GAIL HAKALA — Artistic Advisor, Voice Dept.
A co-founder of TYMTC, Gail Hakala is an accomplished singer, actor and teacher who has performed from coast to coast in all major theatres in Canada. Gail was a member of the Shaw Festival Theatre Company for nine years, a veteran of 20 productions. Favourite roles at Shaw include Minerva in Mr. Cinders, Bonnie in Anything Goes, Tinkerbell in Peter Pan and Netta Lake in Cavalcade. Other favourite roles: Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera (Pantages Theatre and the Canadian tour), Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show (Bathurst Street Theatre), Widow Corney in Oliver (Centaur Theatre) and the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Stage West Calgary). Gail has also starred on the concert stage with Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley and Mandy Patinkin in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Pantages Theatre), Side By Side By Sondheim (Lunchbox Theatre), and Noel and Cole (Theatre Aquarius). Most recently, Gail was seen as Aunt Eller in Oklahoma (Huron County Playhouse), Domina in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (The Sudbury Theatre Centre), Alice/Mrs. Winthrop in The Secret Garden and Maria in Man of La Mancha (Huron Country Playhouse ), Mrs. Barry/Mrs. Blewett in Anne Of Green Gables(Charlottetown Festival), and as Sister Mary Hubert in Nunsense 2 (Theatre in Port). When not gracing the stage, Gail can be found diligently teaching at Sheridan College in the Musical Theatre department. She has been the resident vocal coach at the Shaw and Charlottetown Festivals, Artistic Director of Kidz Camp 2002 at Theatre in Port, Vocal Coach of Les Miserables (School Edition) for Stagedoor Schools and has adjudicated for the Kiwanis Music Festival. Gail has a Bachelor and Masters degree in Music from the University of Toronto.
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