2026 Ensemble Theatre Festival: Bloodlines Team

Co-Artistic Director: Keltie Forsyth

Co-Artistic Director: Chris Lam

Production Manager: Agnes Hui

Technical Director: Phil Miguel

Lighting Design & Technical Director: Sam Cheng

Brunch Performance Curator: Kenneth Seto Tynan

Producer: Ryan Anthony Kwok

Keltie Forsyth (she/her) - Co-artistic director

ETC: In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Superior Donuts,, Lia & Dor and Little One

Keltie is the Artistic Director at Presentation House Theatre on the unceeded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh and Səl̓ílwətaʔ Nations on Vancouver’s North Shore. She holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from UBC, is a graduate of the University of Alberta Department of Drama, a participant in the 2026 National Theatre School Artistic Leadership Residency. She is the recipient of the 2022 Ray Michael Directing award for outstanding body of work and Sydney J Risk Award in Directing.

Select directing credits include: Lia and Dor (Ensemble Theatre/K.I.A. Productions/Catun), Little one, Superior Donuts, In the Next Room or the vibrator play (Ensemble Theatre), Beautiful Man (Pi Theatre), In Response to Alabama (Little Thief Theatre), Viet Gone, The Red Priest (United Players), The Audition (HealthPitch UK), She Kills Monsters, Eurydice, The Dumb Waiter, Marion Bridge (UBC), Juice, All in the Timing, Closer, Bedlam, Kafka’s Metamorphosis (K.I.A. Productions).

Christopher Lam (he/Him) - co-artistic Director

ETC: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Master Class, Dark Road, Drawer Boy, Antigone

Christopher Lam 林子榮 is a Chinese Canadian director/actor based in Vancouver. Some of the companies he worked with include Arts Club Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Pacific Theatre and The Stratford Festival. He is the co-artistic director of Ensemble Theatre Company and recipient of the Jean Gascon Award (Guthrie/Stratford) and the Ray Michal Award (Jessies) for outstanding body of work by a director. He is currently finishing his MFA in Directing at UBC. Recent credits: The Fox (Opera Unbound), Upcoming: Benevolence (Green Thumb Theatre), Sandsprite (Western Gold Theatre) The New Canadian Curling Club (Metro Theatre). www.thechrislamshow.com

Agnes Hui (she/her) - Production Manager

Agnes Hui is a stage manager, voice actor, translator, and event planner. A settler from Hong Kong, she is now based in so-called Vancouver, the ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples. Notable stage management credits include JADE CIRCLE by Jasmine Chen at Great Canadian Theatre Company, Ottawa, HEAVEN FM by Hong Kong Exile at Vancouver Art Gallery and 2025 Festival TransAmériques, 2025 HARVEST: DANCE FLOOR MEMOIRS by Theatre Terrific, 2024 Tour of RESIDUALS (住み‧墨) by Shion Skye Carter, LA MITCHIN DI MITCHIF by V’ni Dansi, and Vancouver International Flamenco Festival 2024-2025 by Flamenco Rosario. Recent voice acting projects include A YEAR OF BLESSINGS (Cantonese) by Five Blessings Collective and THE MADONNA OF ASIA by Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng at The New Theatre, Dublin.

Agnes is a key member of Vancouver-based nonprofit HK House, dedicated to diaspora community building and the preservation of Hong Kong culture, the volunteer collective is the proud organizer of the annual Vancouver Hong Kong Fair.

sam cheng (she/her) - Technical Director

Originally from Hong Kong, Sam is an emerging artist from UBC Theatre Design and Production, specializing in Scenic and Lighting Design, and Technical Direction. Select credits include: The Lawyer Show: 9 to 5 (Touchstone Theatre), Pippin (Play On Words Production), Salt-Water Moon (Western Gold Theatre), and Metamorphoses (United Players of Vancouver) as Lighting Designer, The Watsons and Citysong (Vital Spark Theatre) as Technical Director.

Explore more of Sam’s work on her website at: samchengwx.com

Alison Chang (she/her) - Social Media

Alison Chang is a Vancouver-based actress, playwright, and comedian. She’s appeared on screen (Netflix‘s The Order), onstage (JAC, Vietgone), and online with countless sketches with local sketch comedy groups. Originally from Hong Kong, she studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and has now set her roots in Vancouver.

Follow Alison on Instagram: @alisonchangsta

Christine Reinfort (she/her) - FRONT-OF-HOUSE Manager

ALEXANDER FORSYTH (HE/HIM) - GRAPHIC DESIGN

Alexander Forsyth lives and works on the stolen traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ məstiməxʷ. Acting credits include Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (WB), Charmed (CBS), Genetic Drift (Pi Theatre), and Lia & Dor (Compania de Teatru Cătun). Alex holds an MFA in Acting from East 15 Acting School (London, UK) and a BA in Drama from the University of Alberta.

LINDSAY NELSON (SHE/HER) - OUTREACH

ETC: In the Next Room, Superior Donuts, A Prayer for Owen Meany, A Few Good Men, Dark Road.

As an arts administrator, Lindsay has worked with PuSh Festival, Touchstone Theatre, DOXA, and United Players. She’s currently producing Niall McNeil’s tour of Beauty and the Beast: My Life. As a performer, Lindsay holds a Masters in Classical Acting from LAMDA (UK) and worked with companies across western Canada, including  Shakespeare Canada, Pacific Theatre, Vital Spark, and Metro Theatre.

KENNETH SETO TYNAN (HE/HIM) - BRUNCHTIME CURATOR

ETC: Superior Donuts, Born Again, Antigone:方.

Kenneth is one of the rare unicorns who was born and raised in Vancouver. He has ranged widely, moving from Miss West Coast in Pageant: A Musical by Something Extra Collective to acting in Tron: Ares, all the way to improvising high class manners in Regency Impro. Upcoming projects include starring in an original play he wrote with his wife for the Vancouver Fringe titled Mizuhiki, directing Ride the Cyclone for LAF Productions at the Waterfront Theatre and helping produce Sigma Acapella at Presentation House.