Director · Playwright
"A stunning reinterpretation of what 'verbatim' and 'documentary' theatre can mean."
Toronto Star, on Towards Youth
Andrew Kushnir is a Canadian playwright, director, performer, teacher, and community arts worker based in Toronto, and artistic director of the socially-engaged theatre company Project: Humanity.
Recent · Crow's Theatre, 2026
The Division
A gripping new work on identity, legacy, and the slyness of memory — a 19,000-kilometre journey through Ukraine and Europe in the shadow of an inherited timepiece and a family mythology. Written and directed by Andrew Kushnir; a Project: Humanity and Pyretic Productions production in association with Crow's Theatre.
Critic's Pick · "A stunning new play." — The Globe and Mail
★★★★★ "A gripping live investigation into memory and myth." — NEXT Magazine
Recognition
Named one of ten "Canadian Artists of the Year" by The Globe and Mail (2023). Recipient of the 2024 Dora Award for Outstanding Direction and the Toronto Theatre Critics' Award for Best Director of a Play for Bad Roads. Inaugural recipient of the Shevchenko Foundation REACH artist residency (2019).
About Andrew