Jani Lauzon is a 10 time Dora Mavor Moore nominated actress/writer/director, a three time Juno nominated singer/songwriter and a Gemini Award winning puppeteer. Her company Paper Canoe Projects was created to support production of her own work including: A Side of Dreams, I Call myself Princess, and Prophecy Fog. 

Previous writing includes: The Scrubbing Project, The Triple Truth and The Only Good Indian with Turtle Gals Performance Ensemble. She has been a Playwright in Resident at Cahoots Theatre Projects and  Factory Theatre. Residencies include: The Tracey Wright Global Archive at The Theatre Centre, Nightswimming Theatre and The Barker Fairly Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Fellowship. Jani was theSenior Playwright in Residence at the Banff Playwright Colony in April 2015. She is excited to work with long time collaborator Wayne Kelso as they dive into the world of storytelling using technology and AI.