Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho / 何家祺) is a Toronto-based theatre artist, educator, and Governor General’s Literary Award finalist originally from Hong Kong. His work interrogates colonial lineages, mother tongues, classical European myths, and contemporary diaspora with sharp poetic rigor.
Tarragon Theatre • Season 55
Written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho)
Directed by Mike Payette
Starring Karen Robinson
A fierce, hypnotic contemporary reimagining of Cassandra, truth-telling, and visionary resistance. When Professor M. Anjou warns of collapse, the empire refuses to listen.
Texts available for purchase, amateur production licensing, reading copies, and academic curriculum study.
A boy from Hong Kong speaks Cantonese and English to survive in Toronto; a Shakespearean bard reincarnates in a kitchen sink; and a resilient insect refuses extinction.
A blistering double-bill recasting Euripides and Sophocles through queer and youth protest perspectives in the shadow of imperial state power.
Performed at the grand piano, tracing three generations of mothers and sons fleeing Japanese occupation in Hong Kong to a new beginning in Canada.
Jeff frequently collaborates as dramaturg, guest artist, and mentor with institutions including the National Theatre School of Canada, Tarragon Theatre, Factory Theatre, Stratford Festival, and York University. He specializes in classical adaptations, multilingual scripts, musical-dramatic intersections, and queer diasporic narratives.
