Dillan is an Ojibwe storyteller from Garden River First Nation. Dillan first trained at Sheridan college, in their Musical Theatre performance program. He also received his Masters degree in Musical Theatre from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dillan also won the Musical Stage Company’s Sy & Shirley Banks prize (2020). Dillan has a passion for exploring stories with a re-Indigenized lens. And believes we have a responsibility as storytellers and artists to seek out stories that share truths that have been kept from us as a result of colonization. As well as being a storyteller, Dillan also has a passion for education ! He currently teaches singing lessons at his old school Sheridan College, in their Music Theatre department. Dillan is the program’s very first Indigenous singing teacher. Dillan has also guest lectured at Sheridan, Etobicoke School of the Arts and George Brown College. In these lectures, Dillan highlights the laws Indigenous peoples were forced to live under during the boom of “The Golden Age” of Broadway. All these lived experiences has led Dillan to begin his own writing journey. Dillan is currently writing The 7 Fires: A New Musical, inspired by the 7 fire prophecy. This all Indigenous cast musical will explore relationships to land, language, each other, and our Ancestors. Miigwetch Native Earth for the love and support, it means so much. For more and to stay updated visit dillanchiblow.com
Photographed by Dahlia Katz