Film
Starwalker
2025 | 116 mins | Musical Drama
Star, an Indigi-Queer Two-Spirit lonesome call boy, has become newly entranced by The House of Borealis, a popular drag house in the city. Blending drag with their grounded cultural spirit, a new, powerful persona emerges on stage: Starwalker.
Les Filles du Roi
2023 | 104 mins | Musical Drama
The lives of a Mohawk girl and her brother are forever disrupted after they forge an unlikely relationship with a Frenchwoman whose dream of a new life is more complicated than she could have imagined.
Stories That Transform Us
2021 | 84 mins | Documentary
For Urban Ink’s 20th anniversary, Corey Payette directed this documentary to showcase its history featuring conversations with Marie Clements, Diane Roberts, Margo Kane, and Kamila Sediego.
In Development
(Title to be determined)
In Development | Musical Drama
The adaptation of a powerful musical about an Oji-Cree family whose children were taken away to a residential school in Northern Ontario.
On Native Land
In Development | Musical Drama
This musical intertwines the lives of three seemingly disparate characters - a lawyer, a Chief, and a rising singer-songwriter; whose paths converge in a powerful take of identity, land, and love.
Monarch
In Development | Musical Drama
Commissioned and Developed by Stratford Festival with development support from Raven Theatre.
all above photos by Matt Barnes
Music
Soloist with Orchestras
Corey has performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, with the song “Guide My Way” which has been orchestrated for full symphony orchestra and is available for booking.
Concert Performances
In 2019, Corey began performing concerts of his work featuring chamber orchestras and additional soloists at the Vancouver Playhouse, The Cultch, and Intrepid Theatre in Victoria.
Choir Performances
In 2023, Corey was invited to perform his song “Gimikwenden Ina” from the musical Children of God at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
L - R: Photo by Greggory Clark, Matt Reznek, Jeff Nash
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