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).
Trinity United Church
1250 McCraney St.E.
Oakville, Ontario L6H 3K3
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:30 AM | Name:Tawnia Aghaei | Titles: The World Above, The Little Mermaid by Alan Menken I Love Play Rehearsal, Be More Chill by Joe Iconis | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Emry Murray | Titles: Johnny One Note, Babes In Arms by Richard Rogers Everything I know, In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Rachel Nichol | Titles: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber I Love Play Rehearsal, Be More Chill by Joe Iconis | Home Festival:Norfolk |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Reaghan Bogdonov | Titles: The Greatest Star, Funny Girl by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill No One Else, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Sullivan Thompson | Titles: Proud of Your Boy, Aladdin by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman The Master's Song, Dracula, the Musical by Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Christopher Hampton | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Rachel Jackson | Titles: The Wizard and I, Wicked by Stephen Schwartz The Worst Pies in London, Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Meegan Aikman | Titles: Once Upon a Dream, Jekyll and Hyde by Frank Wildhorn & Leslie Bricusse Nothing, A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Jazlynn Su | Titles: Burn, Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda Don't Rain On My Parade, Funny Girl by Jule Styne | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Xiomara Mallo | Titles: I'm the Greatest Star, Funny Girl by Jule Styne Home, Beetlejuice by Adam Dannheisser | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Kate LiVolsi | Titles: I'm in Love With A Wonderful Guy, South Pacific by Richard Rodgers Life Boat, Heathers by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Sarina Wu | Titles: Waiting for Life, Once On This Island by Stephen Flaherty Higher, Allegiance by Jay Kuo | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Betty Qiu | Titles: Requiem, Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul What Baking Can Do, Waitress by Sara Bareilles | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Ella Hamilton | Titles: Joey is a Punkrocker, The Black Suits by Joe Iconis Flowers, Hadestown by Anais Mitchell | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:2:15 PM | Name:Riley Hales | Titles: Lullaby of Broadway, 42nd Street by Harry Warren, Al Dublin, Mark Bramble I Don't Care Much, Cabaret by John Kander, Fred Ebb | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:45 pm until 4:15 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Intermediate Musical Theatre Playoffs will be held at Chartwell Baptist Church – 228 Chartwell Rd. - from 4:45 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitors will have to travel to Chartwell Baptist Church.