Sharon Shorty
 Storyteller & Performer
 
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History of Gramma Susie
and Cash Creek Charlie

Sharon Shorty and Duane Aucoin

Gramma Susie performing with Duane Ghastant' Aucoin playing Cash Creek Charlie.
 

Duane Ghastant’ Aucoin

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Box 7, Teslin, Yukon Y0A 1B0         867.334.5970

 dga@northwestel.net

http://www.myspace.com/dgaproductions

 

 

Height:                   6’2”                                                                                         Hair:       Black

Weight:                  190 lbs                                                                                    Eyes:       Brown/Green

 

 

FILM/VIDEO/WEB

The End                                                  Video                                                        2006 Toronto imagineNATIVE Film Festival

Chez D’s                                                 Lead Actor                                               Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

Children of the Rainbow                      Lead Actor                                               Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

 

TELEVISION

IMAGeNation Commercial                  Lead Male Actor                                      Reel Warriors Prod: APTN, CITY TV

Susie & Charlie at KFC                     Cash Creek Charlie                                 Beyond Words, APTN

                               

STAGE

                                                                                     

DP’S Colonial Cabaret                            Lead Actor                                               Sto:lo Nation Fundraiser, N Vancouver, BC

                                                                                                                                Dir: Frank Moher

Children of the Rainbow                         Lead Actor/Singer/Dancer                        Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

2002 Vancouver                     

Stand Up Comedy/Improv                      Cash Creek Charlie                                   Partners: Sharon Shorty (Susie) &

                                                                                                                                Virginia Scarff (Ginger), various venues

Raven’s Tale Theatre                      Lead Singer/Drummer/Actor                     Prod: Lee Francouer, Raven’s Theatre Co.,

                                                                Co-Host                                                   Whitehorse, Yukon                                 

Heart of a Distant Tribe                      Leading Actor                                        Nakai Theatre, Whitehorse, Yukon

                                                                Lead Singer/Drummer                               Dir: Carol Grey-eyes

Deslin Khwan Dancers                           Lead Singer/Drummer/Dancer                   Various Venues and Locations

 

VOICE OVER

Commercial                                            Radio                                                       Environment Canada

Documentary                                          Video                                                       Arctic Athabaskan Council

Commercial                                            Television                                               Out On Screen Commercial, Showcase

Documentary                                          Television                                               Out On Screen Pridevision Documentary

Commercial                                            Radio                                                       Raven’s Tale Theatre, Raven’s Theatre Co. 

PRODUCING

Our City Our Voices                               Associate Producer: Video                        National Film Board of Canada

Chez D’s / Sunbox                                  Producer: Video/Stage                               DGA Productions

Children of the Rainbow                         Producer: Video/Stage                               Out On Screen, Executive Producer

 

DIRECTING

The End                                                   Director: Video                                       2006 Toronto imagineNATIVE Film Festival

Chez D’s / Sunbox                                  Director/Stage Manager: Video/Stage        Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

Children of the Rainbow                         Director/Stage Manager: Video/Stage        Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

Susie & Charlie                                       Co-Director: Stage                                   Partner: Sharon Shorty

Raven’s Tale Theatre                              Assistant Director: Stage                          Prod: Lee Francouer

Heart of a Distant Tribe                         Assistant Director (Singing/Dancing)        StageNakai Theatre

Deslin Khwan Dancers                           Director: Stage                                         Various Venues and Locations

 

 

WRITING

The End                                                   Video                                                       2006 Toronto imagineNATIVE Film Festival        

The Giant Owl & the Old Woman          Writer: Stage                                            Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry

Chez D’s / Sunbox                                  Writer: Video/Stage                                  Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

Children of the Rainbow                         Writer: Video/Stage                                  Out On Screen Queer Film & Video Festival

Commercial                                            Co-Writer: Radio                                     Raven’s Tale Theatre, Raven’s Theatre Co.

Susie & Charlie at KFC                         Co-Writer: Television                              Beyond Words, APTN

 

PANELS / COMMITTEES / PROGRAMS

New Voices from an Ancient Culture      Panelist                                                   2006 Performance Creation Canada Conf

Aboriginal Media Arts Award                 Jury member                                           2006 Canada Council for the Arts

Arts in the Communities Panel                Panelist                                                   2006 Yukon Arts Summit

Yukon Advanced Artist Award                Jury member                                            2005 YTG Arts Section

ReD HoTt Series                                     Programmer                                             2005 IMAGeNATION Film Festival

Selection Committee                                Selection committee member                   2005 IMAGeNATION Film Festival

Media & Repatriation Panel                   Moderator                                                2004 Haida Repatriation Conference

On a Shoestring Panel                            Panelist                                                    2004 Out On Screen Queer Film Festival 

Video Scholarship Award                       Jury member                                             2004 Out On Screen Queer Film Festival 

SCREENINGS / EXHIBITS

The End                                                   Video                                                      2006 Toronto imagineNATIVE Film Festival

Children of the Rainbow & Chez D’s     Video                                                       2006 Kelowna Digging Deep from Memory Exhibit

Chez D’s                                                 Video                                                       2005 Toronto imagineNATIVE Film Festival

Chez D’s & Queer as Chief                    Video                                                       2005 Vancouver IMAGeNATION Film Festival

Chez D’s                                                 Video                                                       2004 Vancouver Out On Screen Queer Film Festival

Urban NDN                                            Video                                                       2004 Vancouver Pride in Art Exhibit

Sex & the Rez, Susie & Charlie               Video                                                       2004 Vancouver IMAGeNATION Film Festival

Sex & the Rez, Susie & Charlie               Video                                                       2004 CBC Radio 3 Website

Children of the Rainbow                         Video / Live                                             2004 Kingston Reel Out Film Festival

Children of the Rainbow                         Video / Live                                             2003 Vancouver Out On Screen Queer Film Festival


 

AWARDS

2004 Vancouver Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee

“Education Category”

 

2003 Xtra West’s Western Canada’s Community Achievement Awards Winner

“Achievement in the Arts”

 

Out On Screen Vancouver Queer Film & Video Festival

2003 Audience Favorite Award Winner

“Best Feature”

Kichx Anagaat Yatx’i: Children of the Rainbow

 

 

TRAINING

Our City Our Voices Video Training: NFB Pacific/Yukon, Vancouver, BC - 2004

 

First Nations Theatre Training, Carol Greyeyes: Nakai Theatre, Whitehorse, YT - 2001