Oliver Pitschner (he and him)

A trans toronto based playwright, 
director, and arts administrator who 
can usually be found cooking his friends 
dinner or out dancing to post punk.


Call me, beep me 
at oliverpitschner@gmail.com.


UNION
10/2025playwright

Charlie becomes entangled with a sinister student union, and the demanding polyamorous power couple that runs it.
Shortlisted for Tarragon’s YPU (2024), part of the October 2025 Slate Festival (Niagara region).
Directed by Jonnie Lombard.
Transfigure / Transfix
05/2025co playwright and co director

A bi-province audio play journey through the messy queer romance of barista Tuesday and shapeshifter Vesper.
a collaboration with Halifax’s Around  and Out Theatre Company. T/T released with a live listening room experience at the 
Theatre Centre (with visual companion pieces by Abby Kettner and Sophie Parisi) and is now available on Spotify.
Biography of Harry Allen
02/2025director
Served as director for writer/performer Valentine Leger’s Biography of Harry Allen, an exploration of
trans masculinity and the old west. Premiered on february 14th at Buddies in Bad Times’ Rhubarb festival.
The Other Paris
05/2024playwright and co director

Two adult siblings embark on a journey across their hometown of Paris, Ontario to put their childhood cat to rest.
Paris enjoyed a sold out limited run at the Red Sandcastle Theatre.
Behold, A Man!
04/2023playwright and director

A one act play following Lucas, a young trans man trying to contact his deceased brother through Madame Gianna,
a medium. Recipient of Space Space Revolution’s Theatre Scholarship 2023, participant in SSR’s One Night Only 
Festival.
And Then They Came
03/2023set and costume designer
Livestreamed play following siblings at the founding of the Metis nation. In collaboration with Lemontree Creations at
the Theatre Passe Murialle backspace.
Kooigoed
10/2022set and costume designer

Short film following the loves and loss of a young woman in a big city. Directed by Kathleen Newton.
Junction
05/2022set and costume designer

Short film following a college age drug dealer. directed by Robert Andrew Thomson Talyor. Featured in Toronto Lift Off film festival 2022.



 
Valentine Leger performing “The Biography of Harry Allen” at the Rhubarb Festival (2025)
From the release of ‘Transfigure / Transfix’ at The Theatre Centre (2025)
Sarah Connors and James Harrington Fraser in “The Other Paris” at the Red Sandcastle Theatre (2024)
Madeleine Smith, Gus Lederman, Fraser Watt, and Jonnie Lombard in “The Other Paris” at the Red Sandcastle Theatre (2024)

CV

Work Experience


Marketing Associate
Factory  Theatre
oct 2025 - present
  • creating, managing and implementing direct marketing campaigns for Factory productions and programs
  • managing Factory’s social media presence 

Marketing Manager
Single Thread Theatre
jul 2025 - present
  •  managing cross platform marketing for Single Thread and their 2026 PXR conference
  • direct report of the social media coordinator, leading communications team

Digital Marketing Coordinator / Content Creator
Fall for Dance North
sept - oct 2024 / mar 2025 - oct 2025
  • assisted with community management of company social media accounts
  • graphic design and creation of pre show reel assets
  • content creation for social media including photo, video, and animation
  • on the ground festival social media activity and engagement

Outreach Coordinator  / Content Coordinator
Toronto Fringe Festival
apr 2023 - aug 2023 / aug 2023 - dec 2024
  • utilized social media and in person outreach systems to bring audiences into the Fringe
  • directed and collaborated on Fringe’s social media for the Festival and Next Stage
  • helmed creative direction of the look and feel for Next Stage 2023 and 2024

Social Media Manager
OCADU Artist Alley
sept 2021 - april 2022
  • managed social media for the OCADU annual Artist Alley



Community Roles


Board of Directors Member
East End Arts
oct 2024 - present
  • current member of the board of directors for East End Arts, working to bring accessible arts and culture to Toronto’s east end

Graphic and Web Designer
Freelance
jan 2024 - present
  • created, designed and curated social media assets, websites, and print materials for various local artists and organizations including Apocthecary Theatre, elephants collective, Frat Haus, Xpace Cultural Centre, and more (portfolio available upon request)

24 Hour Playwriting Contest Juror
Toronto Fringe Festival
feb 2024
  • reviewed and juried submissions to the Toronto Fringe’s 24 hour playwriting competition

Community Consultant
Theatre Passe Murialle
apr 2023
  • consulted and contributed to discussions around language and trans community for the marketing of TPM’s show Trace

Essayist
Xpace Cultural Centre
mar 2022
  • wrote published companion essay for Madison Rudin’s installation We Have Food at Home

Set Design Intern
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
sept 2021 - dec 2021
  • learned and assisted material costing for 2022 Rhubarb Festival




More About


Oliver Pitschner is a 24 year old playwright, director, and arts administrator based in so-called Toronto. He is a proud writer of genre fiction, exploring themes of youth culture, the family unit, religious fundamentalism, the early internet, and transgender liberation through his organization Ghost Tower Theatre Company. He has written and directed Behold, a Man!, The Other Paris, and Transfigure/Transfix, as well as directed Valentine Leger's The Biography of Harry Allen for Buddies in Bad Times' 46th Rhubarb Festival this spring 2025. He is an arts administrator, currently working at Factory Theatre as a Marketing Associate and Single Thread Theatre Company as Marketing Manager, and has recently held positions at the Toronto Fringe and Fall for Dance North. He also sits on the board of directors for East End Arts, helping bring accessible arts and culture to Toronto’s east end where he resides. As of now he is chipping away at his satirical magnum opus UNION, a workshop of which premiered at the Slate Festival this fall 2025, and shadowing Andrea Donaldson’s directing of CHILD-ish at Tarragon Theatre. Oliver can usually be found cooking his friends dinner, trying to teach his fiancee Maeve Magic: The Gathering, or at the club dancing to post punk.


Education


OCADU b.des in enviornmental design (full scholarship), class of 2023
Semester studying scenography at the HfG in Karlsruhe, Germany (2022)


Continuing Education/Residencies


2024 Nightwood Workshop Shadow  (Groundswell Festival).
2025 Nightwood Shadow Residency for Directing (CHILD-ish at Tarragon).





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