JAN CARUANA

Instructor: Jan Caruana

Workshop: Get Yourself Connected

Jan Caruana's career has been interesting and varied. After graduating from the University of Toronto and Sheridan College, Jan went on to become a multiple Canadian Comedy Award winner, performing across North America. A mainstay of many Toronto stages, she is best known for her quick mind and quicker wit as an improviser. Jan co-wrote and performed in the Second City Toronto's critically and audience acclaimed revues The Meme-ing of Life and We Can Be Heroes (named one of NOW Magazines Top Ten Shows of 2013). Jan was a cast member of "One Night Only", a fully improvised two-act musical at Factory Theatre and was part of the Off-Broadway workshop production in 2018. She also won a Dora Award as part of the ensemble for "The Wonder Pageant". She has appeared in films and television shows including Baroness Von Sketch, Rookie Blue, Odd Squad, Mean Girls, Pretty Hard Cases and Kim's Convenience. Jan is a Canadian Screen Award nominated write for her work on City TV's Sunnyside and the YTV youth sketch show That's So Weird, creating some of the series most memorable and colourful characters. She is also very proud to have written for The Baroness Von Sketch Show, The Happy House of Frightenstein and the international sensation The Next Step on CBBC. Most recently, she co-wrote the show stopping number that honour Paul Sun-Hyung Lee at the Governor General Awards, performed by Andrew Phung. Jan has been a writer (and panelist) for CBC's Because News with Gavin Crawford for the last six years, and enjoys being on the radio quite a lot.