AUGUSTO BITTER (any pronoun) is a Venezuelan-born, Dora Award-winning actor, writer, facilitator, and producer for stage and screen. 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 also 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 in development with musician Y Josephine. Augusto has been an educator with Soulpepper, the Paprika Festival, and Story Planet, and 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 Year of the Rat (Factory), Anywhere But Here (Electric Company Theatre), The Election (Common Boots Theatre/Various), Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) (Saga Collectif), The Monument (Factory Theatre), Lear (Groundling Theatre Co.), Rope Running Out (lemonTree creations), and Our Town (Theatre Rusticle).