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Composer-lyricist, music producer, and music supervisor are just a few of the hats she has worn throughout the development of this project, which is also her first full-length original musical.

Ava Maria holds her BFA in Acting from UBC and is currently completing her ARCT in multiple disciplines. She is also an active director and actor in the theatre community, her most recent work including the sold-out original production INHUMAN/E with her non-profit The Harlequin Theatre Society and the role of Regan in Promethean Theatre’s King Lear. Her work as a musician has earned her numerous awards, including the City of North Vancouver’s Rise Up award and the gold medal for the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival’s Provincial Musical Theatre competition in 2021. She has composed music for projects such as Unmasked, which received its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, and Gruesome Playground Injuries. Linktr.ee/mccupcakesĪva Maria Safai (She/Her) is an accomplished singer-songwriter with over forty original songs in her published catalogue, the first of which was featured on Lifetime’s Dance Moms. Further achievements include having her level 8 RCM Voice, level 3 RCM Piano, not to mention this project! The Girl Next Door is an impactful piece with over 20 songs and a two-act script created with Ava Maria Safai on music. More recently during the first lockdown, she began co-producing and acting on Tabletop Tiddies, a queer and feminist dungeons and dragons podcast run entirely by marginalised genders, which is now entering into it’s third season. Further professional credits include playing Antonia, Ferdinand, and Stephano in Shakespeare Canada’s touring production of The Tempest, as well as previous credits with the Vancouver Opera and UK based dance company, Sirenscrossings. Upon graduating university, she got contracted to perform in the original musical Skis and Skates in Rossland BC, playing the lead “Cap” in this show about the first Canadian women's hockey tournament.

She is a graduate of Capilano University's musical theatre acting program, a podcaster, a playwright, and a classically trained singer. Sara Mayfield (She/Her) is a queer french-canadian artist based in Vancouver, BC.