Kimberley Rampersad

Kimberley Rampersad is a Canadian theatre artist, born and raised in Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As an actor she has appeared across Canada, including Mirvish and the Stratford and Shaw Festivals.  She is a recipient of a Maud Whitmore Scholarship (Charlottetown Festival) and a Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival). She was the associate choreographer of the North American and Asian tours of Hairspray – The Musical (NETworks) for four seasons.  Her choreography has received Dora nominations for Passing Strange (Musical Stage/Obsidian) and Seussical - the Musical (YPT) respectively, and an Evie Award for Matilda – The Musical (Royal MTC/Citadel/Arts Club). As a director, Kimberley was featured in the New York Times for directing a full-length production of Man and Superman at the Shaw Festival. Other directing credits include Serving Elizabeth (Stratford Festival), How Black Mothers Say I Love You (GCTC) (Prix Rideau Award) and The Color Purple (Neptune and Citadel/ Royal MTC) (Evie, Sterling, Merritt Awards).  She was the recipient of the Gina Wilkinson Prize for an emerging female director in 2017 (Ontario Arts Foundation).

Kimberley completed her dance teacher certification through and was on faculty with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School; she holds a Bachelor of Arts (University of Manitoba) and is currently a graduate student in Theatre Studies (University of Guelph). Kimberley’s greatest joy is working with young artists, where she harnesses her experiences as a South Asian and Black woman trained in classical western stage traditions, to encourage them to embrace their full selves in their practice. She is the Associate Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.