Corey Payette is proud of his Oji-Cree heritage from Northern Ontario and has worked as a playwright, actor, composer, and director across Canada. He is the Artistic Director of Urban Ink (Vancouver), past Artist-in-Residence with National Arts Centre [NAC] English Theatre, and founder of Raven Theatre. His musicals Children of God (Urban Ink, NAC, The Cultch, Citadel Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, Segal Centre), Les Filles du Roi (Urban Ink/Fugue/Raven), Sedna (Urban Ink/Caravan Farm) have toured across Canada.