RBC Artistic Associate / Artistic Director Intern

Festival Antigonish is thrilled to announce Anat Kriger as our 2023 RBC Artistic Associate / Artistic Director Intern. Anat will be based in Antigonish and will collaborate with the Festival Antigonish team from January to August 2023. Thanks to the generous support of the RBC Foundation, this program is designed to empower and champion artists in their journey from “emerging” to “established,” offering dedicated funding and professional resources such as mentorship, talent development, artistic tools, access to new audiences, and opportunities for artistic collaborations.

Anat will be working closely alongside Artistic Director Andrea Boyd to enrich the theatre community in various aspects, including programming, the development of new plays, artistic outreach, and educational programs. We are excited to witness Anat’s contributions and creative energy as she joins our team!

Andrea Boyd, Artistic Director

Anat Kriger

RBC Artistic Associate / Artistic Director Intern

Anat Kriger is an actress, singer and songwriter

Born and raised in a small town in Israel, and moved to Canada after finishing her service in the Israeli army. Upon graduating from Randolph College For The Performing Arts, she has been working on her own original music and musical, and was part of different Theatre projects in Canada and New York.

Her latest single “I Just Wanna Love You” was the first single she wrote, composed, directed and performed in and received over 200K views on YouTube.

Recent credits include: The New Canadian Curling Club (Festival Antigonish), Stage Manager/Assistant Director for Best Friends (Israeli Artists Project, New York), Assistant Director for Ted Dykstra in The Antipodes (Coal Mine Theatre), The Secret Garden (Wavestage Theatre), The Holiday Show (Freckles World), A Little Night Music (Randolph College), Noise (Randolph College).

“Since the first day I arrived in Antigonish, I fell in love with this wonderful little town, and I knew I would be back one day. Little did I know it would happen way faster than I’d ever expected. I’m beyond excited to be returning to Festival Antigonish as the RBC Emerging Artistic Associate and looking forward to bringing my artistic input this upcoming year.”