Tanisha Taitt is a writer/director/actor, producer and artist-educator. She has worked with YPT, Obsidian, NAC, Acting UpStage, Buddies In Bad Times, Nightwood, and is Director of the Peace Camp program at Children’s Peace Theatre—an organization that teaches young people about creating a culture of peace through theatre. Also a singer and songsmith, she is a winner of the Canadian Music Publishers' Award for excellence in songwriting. Tanisha's plays include Keeper, Violent Be Violet, which received favourable reviews at the 2012 SummerWorks Festival and Admissions, a play for high schools. An ardent anti-VAW activist, Tanisha is a two-time YWCA Woman of Distinction nominee for her commitment to anti-violence and social justice.