JIll's Projects
Burn Blue
Co-Creator and Performer
Burn Blue is a devised, interdisciplinary show about the ocean, Vancouver stream restoration, and the politicization of water. Created by a group of friends working across the mediums of theatre, dance, music, design, and comedy, its devising materials include:
•News articles on Vancouver’s recent action plans towards stream restoration (“daylighting”)
•City of Vancouver’s 2026 water restriction guidelines
•Verbatim text from park-side interviews at Tatlow Park
•Sounds collected from the shoreline between Kits and Jericho beaches
– and oceanside footage by Spencer Browne + music Jill Goranson and Kelsi James created in 2021, when Burn Blue was a song cycle commissioned by Diva Day for their Flow Fest.
Expect rigorous physical theatre, rich soundscapes, music sung in multi-part harmony, and text tied directly to so-called Vancouver.
Vancouver Fringe
September 10- September 19, 2026
Waterfront Theatre
Thursday, Sept 10, 6:50pm - 7:45pm
Saturday, Sept 12, 8:20pm - 9:15pm
Wednesday, Sept 16, 5:00 - 5:55pm
Thursday, Sept 17, 10:05pm -11:00pm
Friday Sept 18, 6:25pm - 7:20pm
Saturday, Sept 19, 3:25pm - 4:20pm
Get your tickets here!
BLind Tiger Comedy
Artistic Director
Since 2023 Jill has worked with Blind Tiger Comedy as their general manager and now as of January 2026 is their newest Artistic Director.
Mother’s Favourite Blind Tiger Comedy House Team
IMPROVISED COMEDY
Jill has been a founding member of Mother's Favourite since 2024!
ARTS CLUB EDUCATOR
ARTS EDUCATOR & FACILITATOR
Jill has been a major component of the education team at Arts Club Theatre since 2023 working closely with Kevan Ellis and Mikenzie Page. Jill specializes in community centred arts practices and has worked as the lead instructor in programs like Community Creates, Creative Teens, Failing Freely Workshops, Surrey Welcome Centre and Ray Cam Community Centre.
ART POP-UP
FOUNDER PRODUCER & CREATOR/ PERFORMER
After graduating from Sheridan College in 2019, Jill Goranson, Alexa MacDougall and Michael Derworiz (JAM) created Art Pop-Up a collective that helps foster community and produce one night art events.
BLUE
October 24th, 2019
The Commons Theatre & Studio, Toronto (ON)
RED
February 13th, 2020
Grand Canyon Theatre, Toronto (ON)
YELLOW
May 3rd 2021
Virtual
CIRCLE
February 19th, 2025
Progress Lab, Vancouver (BC)
SQUARE
October 29th, 2025
Progress Lab, Vancouver (BC)
Pansyland
THEATRE CREATOR
September 6th & 7th, 2025
The Picnic Pavilion, Vancouver (BC)
Vancouver Kids Fringe
Jill built an immersive show that helps kids learn how to calm their nervous systems and remember how to play! It premiered at the Vancouver Kids Fringe in September 2025, had a run at a local school and was generously supported by the BCAC.
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OleAnna, DAVID MAMET
ACTING • THEATRE
May 1st - 11th, 2025
The Nest, Vancouver (BC)
Exact Resemblence
Jill performs the role of Carol in David Mamet's Oleanna, opposite Paul du Toit as John, in an Exact Resemblance production directed by Cristiana Ripeanu. In addition to her performance, she also serves as the production's sound designer.
Tempest,
William Shakespeare
PERFORMER & CO-COMPOSER
January 2024
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON
Theatre Rusticle
Co-composer, alongside Kelsi James, for a new work presented in partnership with Theatre Rusticle and directed by Allyson McMackon. Jill also played Ariel, Alonso, Trinculo, Stephano, Ferdinand, Miranda, Juno, and Fransico.
THE STICKMAN'S HOLLOW
PRINCIPLE IN FEATURE FILM
Filmed in 2023
Illusion Lake Entertainment, Vancouver (BC)
Jill plays the role of Annie in Illusion Lake Entertainment's feature film, The Stickman's Hollow. You can now watch it on Apple TV and Tubi.
Sweaty, bloated, and stressed
THEATRE CREATOR
July 7th - 16th, 2023
Factory Mainspace Theatre, Toronto, ON
Toronto Fringe Festival
Join the ride of this 25 year old who’s trying to navigate all parts of life; identity, career, dating, existentialism, and much more. Sweaty, Bloated, and Stressed is a 53 minute expression of the life of Jill Goranson (writer & performer), who unfortunately can equate her life with being a flight with Flair airlines- uncomfortable, unreliable and well… often disappointing.
Through story & improvised song, this musical stand-up comedy show is bound to leave you giggling. People who haven’t seen the show yet have come up to Jill in her mind saying “Wow Jill- that was SO funny!
