Ethan Keyes | Playwright | Snake Island

For Driftwood: Debut.

Other Credits (selected): Free Pizza (Paprika Festival), Callimachus (Shadowpath Theatre), Hello Dolly (Grand Theatre), Christmas in the Ballroom (Amazon Prime) 

About: Ethan is a mixed heritage artist and earthworker, raised in Southwestern Ontario and is a member of the Ojibwe of Thessalon First Nation. He is big on advocating for Winter’s beauty and will fully enjoy the retreat in the mesmerizing Prince Edward County.  He cannot wait to be sharing space with other playwrights and to deeply ask himself what Snake Island needs from him. A nocturnal playwright by nature, he hopes to absorb the stars and put it to the page (or his dreams). 

Upcoming: Ethan is the co-founder of Toronto based production company, Nobody Told Me Studios. Stay tuned @nobodytoldmestudios for upcoming projects in 2026 that will blow you away!

About the play: Snake Island

A looming tribal election brings old and new faces to the annual pow wow on a small rez on the north shore of Lake Huron. Secrets about the land and its residents are forced to be reconciled with as an off rez girl starts asking a few too many questions. Does a tik tok carry the same weight as an elder sharing teachings?  Is there ever a point where nature will say we’ve taken too much? Is there a limit to who really belongs to the community? The vultures are circling and they couldn’t give a damn about any of this, they are just waiting for the bodies to hit the floor.