About me

Hello, my name is Jessica Buchanan. I am a performer, improviser, writer, teacher and green apple lover who is based in Kamloops, British Columbia, located in the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory within the traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation. I have been involved in theatre for the past 15 years wearing many different hats and I have loved them all! I first fell in love with theatre while attending shows at my local theatre company and when I got pulled on stage during a family vacation and made a room full of folks laugh, I knew this life was for me!

I have a BA in Theatre/History from Thompson Rivers University and while there, I had the good fortune of being in a wide variety of plays including: As You Like It, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Gossip, Village of Idiots and many more! I eventually moved to Toronto where I was a member of The Second City Conservatory, where I Co-Wrote/Co-Created 100% A Show. I am also a member of the Break a Leg Collective! My goal is to keep learning, performing, playing and growing in this wacky world of theatre, through practical experience and also obtaining my MFA, so that I might “mold” the minds of the future, much like mine was as a child.

Recent Roles

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Join Lucy, Edmund, Peter, and Susan on a thrilling adventure beyond the wardrobe and into the faraway land of Narnia. Will these scrappy siblings be able to help Aslan the Lion and their new animal friends save Narnia from the freezing clutches of the White Witch?

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Push Up Bar

Push Up Bar is a collective performance and creation that involves an improviser (Allandra Gardner), a visual artist (Brittney Martens), a dancer (Morgan Benedict), a sketch comedian (Jessica Buchanan), a Shakespearean fool (Catriona Leger) and a musician (More). As the Break A Leg Collective, the troupe will be performing three shows of “music, movement and marvellous mayhem.”

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