weyni mengesha

artistic director, soulpepper

soulpepper’s new leaf starts with artistic director Weyni Mengesha, who is moving home from L.A. to take the gig, and adding some diversity atop the Toronto theatre scene. She has directed many iconic productions (Kim’s Convenience, ’da Kink in My Hair) and won the best production Dora for last year’s A Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 and 3). friends in high places: Measha Brueggergosman, d’bi.young anitafrika, Trey Anthony, Charles Officer and Ngozi Paul.