Guests of Honor
Bahia Watson
Bahia recently wrapped the theatrical production of the Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA in Toronto. She can be seen in Hulu's critically acclaimed series THE HANDMAID'S TALE, Amazon Prime's THE EXPANSE and STAR TREK. She was recently nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for The Handmaid’s Tale and won an ACTRA Voiceover award for her work in TOTAL DRAMARAMA. Bahia’s VO work can also be heard in MY LITTLE PONY, STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE, and ZOKIE SPARKLEBY. Independently, Bahia produces her own music under the name bahia bahia and writes poetry and short stories.
Elley-Ray
Elley-Ray believes in MAGIC!
She has an illustrious 36 award-winning years in theatre, film, television, and radio as a storyteller, actor, director, writer, producer, and teacher. She has voiced literally thousands of TV and radio commercials, countless animated series, and many films.
Elley is publishing her second book of daily inspirations called Fly With Eagles; her first one, Butterfly Kisses, can be found on Amazon. She has students all over the world, coaching them in voice as well as doing demos, with some garnering SOVA Voice Arts Awards in the US. She juries the Emmys every year for Best Voice delighting in the best of storytellers. She received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Windsor for her contribution to the Arts and Humanities.
Thom Zahler
Thom Zahler is a comic book creator and animation writer. He’s written and drawn for IDW’s My Little Pony series in which he’s brought back Flutterbat, turned the Mane Six evil, and chronicled the Pinkie and Cheese love story. He created the Line Webtoons hit series Cupid's Arrows and Warning Label as well as the Harvey and Ringo-nominated Love and Capes (recently with new volumes “Home for the Holidays" and "In the Time of Covid"), Long Distance and the time-traveling wine comic Time and Vine. And has written for Disney Tsum Tsum Kingdom, Star Trek Waypoint and more. He has written for Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man
and Knights of the Zodiac.
Brian Doe Chua
Growing up under the direct supervision of cartoons, Brian Doe Chua found his calling after realizing that the characters he watched didn’t actually live inside his parent’s TV. After being bit by the acting bug, he has been walking that path ever since.
Brian is perhaps best-known for lending his voice to the characters of Timber Spruce in the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls universe, Osamu Mikumo on World Trigger, Gabe Brunai and Katana Sakaki on Beyblade Burst, Alain, Ricardt, and Wu Kong in the Nintendo mobile game Dragalia Lost, and most recently Ying Zheng in the anime series Kingdom, and a number of characters in the new LEGO Friends series.
Brian has also been developing a portfolio of live action work that includes the FOX TV series Wayward Pines, and the CW Network's Supergirl to go along with various independent film projects that can be seen at film festivals around the world.
Beginning his career as “Brian Doe”, he decided to make an addition to his last name to honor the Chinese side of his heritage. In adopting his mother’s maiden name as part of his professional identity, he is embracing another side of himself.
When he's not acting, Brian can be found indulging in his addiction to guacamole and can be heard bursting into song at random moments on the streets of his current city of Vancouver, Canada.