Photo by Brad Payne

Emelia Symington Fedy is an actor, writer and co-artistic director of The Chop. Most recently, she was seen acting in The Voyageurettes, directed by Manon Beaudoin and in Sleep Tight with Theatre Melee. Upcoming for Emelia is her directorial debut in 2 Truths + 1 Lie = Proof for HIVE, and assistant directing Recovery for Rumble Productions. Emelia has worked with The Arts Club Theatre, Sunshine Theatre, Caravan Farm Theatre, GreenThumb Theatre and Axis. She is most proud of writing and performing in the highly successful ‘Patti Fedy’ trilogy. Emelia favors physically devising theatre using bouffon and clown training as her inspiration. Emelia is a graduate of Studio 58 and has furthered her training with John Turner (Mump and Smoot) and Karen Hines (Pochsy.)

Photo by Itai Erdal with mask by Melody Anderson from The Caravan Farm Theatre's production of "Horseplay"

Anita is a Vancouver-based director, actor and playwright. Most recently, she performed with her father in a theatre installation at HIVE entitled 2 Truths + 1 Lie = Proof, and before that in a workshop production of The Voyageurettes, directed by Manon Beaudoin. Recent directing credits include the re-mount of Naomi’s Road with the Vancouver Opera and co-directing Other People’s Pain at Studio 58 with Craig Hall. Anita has worked in different capacities with some of the city’s most exciting theatre companies including; The Electric Company, Rumble Productions, Touchstone Theatre, Green Thumb Theatre, Felix Culpa and Théâtre la Seixième. In 2005 she co-initiated the Riders’ Club, a group that performs public art on the transportation system. Anita spends most of her time as co-artistic director of The Chop with Emelia Symington Fedy. With The Chop she’s directed and co-written the award winning Patti Fedy in THE HUNT and Patty Fedy in Lovers’ Rock!.