Chelsea Macdonald feels fortunate to work across multiple areas of theatre – as the Operations Manager for Theatre Replacement, an actor, independent theatre creator, Ops Coordinator for The Chop, and as President of the Board at Theatre Conspiracy. She graduated from SFU in 2011 with a BFA Honours in Theatre Performance and a love for experimental work. In her artistic life, Chelsea has had the pleasure of working as an actor with Radix Theatre (on two iterations of acclaimed immersive performance TBD), Theatre Replacement, Leaky Heaven Performance Society, United Players, rice and beans theatre, The Troika Collective, The Arts Club Actors Intensive, and others. She is a co-founder of experimental performance collective, O, o, o, o., with whom she has built and created a number of original works, and experimental staging’s of beloved scripts. She joined the Conspiracy Board after connecting with Tim, who had seen one of O, o, o, o’s earliest works and offered generous early career advice, and an invite to check out what Conspiracy and a non-profit Board was all about. That spirit of mentorship and openness has kept her deeply invested in the work of the company.

Conner Singh VanderBeek is a mixed Punjabi-Sikh and American musician, pedagogue, media artist, and PhD candidate in ethnomusicology based at the University of Michigan. Their research engages diversity policy in Canadian arts and its relationship to the commodification and tokenization of Punjabi-Canadian artists. Their pedagogy challenges the Western art music canon and examines musical expressions by minorities and diasporic communities in North America, including South Asians and African Americans. They also work as a composer, noise musician, pianist, and media artist, exploring narratives of diasporic cultural identity, political polarization, and trauma. They are trained in classical and jazz piano, Javanese Gamelan, and Hindustani music. VanderBeek holds a BA/BM dual-degree (‘15) from Northwestern University, where they studied composition, musicology, and South Asian studies. They also hold a MA in South Asian Studies from University of Michigan (‘21), where their thesis work interrogates the anachronistic construction of North American Sikh identity politics. In their spare time, VanderBeek enjoys learning new instruments, embroidering, weaving, and sewing stuffed animals.

Jen Moss is an audio producer and radio host with nearly 20 years of experience writing plays, newspaper articles, radio scripts, and new media documentaries. She has created award-winning content for CBC Radio and The National Film Board of Canada’s Digital Studio. An enthusiast for alternative storytelling, Jen has written and voiced dozens of audio documentaries Among them is her 2016 production for the CBC podcast Ideas, The Dream of Brother XII. It takes listeners on an captivating journey into the strange life of a cult leader who lived near Nanaimo, BC early in the twentieth century. She’s gotten her hands dirty with a number of award-winning digital interactive projects including Bear 71 (NFB Digital Studio), Seven Digital Deadly Sins (The Guardian), Hyperlocal (CBC), Life on Hold (Al Jazeera), and The Last Hunt (NFB). She takes great joy in passing her experience forward as a teacher of Creative Writing for New Media and Podcasting at UBC.

Quinn Harris is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School and is a public-sector lawyer in Toronto working primarily in the area of affordable housing. Originally from Vancouver, Quinn also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre with a specialization in directing from the University of Victoria, and spent four years working in the non-profit arts community in Vancouver as a producer and director. She is a former artistic associate at Theatre Conspiracy and directed the first English language translation of Heiner Muller's Macbeth: nach Shakespeare (co-commissioned and co-developed by Theatre Conspiracy and GasHeart Theatre), so she is thrilled to contribute to Theatre Conspiracy in a new way on the board. Previously, Quinn served on the board of Generator, a Toronto-based mentoring, teaching and innovation incubator for independent artists and producers.

Amy Stewart is a strategic thinker who brings a global perspective to her work and has a passion for working with different individuals and teams. Amy was born in South Africa, raised in Latin America and has been studying, working and living in Vancouver since 2007. Through Amy's journey around the world she has learned the importance and impact of community. In her current role, as a Residence Life Manager at the University of British Columbia, Amy builds effective teams who strive to create memorable experiences, a sense of belonging and a safe space for engagement and learning for their residents. Amy has always been a fan of the theatre and enjoys productions that showcase stories that foster learning through meaning conversations.