Reneltta Arluk

Reneltta was born and raised in the Northwest Territories. Starting there, she has traveled off the unbeaten path enough times to get a BFA-Acting degree from the University of Alberta and perform in a few shows…recent acting credits include: Annie Mae’s Movement (Studio Theatre), Dead White Writer on the Floor (Magnus Theatre), The Rez Sisters (O’Kaadenigan Wiingashk), (Magnus Theatre) and (Theatre Northwest), Aklavik Journals (Stuck in a Snowbank Theatre), Toronto Fringe Festival in Artifacts (Frontal Lobe Theatre), touring northern Greece in Utopian Floes (Caravan Stage Tall Ship Theatre) and Copper Thunderbird (National Arts Centre) where she became a premier recipient of the David S.R. Leighton Fellowship Award. Upcoming projects include a playwright residency with Gwaandak Theatre, co-producing a radio drama adaptation of Richard Van Camps’ short story I Count Myself Them under her company, Akpik Theatre, and performing her play TUMIT as part of Workshop West’s Canoe Festival. Reneltta is thrilled to be part of Human Cargo and the Night cast.