Iguanas
Co-Artistic Directors Alexa Higgins & Ian Ottis Goff
Photo by Helen Tansey
Alexa Higgins
Co-Artistic Director
Alexa Higgins (she/her) is an actor, playwright, physical theatre creator, and director who has appeared in film, television, and theatre. She has worked extensively on the East Coast and in Ottawa. In 2016, she moved to Toronto to pursue her Master of Arts in Drama from the University of Toronto (2017) and she has lived here ever since. Favourite stage credits include 81 Minutes (Falling Iguana Theatre), Sibs (Don’t Look Down Theatre), DIANA (FIT), Afterbirth
(NIF), and A Record of Us (Solo Chicken Productions). Alexa is passionate about stories told through a feminist lens, and using heightened physicality to reveal new layers of a character’s humanity.
Ian Ottis Goff
Co-Artistic Director
Ian Ottis Goff (he/him) is a Toronto-based actor, writer, and sound designer. With Falling Iguana, Ian has written, produced, and performed in the company’s
original productions across Canada, as well as creating and recording the company’s sound design. Other theatre credits include The Pavilion, King City Theatre, An Enemy Of the People (Saint John Theatre Company) which toured to Konstanz, Germany. As as sound designer Ian has most recently worked on The Moors (Riot King, 2026), and Mercy Of The Vampyre (Dead Of Winter Festival, 2026). In film, Ian can most recently be seen True Haunting (Creepy Puppet, Netflix) and in Arianna Martinez's drama Do I Know You From Somewhere? (Strike Pictures).
Psst!
Did you know that our sound designer Ian Ottis Goff created a live soundscape for our 2023 staged reading of Crane Girl? He used a loop pedal in real time to layer the
sounds and music of the show!
Iguana Collaborators
Daniel Entz
Daniel Entz was the stage manager for Crane Girl at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, 2025
Katherine Cappellacci
Katherine played Kira, Laura, and Police officer in the Hamilton Fringe Festival and NotaBle Acts performances of Crane Girl, 2025.
Mona Hillis
Mona played Kira, Laura, and Police Officer in the June 10th, 2023 staged reading of Crane Girl in Toronto. Mona also read for Kira in the March 17th, 2022 81 Minutes tour fundraiser.
Laura Del Papa
Laura played Jane in the June 10th, 2023 staged reading of Crane Girl in Toronto.
Gordon Harper
Gordon played Jon, Evan, and Wide-Legged guys in the June 10th 2023 staged reading of Crane Girl in Toronto.
Gordon also helped create the set for Crane Girl in 2025.
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Dani Brun
Dani was the poster designer for DIANA (I knew you when we were fourteen) in 2019. She was also the stage manager and lighting designer for the 81 Minutes East Coast tour in 2022.
Ali Carrol
Ali was the poster designer for 81 Minutes in 2022. Ali also designed the logo for the company in 2019.
Jilly Hanson
Jilly played Chris Cacciatore, Bernard Berenson, and Charlotte in the 2021 NotaBle Acts Mainstage production 81 Minutes in New Brunswick. Jilly reprised her roles in the 2022 81 Minutes East Coast tour.
Neomi Iancu Haliva
Neomi played Guard #1, Anders Zorn, Francis Marion Crawford, and Sunny in the 2021 NotaBle Acts Mainstage production of 81 Minutes in New Brunswick. Neomi reprised her roles for the 2022 81 Minutes East Coast Tour.
Jean-Michel Cliche
Jean- Michel played Guard #2, Bob Whitehouse, Anne, and Henry James in the 2021 NotaBle Acts Mainstage production of 81 Minutes in New Brunswick. Jean-Michel reprised his roles for the 2022 81 Minutes East Coast Tour.
Armin Panjwani
Armin was the stage manager for the 2021 NotaBle Acts Mainstage production of 81 Minutes in New Brunswick. Armin re-joined 81 Minutes again in 2022 for the Fredericton performance of the East Coast tour.
Sarah F. Higgins
Sarah was the co-creator and stage manager of DIANA (I knew you when we were fourteen) in FIT's inaugural performance at the Island Fringe Festival in Charlottetown P.E.I., 2018. Sarah worked on DIANA again in Toronto, 2019 and then AGAIN in North Bay, Ontario in 2023.
Gillian Armstrong
Gillian was the consulting director for the 2019 Toronto production of DIANA at U of T.
Barry McCluskey
Barry was the show photographer for the 2019 Toronto production of DIANA at U of T. Barry most recently was the show photographer for Crane Girl in 2025.
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