Mercedes Batiz-Benet
Mercedes is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer. She was born and raised in Mexico and in 1997 she moved to Canada. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing and a BA Honours in Philosophy from the University of Victoria, as well as a Diploma in Film Production.
She has worked extensively in theatre, video, and film. Productions of her plays include Faust: Ignis Fatuus, Lágrimas Crueles, a Tex-Mex version of Ken Mitchell and Humphrey and the Dumptrucks' Cruel Tears, in Xalapa, Mexico and, as co-writer, The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, and The Secret Sorrow of Hatchet Jack Macphee for the Caravan Farm Theatre.
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