Our Team
Kevin Jesuino | Artistic Director
Kevin Jesuino is a Vancouver-based queer Portuguese-Canadian artist working at the intersection of performance, dance, photography, and video, all within the context of participatory, socially engaged, and community-based practices. His work has been shown in performance and visual art venues, as well as in parking lots, street corners, public parks, back alleys, and DIY spaces across Canada and abroad. He views himself as a performer, sculptor, and co-conspirator, collaborating with diverse groups ranging from scientists and city planners to youth and mixed-ability communities.
Through orchestrated participatory actions, he responds to urgent themes of unseen histories, climate change, and the urban connection to the natural world. Deeply rooted in the labour of decolonization and equitable liberation, he utilizes movement, performance, and public interventions to invite participants into a playful, embodied exploration of complex social questions.Beyond his solo practice, he is a dedicated artistic director and community facilitator. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of Theatre Terrific, Canada's oldest inclusive and accessibility-focused theatre company, and is the Co-Artistic Director of TRAction, a settler and Indigenous co-led collective of performance and socially engaged art practitioners.
He holds an MFA in Contemporary Arts (Performance & Social Practice) from Simon Fraser University and is a proud graduate of the BFA in Interdisciplinary Performance program (Governor General's Award Recipient) at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus.
For more information about Kevin please visit www.kevinjesuino.com
Aaron Davis | Managing Director
Aaron S. Davis has worked for more than twenty years in British Columbia’s nonprofit and community sectors, leading programs and organizations that connect creativity, workforce development, and social impact. He joined Theatre Terrific after extensive experience guiding arts, employment, and social-enterprise initiatives across the province.
Aaron has managed programs for the Mission Community Skills Centre Society, the Small Scale Food Processor Association, and the Fraser Valley Artisans Food Hub. His work in these organizations focused on operations, planning, and building sustainable systems that help creative and community projects thrive. He has secured significant public and private funding, written multi-year business and marketing plans, and collaborated with boards, staff, and funders to strengthen long-term organizational capacity.
Alongside his management work, Aaron has served for nearly two decades in community theatre leadership. He has been President and Vice-President of Emerald Pig Theatrical Society, Marketing Director for Stage 43 Theatrical Society, and Co-Founder of Curious & Company Entertainment Society. Across these roles, he contributed to strategic planning, governance modernization, and public engagement that supported accessible local theatre throughout the Fraser Valley.
As Managing Director of Theatre Terrific, Aaron focuses on growth and opportunity, transparent operations, strong financial stewardship, and inclusive organizational practices that enable artists and audiences of all abilities to create and experience meaningful theatre. He continues to champion collaboration between the arts, education, and community sectors as a pathway to connection and shared learning.
Emily Grace Brook | Artistic and Administrative Coordinator
Emily Grace Brook is a writer, actor, and researcher who, thanks to the BC Arts Council's Early Career Development Grant, is now working with Theatre Terrific as Artistic and Administrative Coordinator. Emily is a graduate from the Vancouver Film School’s Writing for Film and Television program, and the Realwheels Academy. She brings with her a wealth of experience.
Sara van Gaalen | Production Manager
Sara van Gaalen (they/she) is a neurodivergent “Vancouver”- based interdisciplinary artist focused on performance creation and production. They hold their BFA in Theatre & Performance from SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts. Notable credits includes creating and performing in undone (Live Acts 2026), stage managing The Last Resort (Dreamqueen Immersive 2026), production managing Bricolage…within reach (Erika Latta 2025), performing in Eyes of The Beast (Neworld Theatre, 2025), and production managing and performing in SCA Candy Van (rEvolver, 2025). When making work they are particularly interested in bodies, duration, and subversiveness. She is so excited to be taking on the role of Theatre Terrific’s Production Manager and is thrilled to be included in the terrificness!
Advah Soudack | Facilitator
Advah is a Vancouver-based actor, voice over artist, and singer. She is a proud
graduate of the University of Alberta’s BFA acting program where she completed her
studies with honourable recognition. Over the years, Advah has worked as an acting
teacher in a variety of educational settings. She has taught improv and playback theatre
to teens and adults, worked as an acting coach for Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance musical
theatre camp where she also created a program focusing on and helping kids and teens
with auditioning skills and preparation techniques, and has had the privilege of coaching
one-on-one to prepare individuals for major public speaking events.
Selected theatre credits: The Animal Kingdom (The Cultch Lab), A Midsummer Night’s
Dream and Henry V (Bard on the Beach), Courage Now (Firehall Arts Centre) and
Stuart Little (Carousel Theatre). Selected screen credits: Fire Country, Blockbuster and
Love, Lights, Hanukkah. Selected animation credits: Lego Friends, My Little Pony, and
Beyblade Burst Evolution.
Sara Holt | Facilitator
Susanna Uchatius | Artistic Director Emeritus
Susanna Uchatius was the Artistic Director Theatre Terrific between 2005–2023. She has worked for over 35 years directing, writing, acting and teaching theatre. Her theatre BFA is from SFU School for Contemporary Arts, voice at the Banff Centre for the Arts with Richard Armstrong, the UBC National Voice Intensive, and work with Anne Bogart of Siti Theatre NY to name a few. She is an Equity, CAEA member and also a member of IFTR (International Federation of Theatre Research). Susanna has been the Artistic Director of Theatre Terrific, Western Canada’s longest running inclusive theatre company for artists of all abilities in Vancouver, since 2005. She has written, directed and collaboratively developed over 22 professional, community and site-specific productions. She has pioneered an accessible respectful, rigorous and risk-taking theatre ensemble process, that collaboratively includes Equity and emerging actors of all abilities in the creation of high quality productions that take on universal human issues. Professional productions include, Naked Oranges, doGs, Dirty White, The Secret Son, The Glass Box, Egni’s Eye, I Love Mondays, HELLO and Being With: ELDERS. Vancouver Fringe Festival productions include All Sorts, Waiting for Go., Slowrunning, workin’,Ugly, Wordwear, Pantaloon’s Pawnshop, A Truck Full of Chickens, Portraits, Stuffed, Breath-Ahhh and also site specific works with large puppetry such as BEING ANIMAL and Hidden Stories; which were also performed in the Heart of the City Festival. Partnering with Vancouver Parks Board, Susanna collaboratively directed and wrote the large cast site specific musical works The Bread Project and WATER. She directed the groundbreaking DTES Opera Condemned for the Heart of the City Festival. She received the Nightswimming Pure Research Award for voice exploration, Metro Vancouver Inclusion Through Innovation Award and the company was nominated for a Jessie for Vancouver NOW 2016 “For persistent and ongoing commitment to inclusive casting and creative processes.” Theatre Terrific’s professional production of The Glass Box was published in Playwrights Canada Press and scenes from Egni’s Eye were juried to perform in the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick. Susanna continues to collaboratively create inclusive theatre that supports the voices, unique perceptions and stories of humanity in all it’s diverse mosaic wonder.