Who We Are

Darcia Parada is a Director and Producer of innovative and critically acclaimed interpretations of classic works with often “standing room only” audiences. Attendees liken Parada’s immersive shows to “being on a film set.” Awarded The Globe and Mail’s Top 10 Catalysts in Art and Design, Telus’ Courage to Innovate, a residency at The Baryshnikov Arts Centre, the subject of an OMNI hour long documentary and more, Parada first trained as a singer, performing in North America and Europe and on film scores for Decca, London, and SONY before turning to producing and directing.

Her fearless undertakings include fully mounted intimate to epic stage productions using strip clubs, diners, tents, subway platforms, back alleys, rooftops, riverboats, the Coney Island Sideshow, classic theatres, and the 1500 seat outdoor Badlands amphitheatre. Like Orson Welles and Sydney Pollock who came before her, the transition from the stage to writing and directing for film are a natural progression. Her short film Heritage Quarters combining opera, soundscape and animation was selected for competition in the Rivne Dream City International Film Festival in Ukraine where it won the Festival Director’s Prize. The film also screened at festivals in the UK including Opera in the City and Everyday Arias Film Festival.

Her feature film script Glams Casino was the 2024 screenwriting winner of New York’s Socially Relevant Film Festival and she has four feature film scripts and projects in various stages of development.