Kitoko Mai

WRITER / ACTOR / ARTIST

BIOGRAPHY 

Kitoko Mai (Kit for short) is a Black, non-binary, disabled,  multidisciplinary artist with a penchant for developing socially conscious, poetic work that draws from lived experiences and dreams. Their work is rooted in anti-oppression, accessibility, and femme aesthetics. Their most recent work, in which they were a writer, lead performer, and co-producer, Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie, was selected for screening as part of the shorts program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Kitoko has also produced several independent theatre pieces and they currently have scripted and unscripted TV projects at different stages of development.

NOTABLE 

2023 - Thriving: A dissociated reverie (short film) selected for Sundance

2021- Promising Pen Prize recipient from Cahoots Theatre

2020 - CBC digital Content, Original Video Series: BIPOC University Guide

2020 - OAC recommender grant recipient (Tangled Arts, Buddies, Workman Arts, and 4th Line)

2020 - Canada Council of the Arts grant recipient for Messy: Black Femme Rage Musical

2020 - The Gilded Hammers recipient of The Groundbreaker: Emerging Artist Award

SELECT CREDITS 

Thriving (short film)

Virgin Twins

Almedia - The Glorious (play)

The Amy Project 

Whorearchy: Pilgrimage (play)

Frostbites Festival

WHITE (scenic poem)

Paprika Festival 

The Breath Between (play)

  The Amy Project 

Because I'm not a boy or a girl (scenic poem)

McMaster School of  the Arts