Ensemble Bios

Ijeoma Emesowum

Ms Ijeoma Emesowum returns for her fourth season at the Shaw Festival appearing in Ragtime and A Man and Some Woman. Last season she appeared as Sookey in Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and as Miss Fisher in The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie. Previous Shaw credits include The Women, Serious Money, Born Yesterday, Half an Hour and The Devil’s Disciple.

After making the jump to Toronto in May 2008, Ijeoma began the quest to enrich herself. She began with the help of b currents rAiz’n ensemble, then with CanStages Gym and by getting out in the big city, whose skyscrapers and huge crowds continue to amaze this small town girl. Ijeoma has also been part of the annual reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, hosted by the Shaw Festival.

This winter, she performed in a workshop of The Aftermath by Lisa Codrington at Nightwood Theatre’s New Groundswell Festival.

Other theatre credits include Binti’s Journey (Theatre Direct); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Canadian Stage Company); The Norbals, Jitters, The Women, Appointment with Death (University of Windsor).

Ijeoma holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Windsor.

Thank you to her family and friends for all their continual support and love, especially Jake!