
Angela Sun
Panelist: Facing Backlash
Angela Sun (She/ Her) is a Mad, Disabled, plus-size, first generation/settler actor, theatre artist, producer, equity consultant, educator, and arts administrator of East Asian descent. Her multidisciplinary, multilingual artistic practice focuses on cultural dissonance and mental health. She is also known for her advocacy for cultural diversity, size inclusivity, and access for the non-visibly Disabled community.
In her decade-plus career, Angela has worked with many arts organizations and theatre companies, including: Cahoots Theatre, Crossroads Theatre (previously Shakespeare In Action), Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Durham Art Gallery, Factory Theatre, Gardiner Museum, Museum of Toronto (previously Myseum of Toronto), Nightwood Theatre, Paprika Festival, Political Movement, Reel Asian Film Festival, ReDefine Arts, SummerWorks Festival, The Bentway, and The Toronto Fringe. She has written for CBC Arts and Mooney On Theatre, and has been engaged as a panelist/ speaker/ facilitator by Artists’ Legal Advice Services, Assembly Theatre, Generator, Labour in the Arts, National Theatre School, Ontario Presents, Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACTcon), and The Neighbourhood Organization. She has served as an adjudicator/ juror for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards, NTS DramaFest, and the Toronto Arts Council.
She is currently the Community Engagement Manager at Theatre Passe Muraille, and also serves on Workman Arts’ Member Advisory Council and on the Board of The Disability Collective. She is one of the founding members of the Madville Collective. She received the Patrick Conner Ticket Award in 2023.