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Ivana Shein is a second generation Canadian playwright and actor. She has acted in numerous television and web series, short and feature films. She had a recurring role on Shonda Rhimes ABC series, Station 19, and was featured in the life changing role of Receptionist Number Two in Richard J Lewis's Barney's Version. That role led to the creation of and ultimately the deception to the department of homeland security that Ivana was more famous than she actually was, 'starring' alongside Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giamatti. This life saving lie led to the creation of her one-woman play Faking It which Richard J Lewis directed at The Comedy Central stage, and which was later performed at Just For Laughs, and Upright Citizen Brigade. She is now developing several full length plays, including The Kiss, inspired by Chagall's portrait, Borderline about tensions at the U.S. Canadian border, and Canadian Book of The Dead, which also concerns itself with the riddle of Canadian identity, and was recently workshopped with LA-based Circle X Theatre Co. and San Francisco’s Shotgun Players. Ivana is a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada’s playwriting program, and has also served on the faculty.