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Open Air Performance Series: Kelsi James
KELSI JAMES
Open Air Performance Series
From July 7th – August 29th, 2025 join us for a free, 1-hour performance every Monday to Friday at 6PM as part of our Open Air Performance Series. By expanding our arts experiences into Town Centre Park, we hope these events will excite our patrons and introduce us to new faces and Lake Lafarge lovers alike. Grab your picnic basket and enjoy a free professional concert in the park!
The Evergreen Cultural Centre Society is supported by Port Coquitlam Community Foundation Theatre Society Legacy Fund.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Kelsi James (they/she) is a white queer and asexual theatre creator, producer and performer, who works most often from the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations, as well as from the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples (Tkarón:to/Toronto).
Kelsi has an honours degree in Musical Theatre Performance from Sheridan College, and a certificate in ASL & Deaf Studies from VCC. Kelsi has composed for Driftwood Theatre, Theatre Rusticle and Coquitlam Heritage, and has been a Creative Producer at Dreamwalker Dance since 2021.
They have been a featured performer at Vancouver Pride (twice!), and they annually produce a micro-festival for asexual and asexual-spectrum folks (Art For Ace Week). Kelsi has developed queer-centered work through programs at Paprika, Arts Club, Tarragon, Evergreen, Rumble, and the frank. Selected acting credits include Alice in Gertrude and Alice (United Players), Helena/Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Driftwood), and Alex in Catfish (Alley Theatre/rEvolver). Kelsi is honoured to have had their work performed nationally and internationally, in over 30 ‘Canadian’ cities, as well as in China and the Philippines. Kelsi is passionate about new work and its capacity for tender, human-to-human social change. She is the current Resident Curator at Up In The Air Theatre for rEvolver 2025 and 2026, and runs a monthly community choir at Morrow.
