Davey Samuel Calderon

Artistic Producer & Dramaturg

Davey (he/they/siya) stewards many artists and people who come to PTC, where mutual trust is forged when melding stories into meaningful theatre for our community. His dramaturgy, artistic, and producing mandate revolves around community-centered values, collaboration, performance experimentation, and artistic agency. He is Co-Founder of New(to)Town Collective, a former theatre collective aspiring to provide economically accessible, experimental training workshops and create new interdisciplinary works. Davey’s first written solo show, Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night!, premiered at the 2018 Vancouver Fringe Festival (Produced by Tender Container and associate producers New(to)Town Collective and Neworld Theatre) and continued to be presented throughout the years (most recent, the Variety Program for 2022/23 Evergreen Cultural Centre [Coquitlam, BC], and interactive livestream – Big Queer Filipino Karaoke Night! ONLINE [2023 rEvolver Festival, Vancouver]). Currently, he is the artistic lead for Deep Fried: A Pinoy Musical! (part of PTC’s Company Collaborations), a show about Filipinx-Canadian and racialized service workers who serve us daily. As a child of Filipinx immigrants contending with the consequences of colonialism within his heritage, he is dedicated to learning from and being in good relations with the host nations of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

Current dramaturgical projects are God’s A Drag by Jessica Lemes da Silva (2023-24 Fringe New Play Prize Winner, exploring the intersection of Drag and Worship within a play; 2024 Vancouver Fringe Festival) and It Lives in my Bedroom by Mily Mumford (2021-23 PTC Associate), an immersive art-house horror experience. Davey has worked with nationally recognized companies and individuals – including Neworld Theatre, Alley Theatre, Paul Wong, rice and beans theatre, and the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Association. Davey is a current member of Playwrights Canadian Press’ Editorial Committee.