
Velvet Wells is The Velvet Duke
Black. Autistic. Queer. Disabled. Nonbinary – They/Them

Velvet is the multi-award winning creator of “All Request Radio”, “(Re)Tired Magical Black Man”, and “Djinn Joint”. They are a Director-Mentor of the 2023 Youth Infringement Festival and Producer Pod Mentor with the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival
Entertainer
All Request Radio box office is now open! Also, check out where they are performing (in Ottawa and abroad) as well as notable past performances
“Velvet Wells is an entertainer in the truest sense of the term”
Ryan Pepper, apt613
Playwright
Multi-award winning professional devised theatre artist
- 2023: Anansi Discovers His Reflection (In Development)
- 2022: (Re)Tired Magical Black Man, Your Compliments Are My Curse Words
- 2021: Djinn Joint
Workshop Facilitator
In addition to performing-producing, they have facilitated for corporations, in community, and at the Stratford Festival and Edinburgh International Improv Festival. An agent of empowerment, leading improvisational workshops to give people space to develop their competence, consciousness, self-efficacy, positive connections
“Velvet’s wonderfully joyful infectious energy stays long after the sessions are done”
Athira Vidyadhar
Velvet Duke Productions
Velvet Duke Productions is an award-winning transmedia hybrid company featuring the work of Velvet Wells — the award-winning Black, autistic, queer, disabled professional devised theatre artist living in Ottawa
Presenting Sponsor
Velvet Duke Productions was a proud presenting sponsor of the inaugural From Another Mother Improv Festival (F.A.M. Fest) on June 17-18, 2022, Baltimore, Maryland