AUGUSTO BITTER (any pronoun) is a Venezuelan-born, Dora Award-winning actor and writer for stage and screen based in Toronto. Augusto has been a resident artist at the Canadian Film Centre, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, Factory, Aluna Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, hub14, and the city of Toronto. He completed BIPOC TV & Film’s Kids TV Writing Intensive, wrote an episode for Miss Persona (Season 4) on Treehouse, is developing an animated series for kids. Augusto's first play, CHICHO, is also a short film that has screened at 11 major cities across North and South America, and a dance-theatre piece, Reina, is premiering in May 2025. Augusto has also been an educator with Soulpepper, Paprika Festival, Story Planet, and Project: Humanity.
Augusto’s love language is food.
Select film/TV credits include Star Trek: Section 31 (CBS/Paramount+), Hudson & Rex (CityTV), CHICHO (Outfest Fusion ‘23), Hotel for the Holidays (Amazon), So Much Tenderness (TIFF ‘22/Crave), Ezra (OUTtv), Coroner (CBC), True Dating Stories (CBC Gem).
Select theatre credits include Craze (Tarragon), Year of the Rat, The Monument (Factory), Anywhere But Here (Electric Company Theatre), The Election (Common Boots/Various), Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) (Saga Collectif), Lear (Groundling Theatre Co.), and Our Town (Theatre Rusticle).
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