Anais West

Anais (they/he) is a trans playwright, actor and producer, as well as a second-generation Polish settler on occupied xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) lands (colonially known as Vancouver, BC, Canada). Anais’ transdisciplinary plays include Underground Absolute Fiction (Rumble Theatre, Vancouver); Poly Queer Love Ballad (Queer Arts Festival, frank theatre and Zee Zee Theatre, Vancouver, and Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto); and The Café (Aphotic Theatre, ITSAZOO theatre and PuSh Festival, Vancouver). As an actor, they’ve performed with the National Arts Centre, Orange Noyée, Savage Society, Firehall Arts Centre, Théâtre La Seizième, and more. He has been nominated for two Jessies, including Outstanding Original Script, and was the 2023 winner of the Wildfire National Playwriting Competition for their play Tomboy (Chłopczyca). His writing was published in This is Beyond: A Time Capsule of Queer Experience (Playwrights Canada Press.)