Business & Professional Association – President’s Award (2022)
****WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble (2022)
*****WIN – Dora Mavor Moore Award – Outstanding Performance in a Feature Role (2019)
VOICEOVER & NARRATION
ILLUMINATED TEXTS Educator VO Stratford Festival; Dir: Rob Myles
COVID PROTOCOLS Narrator Stratford Festival; Dir: Michael Adams
BUTTER HONEY PIG BREAD Trailer VO Canada Reads/CBC
BUTTER HONEY PIG BREAD (Audiobook) Narrator ECW Press; Dir: Marcia Johnson
WORKSHOPS & READINGS
NOT ANOTHER NAKED Performer Stratford Festival; Dir: Syreeta Hector
RANSACKING TROY Electra/Artemis Stratford Festival; Dir: Jackie Maxwell
BLACK MASKS Totu Nightwood Theatre; Dir: Lisa Karen Cox
BUSH OF GHOSTS Performer Blue Bird Theatre Collective/Canadian Stage; Dir: Brad Cook/Tawiah M’Carthy
PENTHESILEA Performer Stratford Festival; Dir: ted witzel
WASP Wasp Harlot X/Nightswimming; Dir: Rhiannon Collett
FIFTEEN DOGS Performer Crow’s Theatre; Dir: Marie Farsi
ELIJAH Ariel Harold Green Jewish Theatre; Dir: Marie Farsi
FIRST DAY: BILOXI BLUES Roy Seldridge Talk is Free Theatre; Dir: Andrea Wasserman
FIRST DAY: BRIGHT LIGHTS Zoe Talk is Free Theatre; Dir: Kat Sandler
THE EFFEMINATES Thunda Effemine/

Liya Guerrero

Theatre Passe Muraille; Dir: Tawiah M’Carthy
OUR LADY OF THE SEA Performer @N@f@N@; Dir: Anand Rajaram
LIGHT Performer Tarragon Theatre; Dir: Rosa Laborde
INUKTITUT WAITING FOR GODOT Lucky Volcano Theatre; Dir: Ross Manson
CREATIVE TEAM
SWEETER Assistant Director Cahoots/Roseneath Theatre; Dir: Tanisha Taitt
DA KINK IN MY HAIR Dialect Coach Soulpepper Theatre; Dir: Weyni Mengesha
TRAINING
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATORY Stratford Festival (2019-2021)
FACTORY MECHANICALS (Actor Training Enhancement Program) Factory Theatre (2017-2018)
THEATRE ENTREPENEURS’ NETWORK & TRAINING Toronto Fringe (2015)
MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE DIPLOMA Randolph College (2012-2014)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Stage Combat, Cycling, Running, Bouldering; Dance: Hip-hop, Afro, Dancehall, Soca, Ballet, Jazz, Original Choreography

Singing: Contralto, Alto, Mezzo-Soprano; Piano (beginner), Ukulele (beginner); Accents: Jamaican, Nigerian (Igbo, Yoruba), South African, British (RP)

No demo reel available.