Ms. Baron began her stage career performing with the Canadian Opera Company following her training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the University of Toronto's Opera Department. After transitioning to Music Theatre, she went on to star in both musicals and plays in theatres across Canada, the United States, London's West End and on Broadway.
Ms. Baron has played leading roles in both musicals and plays. Her dramatic roles include Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Grand Theatre, London), Celia in As You Like It (Stratford Festival), and Janet in the original production of Waiting For the Parade (Alberta Theatre Projects).
Some of her favourite musical roles include Sarah in Guys and Dolls (Stratford Festival), Amalia in She Loves Me (Grand Theatre, London), Lady Audley in Lady Audley's Secret (Shaw Festival) and Jenny in Company (CanStage, Toronto).
The successful meeting of Ms. Baron and Gilbert and Sullivan began at the Stratford Festival with leading roles in The Mikado, The Gondoliers and Iolanthe. These productions were filmed and televised on C.B.C. and HBO.
She reprised her role as Yum-Yum in The Mikado on tour in Canada, the United States, the Old Vic in London, England and on Broadway.
As an educator, Ms. Baron was the Head of the Vocal Discipline for the Music Theatre Performance Program at Sheridan College for 15 years.
Currently, she adjudicates Music Theatre in Festivals across Canada, conducts Music Theatre Performance Workshops and Master Classes and works with theatre artists in her Toronto studio.
Glen Abbey United Church
1469 Nottinghill Gate
Oakville, ON L6M 1X7
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:00 AM | Name:Chloe Lok | Titles: Home, Beauty and the Beast by Lisa Kessler My Grand Plan, The Lightning Thief by Kristin Stokes and Rob Rokicki | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:9:15 AM | Name:Ela Weinreich | Titles: World Burn, Mean Girls by Jeff Richmond Screw Loose, Cry Baby by Adam Schlesinger | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:9:30 AM | Name:Alice Byrnes | Titles: I Could Have Danced All Night, My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe What It Means to be a Friend, 13: The Musical by Jason Robert Brown | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:9:45 AM | Name:Ciara Raposo | Titles: You Can't Get a Man with a Gun, Annie Get your Gun by Irving Berlin Stupid with Love, Mean Girls the Musical by Neil Benjamin | Home Festival:Lakehead |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Lily Tepperman | Titles: The Ballad of Jane Doe, Ride the Cyclone by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond Maybe, Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Charlotte Kolas | Titles: Lost in the Brass, Band Geeks by Tommy Newman and Gaby Alter What It Means To Be A Friend, 13: The Musical by Jason Robert Brown | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Claire Falle | Titles: I Could Have Danced All Night, My Fair Lady by Lerner and Loewe Some Things are Meant to Be, Little Women by Jason Howland | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Rachel Van de Laar | Titles: Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus On My Own, Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schonberg | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Caitlyn Edelman | Titles: Welcome To The World, John & Jen by Andrew Lippa Here I Am, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by David Yazbek | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Niko Ceci | Titles: Don't Rain on My Parade, Funny Girl by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne Dreamer in Disguise, Carrie by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Stephanie Apostolakos | Titles: On my Own, Les Miserables by Claude Michel Schonberg Far from the Home I Love, Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Rachel Xian | Titles: I Feel Pretty, West Side Story by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein Once You Lose Your Heart, Me and My Girl by Noel Gay | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Sam Sahadeo | Titles: Tonight At Eight, She Loves Me by Jerry Bock Electricity, Billy Elliot: The Musical by Lee Hall and Elton John | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Nolan McKee | Titles: Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil Grow for Me, Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:2:30 PM | Name:Charlotte Davison | Titles: Dead Mom, Beetlejuice by Eddie Perfect I'm Not That Girl, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz | Home Festival:Kingston |
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 Junior Musical Theatre Playoffs will be held at Chartwell Baptist Church - 228 Chartwell Rd. - from 5:00 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Chartwell Baptist Church.