Col Cseke is a Calgary based playwright and performer. He is the Co-Artistic Director of Verb Theatre, where Jim Forgetting premiered in 2012. Col has premiered new work, as either a playwright or collective member, at One Yellow RabbitÕs High Performance Rodeo, Alberta Theatre Projects playRites Festival, the Calgary International ChildrenÕs Festival, among others. As a member of the award winning Downstage Creation Ensemble, Col has co-created and performed in In The Wake, Good Fences, Bus(t), and ArmÕs Length Embrace. Along with his friends in the Downstage Creation ensemble Col shares three Betty Mitchell Award nominations for Best New Play, with one win for In The Wake.