John Wamsley is an Indigenous actor and
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Raised in Kitchener, Ontario, John's first on-stage role was as Pig Pen in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Although the house was empty, this is where John discovered a love for performing - leading him to enrol in the Theatre and Drama Studies program at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto.
John's selected credits include Richard II, Grand Magic, Love's Labour's Lost, 1939 (Stratford Festival), Timothy Findley's The Wars (The Grand Theatre), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare BASH'd), Spain (OPIA Theatre Collective), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Hart House Theatre). Outside of acting, John has worked as a Social Media Producer and Community Manager for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Pride Toronto, and Paprika Festival, and he recently completed the Social Media Marketing program at George Brown College Continuing Education. John is also the co-founder of the Toronto-based theatre company, Theatre Born Between. For professional inquiries, please contact Meagan Allison-Hancock at Play Management |
