WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING?
ART POP-UP
PRODUCER/PERFORMER
BLUE
October 24th, 2019
The Commons Theatre & Studio, Toronto (ON)
RED
February 13th, 2020
Grand Canyon Theatre, Toronto (ON)
YELLOW
May 3rd 2021
Virtual
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CIRCLE
February 19th, 2025
Progress Lab, Vancouver (BC)
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SQUARE
October 29th, 2025
Progress Lab, Vancouver (BC)
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Right 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.
OleAnna, DAVID MAMET
ACTING • THEATRE
May 1st - 11th, 2025
The Nest, Vancouver (BC)
Exact Resemblence
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​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.
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Confused about the title "The Perfect Bite" ??
STICKMAN'S HOLLOW, JACK COX
ACTING • ON CAMERA
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Illusion Lake Entertainment, Vancouver (BC)
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Jill plays the role of Annie in Illusion Lake Entertainments feature film, Stickman's Hollow written by Jack Cox.
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Mother’s Favourite Blind Tiger Comedy House Team
ACTING • THEATRE
September 6th & 7th, 2025
The Picnic Pavilion, Vancouver (BC)
Vancouver Kids Fringe
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Tempest,
William Shakespeare
ARTS EDUCATOR & FACILITATOR
September 6th & 7th, 2025
Vancouver Kids Fringe​
The Picnic Pavilion
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Clarify information. Confused?
Panslyland
THEATRE CREATOR
September 6th & 7th, 2025
The Picnic Pavilion, Vancouver (BC)
Vancouver Kids Fringe
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Pansyland was a passion project built out of a project that started in 2020 that was called Game Changers. Game Changers dreamt up during a one-on-one session with Jacob Boheme when Jill attended the Volcano Conservatory. Jill wanted this project to investigate the question, is it possible to design a game that helps folks to decolonize their lives? After receiving support from Native Earth’s 40 Seeds for 40 Seasons and then Keep Good (Theatre) Company’s Germination 2.0 program Jill was able to write, discuss, contemplate, build, and share in community where she learnt two main things were part of the answer to this question. Yes it is possible when play and rest are involved. After working with Waylon Lenk at the PUSH Festival’s Dramaturgy Program, Jill learnt that this was actually a kids show! Luckily, at the time Jill was working with a. Group of 15 kids at Ray Cam community centre who could help her build a show that kids would actually enjoy. Jill asked the kids what they enjoyed, and she would go away and build parts of the show then get their opinion. So together with the kid of Ray Cam Community Centre, 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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Play and rest was at the centre of many of the answers to this question.
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Tempest,
William Shakespeare
ARTS EDUCATOR & FACILITATOR
January 18, 2024
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON
Theatre Rusticle
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Co-composer, alongside Kelsi James, for a new work presented in partnership with Theatre Rusticle and directed by Allyson McMackon.​
Sweaty, bloated, and stressed
THEATRE CREATOR
July 7th - 16th, 2023
Factory Mainspace Theatre, Toronto, ON
Toronto Fringe Festival
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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!
