Raes Calvert is a Métis theatre artist from Vancouver. Raes is proud of his Indigenous heritage, which originates in the Nootka Sound region of Vancouver Island. He has performed nationally and internationally with a number of Canadian theatre companies and is a three-time nominee and one-time recipient of a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award. Last year Calvert received a REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award from the Hnatyshyn Foundation. Raes has written or co-written: Cativo, Coercion, Our Neighbourhood, and a solo show, The World in HDHD.