Photo by Alexis McKeown
First Métis Man of Odesa
by Matthew MacKenzie and Mariya Khomutova
In Matt and Masha’s world, love conquers all. The two first appear as opposites but they share an undeniable connection that binds them together for life. This is a love that transcends continents, pandemics, life-changing emojis and war.
Cast & Creative
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Mariya Khomutova
Performer & Writer
Mariya Khomutova started her theatre studies in Odesa at the age of 12. She graduated from the Kyiv National Theatre University in 2012 and worked in two repertoire theatres in Kyiv. Some of the favourite roles she has played are Agafya Tikhonovna (The Marriage by N.Gogol), Grushenka (The Karamasov Brothers by F. Dostoyevsky), Dunyasha (Cherry Orchard by A. Chekhov), Irodiada (Salome by O.Wilde). In 2020, Mariya was the recipient of a Golden Duke Award from the Odesa Film Festival for Best Actress in Two of Us (dir. Vladislav Vitriv).
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Matthew MacKenzie
Performer & Writer
Canadian playwright Matthew MacKenzie is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Alberta and is Artistic Director of Punctuate! Theatre. In 2018, his play Bears won Toronto Dora Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production, was named a co-winner of the Toronto Theatre Critics Outstanding New Canadian Play Award and won the Playwright Guild of Canada’s Carol Bolt National Playwriting Award. In 2023, First Métis Man Of Odesa, which Matt co-wrote and performed in with his partner Mariya Khomutova, won Dora Awards for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Production.