Haunted Carousel Productions

Haunted Carousel Productions is the banner under which Victoria Dickman-Burnett creates art with a somewhat-consistent, somewhat-rotating group of collaborators.

Meet Victoria

Playwright | Participatory Action Researcher | Dramaturg | Audiodrama Artist | Multi-Modal Storyteller

Victoria Dickman-Burnett (she/her) is a playwright, dramaturg, and multi-modal storyteller whose work ranges from audiodrama, to dramaturgy and play writing, to the visual arts. She was the show runner of Lavender Evening Fog, which ran for four seasons and Curation, a short-form Audiodrama experiment. Her serial play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark PI premiered at the Know Theatre as part of Serials 15, running from January to March of 2025. Victoria is also the resident dramaturg for Cincinnati Unrehearsed Shakespeare. Her other work has appeared in the inaugural Phonic Fiction Fest (Audiodrama) and Secret ArtWorks (visual arts). Victoria also mentors young participatory arts-based researchers and provides free survey consulting for independent theatres. She is a member of the board of directors for Ghostlight Stage Company, where she serves on the People over Profits committee. Victoria has a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and is currently writing a book about sexual violence in film.

Frequent Collaborators

Ben Baird (he/him) is a trans Toronto artist who focuses on using wearable wire sculpture, photography, and watercolour cartography to create accessible physical and psychogeographic experiences of individual stories. Ben directs each episode of Lavender Evening Fog and serves as an executive producer. He also co-wrote Episode 1.6: Classroom 1-C, and will be voicing Charles Zaffre in Season 3.

Nick Federinko (he/him) produces, mixes, and edits each episode of Lavender Evening Fog. He also records many of the show’s sound effects live, and is the voice of Billy.

Tony Barrett (he/him) is the voice of Carousel Repair Technician Daryl. His process for voice acting is very method and he even emailed carousel repair companies for research. Sadly, none replied.