Taran is a local Kamloops based actor currently studying theatre at Thompson Rivers University under the direction of Wesley Eccleston, Heidi Verwey and Robin Nichol. His most recent role was Howard Hockstead in an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People. Other roles at TRU have included Private Brodsky in John Lazarus’ Village of Idiots and Jeff Parkway, the lead in Correct Address by Judd Lear Silverman. Taran was also selected to work as an actor/writer with the 2012 Kamloops Art’s Council’s Rivertown Players, a children’s theatre company.