Director/Head Drama Facilitator
Danielle T. Strnad
Danielle has received media attention for her work from Metro news, Mississauga Arts Awards, The Booster, Canadian Living Magazine, The Annex Gleaner, The Scarborough Mirror, CBC’s Moving On TV program while also continuing to be recognized by Community Living Toronto as a valuable community partner. Read more
Drama Facilitator
Jennifer Alonso
Jennifer has worked alongside Danielle Strnad at Erinoakkids for several years now in the Drama Program. Jenn was also the sole volunteer mentor for three weeks during the summer with Danielle at the Erinoakkids Movin_ & Groovin_ summer camp as well as the Leadership Camp. Read more
Drama and RhythmWorks Facilitator
Julianna Armstrong
Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Julianna Armstrong spent her formative years studying music and theatre at Victoria High School for the Performing Arts. She enjoyed great successes with the Kokopelli youth choir, both as an alto section leader and as an assistant director. Read more
Alanna Kirsten Balicki, BA (Theatre)
Alanna’s vibrant energy engages art in all of its forms: she has studied drama and children’s literature overseas in England, acting by audition in Halifax, and directing and dramaturgy in Ottawa. With a BA in theatre, she has over twelve years practice developing and teaching creative programming in residential camps, private and after-school environments with companies including Arts Express, Centauri Summer Arts
Camp, and DramaWay. She shares tremendous joy for youth and education; and thus founded and developed Dancap Production’s Cool Cap Club: a free program offering young theatre lovers affordable Broadway-style theatre. Read more
Creative Drama Assistant & Co-Facilitator
Brooke Banning
Brooke Banning is a writer, director, and performance artist that creates original works in theatre, aiming to tease her audience with a fierce dialogue of interpretation. Read more
Drama Facilitator
Lauren Breuer
Lauren has always been driven by art as a form of self-expression and what she believes to be one of the best ways to communicate—be it film, theatre, visual art, or music. She acts, paints, writes, directs and is also a makeup artist. Read more
Creative Drama Assistant/Support Staff
Angela Cha
Before being able to write, Angela drew. Her first love has always been the visual arts, particularly arts and crafts, drawing and painting. More recently, she has developed a keen interest in other forms of the expressive arts such as photography, theatre and film. Read more
Visual Arts and
Senior Staff Member
Gerald Fantone
Gerald Fantone is an imaginative artist, performer, and director who delivers his passion for the arts through innovation and cutting-edge application of the arts with class and critical thinking. Mainly concentrated in the art of cinema, his works has been recognized by organizations such as the Rotary Club and the Toronto Catholic District Board. Read more
Drama Facilitator
Karen Ferreira
Karen Ferreira has been working in partnership with our Drama Facilitators since the conception of our LeadershipWorks program two years ago. Her love of children of all ages is evident when watching her work with them. Read more
Administrator and Film Facilitator
Lizz Hodgson
Lizz has been with DramaWay for just under one year now. Outside of administrative work, assisting in the DramaWorks programs and camp directing the evening summer camp program at Community Living Toronto she is currently completing her BFA undergrad at York University in Film Production with a specialization in documentary cinema. Read more
SingingWorks Facilitator & Senior Creative Drama Assistant
Lara Martin
Lara Martin is a singer songwriter and actor who studied theatre, music and dance at the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. She has been singing for as long as she can remember. To her, the desire to express one self musically is innately human and accessible to everyone. She believes that music can be a powerful transformative tool that balances the mind and heart and elevates the spirit. Read more
YogaWorks Facilitator
Rebecca Paterson
Rebecca’s personal yoga practice began more than twenty years ago. She has been training to be a Yoga instructor over the past two years at The School of Natural Medicine and Yoga Therapy. She will be teaching two distinct but related yogas, Hatha and Kundalini Yoga. Read more