Toronto based Actor-Musician Donna Garner was raised on a dairy farm near Stratford, Ontario in a home filled with music. Her classical voice studies took her to Western University, The University of Toronto and to the AIMS Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
Donna works onstage as an actor, singer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist. She recently founded GTP - Garner Theatre Productions - Canada's first theatre company with a mandate to cast and celebrate Actor-Musicians in thought-provoking works.
Her performing has taken her across Canada, the U.S., Austria and Japan. Select theatre credits include Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Canadian Premiere-Crow's Theatre & Musical Stage Company); Dr. Silver (World Premiere- Musical Stage Company & Outside The March); The Sound of Music (U.S. First National Tour); Once (U.S. First National Tour, Mirvish, Neptune); Two Pianos, Four Hands (across Canada and the U.S.); four seasons at The Charlottetown festival, and roles in many other regional and summer theatres throughout Canada.
Select TV/Film credits include Mr. Monk's Last Case (Peacock/ UCP); Y;The Last Man (FX/ COLOR FORCE TV); Dare Me (USA Network); Spinning out (SVOD Series); Private Eyes (Global); Handmaid's Tale (MGM/Hulu); Anne with an E (Netflix/CBC); Designated Surviver (ABC).
When not performing, Donna works as a voice specialist for masterclasses and lectures, an adjudicator, a private voice teacher, repertoire coach, accompanist, and Music Director. She is on the faculty of the prestigious Sheridan College Music Theatre program, and is a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music.
She shares her life with her talented Actor-Muso husband Rick Hughes and their stoic mini-schnauzer Gustav Mahler (Gus).
Chartwell Baptist Church - Sanctuary
228 Chartwell Rd
Oakville, ON L6J 3Z8
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Abygail Smitham | Titles: Good Morning Baltimore, Hairspray by M. Shaiman & S. Wittman Everlasting, Tuck Everlasting by C. Miller & N. Tysen | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Sofia Sanchez | Titles: I've Got the Sun in the Morning, Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin Popular, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:South Simcoe |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Daya Summers | Titles: Practically Perfect, Mary Poppins by George Stiles Far From The Home I Love, Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Logan Li | Titles: RSVP, Dear Edwina by Zina Goldrich On Your Way Home, James and the Giant Peach by Pasek and Paul | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Michelle Woolner | Titles: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile, Annie by Charles Strouse Everlasting, Tuck Everlasting by Chris Miller | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Ayaan Chauhan | Titles: Think Positive, Willy Wonka by Leslie Bricusse Electricity, Billy Elliot by Elton John, Lee Hall | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Sienna Valente | Titles: I Speak Six Languages, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn I Never Want To Go Home Again, Gigi by Frederick Loewe | Home Festival:North York Virtual |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Georgia Kennington | Titles: Castle on a Cloud, Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schonberg Popular, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Kiara Karpenchuk | Titles: My Grand Plan, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical by Rob Rokicki I Know I Have A Heart, Cinderella by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Isabella Guan | Titles: If I Loved You, Carousel by Rodgers & Hammerstein Popular, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:Quinte |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Aviva Marche | Titles: My New Philosophy, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner and Andrew Lippa Another World, A Little Princess by Brian Crawley and Andrew Lippa | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Ainsley Gray | Titles: Maybe, Annie by Charles Strouse My Favourite Things, The Sound of Music by Richard Rogers | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Livia Tandy | Titles: Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat, Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser Dead Mom, Beetlejuice by Eddie Perfect | Home Festival:London |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Aubry Balcom | Titles: Ring of Keys, Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron I'd Rather Be Me, Mean Girls the Musical by Jeff Richmond & Nell Benjamin | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Hanna Wheatley | Titles: The Lamest Place in the World, 13 the Musical by Jason Robert Brown Popular, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Danielle Zebeski | Titles: Popular, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz Shy, Once Upon a Mattress by Marshall Barer and Mary Rodgers | Home Festival:Oshawa |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Andy Zhang | Titles: When I Get My Name In Lights, The Boy from Oz by Peter Allen Electricity, Billy Elliot by Elton John | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Talitha Blois | Titles: Apology, Anne of Green Gables by Norman Campbell Maybe, Annie by Charles Strouse | Home Festival:Stratford |
Workshop will be held from approximately 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Elementary Musical Theatre Playoffs will be held at Glen Abbey United Church - 1469 Nottinghill Gate - from 5:00 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Glen Abbey United Church