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About Robyn

Robyn Israel is an award-winning international playwright and performer from London, Ontario, Canada. Her hysterical comedy, Jewish Girls Don’t Kayak, won the 2007 Brickenden Award for Outstanding Comedy. The show debuted at the London Fringe Festival, where it wowed audiences with its mix of humour and honesty. In 2009 it was revived and expanded into a full-length show at the Arts Project. As of May, 2009, it is set to tour across Canada.

Robyn’s background is in improvisational theatre, having studied at BATS (Bay Area Theatre Sports) and the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She wrote and performed My Mother G-d Love Her, a comedic monologue, at the Marsh Theatre in San Francisco. She also participated in a Best of the Bay comedy competition at the San Jose Improv.

Robyn is an arts and entertainment journalist and teaches both journalism and theatre at The University of Western Ontario.