Oliver (he and him)

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

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




Selected Credits


Biography of Harry Allen - coming 02/2025
director
serving as director for writer/performer Valentine Leger’s Biography of Harry Allen, an exploration of trans masculinity and the old west. premiering on february 14th at Buddies in Bad Times’ Rhubarb festival. 

Transfigure / Transfix - coming 2025
co 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.

The Other Paris - 05/2024
playwright 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! - 04/2023
playwright 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 - 03/2023
set and costume designer
livestreamed play following siblings at the founding
of the Metis nation. Written by Cole Alvis. In collaboration with
Lemontree Creations at the Theatre Passe Murialle.

Kooigoed- 10/2022
set and costume designer
short film following the loves and loss of a young woman
in a big city. Directed by Kathleen Newton.

Junction- 05/2022
set 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.

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‘Beautiful examination of religious trauma.
heartbreaking & lighthearted, painful & touching,
joyful & poignant.’


- audience praise for THE OTHER PARIS

  

(left to right) James H. Fraser, Sarah Connors, Madeleine Smith,
Gus Lederman, Fraser Watt, and Jonnie Lombard in ‘The Other Paris’,  2024