Biography

Monica Dottor is a 11 time Dora Mavor Moore*  award nominated artist in 5 different categories including Actor(4X), Choreographer(5X), Director (1X) and Costume Designer (1X) She’s a Dora winner with Matthew Mackenzie for Best Production of BEARS and a Dora winner For OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A FEATURED ROLE with The Penelopiad ensemble (Nightwood).) Monica has worked at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, The Hong Kong Cultural Arts Centre, The Chaing Kai-Shek National Theatre in Taipei Taiwan, and The Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Moscow, Russia. DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER Credits: The 39 Steps (County Stage), SOMETHING ROTTEN, URINETOWN (Sheridan Musical Theatre), Beauty and the Beast (UofWindsor), A Blow in the Face (Nightwood), Big Love by Charles Mee at The University of Windsor, BEARS* (Punctuate Theatre/Alberta Aboriginal Arts, Theatre Centre, Factor, Belfry) THE OTHER (Pyretic/Company Blonde/TheatreFront/Soulpepper), The 94 Club (Crave Productions), The History of Drinking in Cavan (4th Line), MALARIA LULLABY (Company Blonde), TWEET TWEET (Femmes Du Feu/SOULPEPPER), Circus Sessions (Femmes Du Feu), Elemantal(Harbourfront Centre) CHOREOGRAPHY: ROSE*, Idomeneus, Sisters, The Chopin Project, Eurydice, Glenn, A Tender Thing, MARAT/SADE* (Soulpepper Theatre Company) IF/THEN (Sheridan University), The Penelopiad*(Nightwood), Craigslist Cantata*(Acting UpStage), The Red Queen Effect (7th Stage),The Russian Play* (Factory) The Hero of Hunter Street, Bombers,The Real McCoy, Queen Marie, Wounded Soldier, Berlin Blues (4th Line) The Shadow Walk of Millbrook (Co-writer&Choreographer). Selected THEATRE ACTING:  The Cold War (Video Cabaret), The Chopin Project (Soulpepper),The Other (Pyretic Productions/Company Blonde,Theatre Front/Soulpepper), The Hero of Hunter Street, The Bad Luck Bank Robbers (4th Line), The Penelopiad*, Petrichor (Kitchenband), The Red Queen Effect, SCRATCH*, Featuring Loretta (Factory), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Overcoat*, The Middle Place (CanadianStage), Chekhov’s Heartache, Chekhov’s Shorts (Smith-Gilmour), HER2 (Nightwood Theatre) Selected TV/FILM ACTING:  8 Bit Christjmas (Warner Bros), Everything’s Going to Be Great (Entertainment One/Astute Films), SkyMed (CBC), LUNE (TIFF), Private Eyes(CTV) Star Falls (NICKELODEON),Orphan Black (BBC America), Hemlock Grove (Netflix) The Shape of Rex (Factoria Films), Picture Day (Snitch Pictures-TIFF), Murdoch Mysteries, Saving Hope, Rookie Blue (CTV), Lost Girl (Showcase).

Monica was a singer in the Toronto Indie band The Elastocitizens. She was also the choreographer. https://youtu.be/TptVRtPlQL0?si=bmgf5C1JZXFrug1D

https://music.apple.com/ro/artist/elasto-citizens/269945436

Monica is based in Toronto with her husband, actor Ryan Hollyman https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391100/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk and their son Arlo.