Jan Derbyshire
Jan "JD" Derbyshire is a Canadian theatre artist, comedian, and writer. She has performed her one-woman show, "Certified", across Canada, including in Vancouver where it won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Early life and education. Derbyshire was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. She completed master's degree from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Inclusive Design in 2014. Career. In 2010 alongside the Paralympic Games, Derbyshire performed her one-woman show "Funny in the Head" at the Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Festival. "Funny in the Head", a show about Derbyshire's experiences with  bipolar disorder, was the only show performed at Kickstart. Derbyshire developed the one-woman show, "Certified", in 2018. She has performed "Certified" for Handsome Alice Theatre (Calgary) in 2018, Touchstone Theatre (Vancouver) in 2019, at One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo (Calgary) in 2020, and at the Progress Festival (Toronto) in 2020. In 2020, Derbyshire was writer-in-residence at Mount Royal University. Personal life. Derbyshire and her ex-husband, TV director Michael Rohl, have a daughter, actress Kacey Rohl.