Projects

Intro

This page collects selected projects across performance, screen, audio, and interdisciplinary work. Some are acting-led, some are collaborative, and others sit at the intersection of creative practice and accessibility.

Each project is included for what it explores, how it was made, or how audiences experienced it.


FEATURED PROJECTS


The Circle 

(in development)

Role: Performer, Writer

Context: Theatre / interdisciplinary performance

A performance exploring how communities ensure they are remembered when history tries to forget them. Premiering at Women At Play Festival (March 2026), this presentation marks the next phase of development for a piece that integrates audio description as ceremonial ritual. Access considerations shape both structure and audience engagement—audio description is woven into the performance itself as an artistic element, not an accommodation.

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Women at Play(s)

Role: Actor

Context: Theatre

A recurring performance context in which I’ve appeared across multiple productions, including An Understanding of Brown, Woodcocks, and Her Crown. This ongoing relationship reflects a sustained acting practice within contemporary feminist theatre, with an emphasis on ensemble work, new writing, and long-term collaboration.

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Outside, near a playground, Rebecca Singh, a woman of color with medium length brown locs, stands on the left, wearing a grey shirt, black pants, and a headset microphone, holding a clipboard. In the middle, Katherine Sanders a brown-haired white woman, wearing sunglasses, a navy floral sleeveless top and beige shorts, holds a yellow bag and a clipboard. Christine Malec, a white woman with long blondish hair in a low ponytail, stands on the right, wearing a teal T-shirt and carrying a green and pink backpack and holding a white cane.
Described Toronto

Described Toronto

Role: Co-creator, co-writer & host

Context: Audio / podcast

A podcast series co-created with Christine Malec and Katherine Sanders that uses audio description as a narrative form for place-based storytelling. Original series include The Hopewell Garden Audio Story and The Description-Rich Story Hour, all centering Blind-led perspectives and treating access as a narrative tool rather than a technical add-on.

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Film poster: Photo of an older Black woman with cozily gray hair pulled back. She sits holding an envelope, wearing a purple blouse and dark skirt. Behind her on a chalkboard, the faint word "SLAVERY" appears beside part of the shadowy upper body of a man, nearly blending into the background. WANDA JUSTICE WARRIOR and A FILM BY JOSIANE BLANC are displayed at the bottom.
Movie Poster: "Unapologetically Jackie" A FILM BY JOSIANE BLANC poster featuring actor Billy Massicotte Longpré as Jackie Shane, a black boy with his hair tied up in an afro bun, holding a red lipstick in his hands, wearing an off-white dress, brown belt and off-white pearls. 2 film festivals laurels for official selection are on the right: Lift-off Film Festival Toronto 2025, Black Alphabet Film Festival 2024, cineFAM/ WOMEN OF COLOUR CREATORS
Movie Poster: This movie poster is a mix of illustration and photography. On the left a drawn hand holds up a sepia-toned portrait photograph of Anne Greenup. The hand blends into a background which is gold, red, and beige tones. In the top right corner are laurels surrounding the following text: OFFICIAL SELECTION 2025 ABIBITUMI ABIBIFAHODIE FILM FESTIVAL. The title "ANNE GREENUP: IN HER FOOTSTEPS", a film by JOSIANE BLANC appears in bold white text across the lower part of the poster.
Book Cover: In yellow on a brown background are the title Unapologetically Jackie and the subtitle The life and times of Jackie Shane. Under this in black is Jackie's face in an illustration of her eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips and a beauty mark. Under this the authors name, Rebecca Singh.
The ebook cover is sepia-toned with a blue circle at centre with the illustration in black of a boat with many sails. Above this the title reads: "Bessie Hall Sister Sailor: The Remarkable Journey of Bessie Hall" Ruth Tait is written at the bottom.

Lifting as We Climb

Role: Author, Publisher & Actor

Context: Book & short film series

A multi-platform project celebrating notable Canadian figures who have shaped the country’s social and cultural landscape. The work exists both as a published book series and as screen adaptations, exploring how individual stories contribute to collective progress.

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My Origami Motorcycle

Role: Author, Performer

Context: Theatre → Graphic novel → Digital publication

Originally written and performed as a one-woman show, My Origami Motorcycle has evolved through multiple forms over time—from live performance to digital work and, most recently, an accessible graphic novel. The project reflects a long-term commitment to storytelling that adapts across mediums while remaining attentive to access, form, and audience experience.

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Canada’s Smallest Theatre

Role: Performer, Creator, Principal Artist

Context: Theatre / Interactive Performance / Public Engagement

An award-winning pop-up theatre project created with designer Hendrik Scheel that transformed a live/work studio into an intimate 12 seat performance hall for participatory storytelling and curated performances at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche and beyond.

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HOW I WORK

Collaboration

I work collaboratively across disciplines, partnering with directors, writers, producers, and accessibility consultants. My role shifts project to project—sometimes performer, sometimes producer, often both—adapting to the needs of each collaboration.

Access & Process

Accessibility functions as creative methodology in my work. Audio description, alternative formats, and audience experience design become interpretive tools that shape meaning rather than technical accommodations applied afterward.


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