Ivy Charles - Sophie

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Ivy Charles hails from Winnipeg, MB- Treaty 1 Territory, homeland of the Metis Nation. She is now currently based in Vancouver, BC on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples- Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations. Ivy was most recently seen in the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s season opener of Orlando by Virginia Woolf adapted by Sarah Ruhl. She graduated from Studio 58’s theatre program as the Covid crisis began in April 2020. She also performed in East Van Panto: Pinocchio while studying. Her play Inhale was produced as part of the Hot House series in 2019. Ivy was the Head Coordinator of Studio 58’s Diversity Committee 2019/2020 and Head Facilitator of the Committee 2018/2019. Ivy voiced The Map in Mx. by Lili Robinson winner of the Cultchivating the Fringe Award and was awarded the Hnatyshyn Developing Artists Grant (English Theatre) 2019.