Augusto Bitter (they/she/he) is a Venezuelan-born, Dora Award-winning performer, writer, facilitator, and producer for stage and screen based in Toronto. With artistic residencies at Factory Theatre, Canadian Stage, Aluna Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, and hub14, Augusto’s first play, CHICHO, is also a short film embarking on a festival circuit, while Reina, a dance-theatre hybrid, is in development with musician Y Josephine. Augusto participated in BIPOC TV & Film’s Kids TV Writing Intensive and has made audio- and video poems like Reina (in Isolation), cannibal, golden girl, and for this child I prayed with the support of TO Live, Toronto Queer Film Festival, Glad Day Lit, and Montréal Pride. Augusto has been an artist educator with Soulpepper and the Paprika Festival, and facilitates creative-writing workshops across the GTA with Story Planet.
Augusto Bitter
