Romy Shiller lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is a pop culture critic, actor and author. She is one of Canada's leading underground artistic and academic voices specializing in the fluidness of gender.
Life
Romy Shiller, is considered a medical mystery. In 2003 she had a brain tumour removed and went into a five month coma. Afterwards, she had akinetic mutism and did not speak until March 2004.
Romy Shiller was Communications Director for Max the Mutt Animation School. She wrote articles for various magazines including FAB and Canadian Theatre Review. Romy is currently a contributor to Live For Films.
Education
Romy Shiller holds a PhD in Drama from the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto where she wrote a doctoral dissertation entitled 'A Critical Exploration of Cross-Dressing and Drag in Gender Performance and Camp in Contemporary North American Drama and Film.' [1]
In addition to having a PhD from the University of Toronto, she has a master's degree in Drama from there as well. Her
Bachelor of Arts degree is from
McGill University where she studied
English. She went to
Vanier College for her
CEGEP and attended Mount Royal High School for her secondary studies.
Romy Shiller studied
voice at
the Royal Conservatory in
Toronto, Canada with William Perry and with a private coach in
Montreal, Carmen Mehta, from the age of 13 to 21.
Romy Shiller attended Berkshire Center for the Performing Arts (USA) and The Hampton Playhouse (USA) where she studied
Musical Theatre. She went to The Ashton Dance Academy for
Ballet (Montreal) and The Dance Factory for
Jazz Dance and
Modern Dance (Montreal).
Media Appearances and Performances
Romy Shiller was in a television series on YTV/ CORUS Entertainment, called ' System Crash.'
In 1997, Romy Shiller appeared in the film, "An Innocent Kiss,' directed by Tina Hahn under Cottage Creative Productions. She also played the role of Wendy in Chris Philpott's 'The Eternal Husband.' In the play, 'Kyotopolis' by
Daniel David Moses, she played Barbara Buck/Jo/Beaver Puppet at The Robert Gill Theatre in Toronto under the direction of Colin Taylor.
She would often substitute for Host/Arts Critic Melinda Best on Café Express, CHIN 101.3 FM.
Romy Shiller was a Special Guest with The Bitch Diva at Pimbletts. She performed with the bands Mystic Muse and Forever Changing.
As performance research, Romy Shiller was in The Greater Toronto Drag King Society where she played
Marie Osmond, Lola from the song
Copacabana and
Slash from the musical group
Guns N’ Roses.
Romy Shiller is included in the Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada.
Romy Shiller was on the CBC News with her book You Never Know: A Memoir.
Romy Shiller is in an issue (Fall '08) of U of T Magazine. [2]
Romy Shiller is in Lipstik Indie as the "feature artist" for You Never Know: A Memoir and appears there for her book 'Again'.
Romy Shiller is in an issue of The Canadian Jewish News. [3]
Romy is reviewed for You Never Know: A Memoir.
Works
Her book 'You Never Know '( Trafford Publishing, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4251-3691-8.) not only tells the story of her brain surgery, lengthy coma and Akinetic Mutism but she muses about reality, death, time, popular culture, psychic phenomena and dreams.
Her other book is 'Again.' (ISBN: 978-1-4251-8481-0) ‘Again’ combines an academic exploration of
reincarnation with real-life experiences. Using as a basis the altered
reality of
quantum physics, Shiller extrapolates. It is for everyone. More than anything it is an insightful philosophy of life.
A 3rd book is 'Who Knew?' A continuation of Romy's book ‘You Never Know: A Memoir.'
Romy has a
play called 'Le Wow.' (Trafford Publishing, 2018.)
One of her articles has been translated into
Italian and is used to teach a
University course on Communications. A separate article, A Drag King Invasion is taught at the
University of Lethbridge in
Alberta. It has been chosen to be included in a book. She can be read in the book
Third Wave Feminism and Television: Jane Puts it in a Box. Romy Shiller has been on the same course syllabus as
Simone de Beauvoir.
External Links
• Romy Shiller on Facebook
References
-
^ Sara, Shiller, Romy (1999).
"A critical exploration of cross-dressing and drag in gender performance and camp in contemporary North American drama and film". National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ "A Memoir of Courage | By Sarah Treleaven | Romy Shiller, Struggle with Brain Tumour, Coma | Spring 2018 | University of Toronto Magazine". magazine.utoronto.ca.
- ^ "Disabled author asks that we look beyond the physical". The Canadian Jewish News. 28 May 2008.
Romy Shiller lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is a pop culture critic, actor and author. She is one of Canada's leading underground artistic and academic voices specializing in the fluidness of gender.
Life
Romy Shiller, is considered a medical mystery. In 2003 she had a brain tumour removed and went into a five month coma. Afterwards, she had akinetic mutism and did not speak until March 2004.
Romy Shiller was Communications Director for Max the Mutt Animation School. She wrote articles for various magazines including FAB and Canadian Theatre Review. Romy is currently a contributor to Live For Films.
Education
Romy Shiller holds a PhD in Drama from the Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto where she wrote a doctoral dissertation entitled 'A Critical Exploration of Cross-Dressing and Drag in Gender Performance and Camp in Contemporary North American Drama and Film.' [1]
In addition to having a PhD from the University of Toronto, she has a master's degree in Drama from there as well. Her
Bachelor of Arts degree is from
McGill University where she studied
English. She went to
Vanier College for her
CEGEP and attended Mount Royal High School for her secondary studies.
Romy Shiller studied
voice at
the Royal Conservatory in
Toronto, Canada with William Perry and with a private coach in
Montreal, Carmen Mehta, from the age of 13 to 21.
Romy Shiller attended Berkshire Center for the Performing Arts (USA) and The Hampton Playhouse (USA) where she studied
Musical Theatre. She went to The Ashton Dance Academy for
Ballet (Montreal) and The Dance Factory for
Jazz Dance and
Modern Dance (Montreal).
Media Appearances and Performances
Romy Shiller was in a television series on YTV/ CORUS Entertainment, called ' System Crash.'
In 1997, Romy Shiller appeared in the film, "An Innocent Kiss,' directed by Tina Hahn under Cottage Creative Productions. She also played the role of Wendy in Chris Philpott's 'The Eternal Husband.' In the play, 'Kyotopolis' by
Daniel David Moses, she played Barbara Buck/Jo/Beaver Puppet at The Robert Gill Theatre in Toronto under the direction of Colin Taylor.
She would often substitute for Host/Arts Critic Melinda Best on Café Express, CHIN 101.3 FM.
Romy Shiller was a Special Guest with The Bitch Diva at Pimbletts. She performed with the bands Mystic Muse and Forever Changing.
As performance research, Romy Shiller was in The Greater Toronto Drag King Society where she played
Marie Osmond, Lola from the song
Copacabana and
Slash from the musical group
Guns N’ Roses.
Romy Shiller is included in the Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada.
Romy Shiller was on the CBC News with her book You Never Know: A Memoir.
Romy Shiller is in an issue (Fall '08) of U of T Magazine. [2]
Romy Shiller is in Lipstik Indie as the "feature artist" for You Never Know: A Memoir and appears there for her book 'Again'.
Romy Shiller is in an issue of The Canadian Jewish News. [3]
Romy is reviewed for You Never Know: A Memoir.
Works
Her book 'You Never Know '( Trafford Publishing, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4251-3691-8.) not only tells the story of her brain surgery, lengthy coma and Akinetic Mutism but she muses about reality, death, time, popular culture, psychic phenomena and dreams.
Her other book is 'Again.' (ISBN: 978-1-4251-8481-0) ‘Again’ combines an academic exploration of
reincarnation with real-life experiences. Using as a basis the altered
reality of
quantum physics, Shiller extrapolates. It is for everyone. More than anything it is an insightful philosophy of life.
A 3rd book is 'Who Knew?' A continuation of Romy's book ‘You Never Know: A Memoir.'
Romy has a
play called 'Le Wow.' (Trafford Publishing, 2018.)
One of her articles has been translated into
Italian and is used to teach a
University course on Communications. A separate article, A Drag King Invasion is taught at the
University of Lethbridge in
Alberta. It has been chosen to be included in a book. She can be read in the book
Third Wave Feminism and Television: Jane Puts it in a Box. Romy Shiller has been on the same course syllabus as
Simone de Beauvoir.
External Links
• Romy Shiller on Facebook
References
-
^ Sara, Shiller, Romy (1999).
"A critical exploration of cross-dressing and drag in gender performance and camp in contemporary North American drama and film". National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ "A Memoir of Courage | By Sarah Treleaven | Romy Shiller, Struggle with Brain Tumour, Coma | Spring 2018 | University of Toronto Magazine". magazine.utoronto.ca.
- ^ "Disabled author asks that we look beyond the physical". The Canadian Jewish News. 28 May 2008.