Team
Kathleen Henry
Director
Kathleen has taught in California for San Jose Ballet, Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre, and Ballet Arts Centre. In Winnipeg for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Contemporary Dancers Canada and Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Her directing credits are extensive and have mainly focused on children's theatre and dance. She has directed and choreographed theatre productions and ballets in California at the Henry Mello Performing Arts Centre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and San Jose Performing Arts Centre.
Kathleen also worked as dance teacher for Balmoral Hall School. Kathleen was performance director for a children's television show on Discovery Channel. She has written and directed in film. Kathleen served as the artistic director for Santa Cruz Performing Arts Alliance in California, working with Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Kathleen studied her dance training with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Contemporary Dancers, York University, and with Kristine Elliot (Former Soloist with American Ballet Theatre). Kathleen also holds a degree in Theatre and Film from the University of Winnipeg.
Katie Skwarchuk
Ballet/ Musical Theatre
Katie has been involved in music and dance since the age of 3. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Music at the University of Manitoba, specializing in both education and performance.
Katie grew up studying ballet and Ukrainian folk dance at Rusalka UNF, and has been a member of the Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble since 2021. She has explored many dance styles, including jazz, contemporary, musical theatre, and lyrical under the tutelage of Kathleen Henry at All About Theatre and her teachers at Karen Luba School of Dance. You can spot Katie dancing in many performance opportunities throughout the year, such as the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Folklorama, and the All About Theatre company productions.
Katie has completed her Level 1 Orff certification, an internationally recognized approach to teaching music and movement. Katie has been a part of the teaching faculty at Rusalka UNF and All About Theatre since 2020. She is looking forward to meeting all of her students and for another exciting year of exploration and learning.
Rebecca Pratt has been singing since she could talk and started playing piano, clarinet, and any other instrument she could get her hands on not long afterwards. She has sung in and directed dozens of shows across various school and community productions.
Upon discovering a passion for teaching and directing music during her high school years, Rebecca spent two years studying music at the University of Manitoba before moving on to study education at the University of Winnipeg. She is currently the primary piano and musical theatre instructor at the Winnipeg Winter Club as well as a proud part of All About Theatre’s artistic team.
Rebecca is also a composer, writing in both classical and contemporary styles for groups such as the Winnipeg Youth Chorus, the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra, and more. In her free time, find her working on a paint-by-number or volunteering her time teaching piano lessons out of her home.
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Andrew Doerksen
Musical Director
From a young age Andrew has loved the stage. He has a passion for learning and is always looking for opportunities to grow as a performer. In high school he took part in school musicals and drama clubs and toured with his choir across western Canada and to Chicago.
Andrew rediscovered his love for theatre in college and went on to complete a practicum with Candlewick Productions in Morden. He has continued to perform in plays, musicals, and dinner theatres. Recently, Andrew joined All About Theatre for their 2023 Winnipeg Fringe production.
Serenity Witwicki
music direction/office management
Serenity has been singing for as long as she can remember. As a teenager she started to train in various dance styles including ballet, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, modern and tap. She also began to act in various theatre classes. At only 15 years old Serenity had the opportunity to perform at the David Geffen Hall in New York City. After a few years off, Serenity has started to rediscover her love for the arts, especially musical theatre. Throughout her time with all about theatre Serenity has also learnt the roles and responsibilities of stage managing and assisted in various productions. Serenity is looking forward to taking her next big step which will include vocal directing, performance directing and office management.