Brefny Caribou (she/her) is a performer, writer, and educator of Cree/Irish-settler descent based in Tkaronto. Holding an MFA in Acting from York University she loves reimagining traditional theatrical practices, telling Indigenous stories, and making people giggle. As a performer she has worked in TV/film on Tallboyz  (CBC/Joanne), and Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount +/Isabelle) and in theatre across Turtle Island on projects such as The Tempest (Theatre Rusticle/Buddies in Bad Times),  Otîhêw  (Shakespeare in Action), and completed 3 seasons at the Stratford Festival in productions of  Little Women (Beth March),  All’s Well That Ends Well  (Solider, Understudy), and The Rez Sisters (Zhaboonigan Peterson). As a writer, she has developed her solo piece  Savage is a Word in the English Dictionary  with Aluna Theatre (Winter Artist’s Residency ‘21) and the Animikiig Creators Unit at Native Earth Performing Arts, as well as performing workshop presentations of the piece at their Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival, and was most recently featured at the Brave New Works Festival at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton, ON. Brefny is entering her 3rd year facilitating the Indigenous Arts Program at the Paprika Festival.