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.
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).