Kathryn Ballantine was raised in London, England. Surrounded by Britain’s rich history of theatre, pantomime and comedy, Kathryn’s self-identity as an artist was shaped early. She began music and ballet at the age of six, and continued studying voice, theatre and improv until eventually, back in Canada, she entered Music Theatre- Performance at Sheridan College. Her first solo recording, Songs My Father Taught Me was undertaken with composer Leonard Ballantine, and Juno Award-winning technician, Ed Marshall of Marshall Arts Productions. Three of Kathryn’s favourite credits include playing Dianna Barry in the 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables at The Charlottetown Festival, working with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton on The Boys In The Photograph as well as working with the Jonas Brothers in their hit Disney movie, Camp Rock. In her spare time Kathryn teaches dance at Tandem Studios in midtown Toronto.
Gordon Hecht is currently an acting student at the University of Windsor. His acting mentors outside of university include; Bruce Gooch, Marcia Bennett and Jane Moffat. He has studied in Toronto at Dean Armstrong’s Acting Studio and has also studied in Russia at the Moscow Art Theatre School. He has been recently cast in a play called Down Dangerous Passes Road, directed by Lionel Walsh, which will be opening on October first at the University of Windsors Studio Theatre. Gordon aspires to be a professional actor and film maker. As well as acting he writes short sketches and films. This is Gordon’s first time in a sketch show.
Jared Bishop is a Theatre Studies Major at the University of Guelph. He is a graduate of Rosedale Heights School of the Art where he was on the Improv Team and acted in productions such as Peter Weiss’ Marat/Sade and Christopher Durrang’s An Actor’s Nightmare. This summer he was in Small Stage’s Production of Genesis and Other Stories, a play by Rosamund Small. He will also be in Sky Gilbert’s Shakespeare Experiment at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre on August 29th and 30th.
Llyandra discovered her passion for performing while at Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, after moving from Los Angeles to Toronto in 2004. She was a member and coach of the national placing RHSA Improv Team, and was privileged enough to perform in countless shows, including A Midsummer Nights Dream (Nick Bottom), This Is A Play (Older Female Actress), and URINETOWN: The Musical (Caldwell B. Cladwell). She is currently attending the University of Windsor, majoring in a BFA in Acting, and this past June she spent a month in Russia, training at the Moscow Art Theatre School. You can catch her this August in an original sketch comedy show Little Mistakes present: Something Sketchy at the Bread and Circus.
Evan O’Donnell is an energetic young actor and writer, currently studying at the University of Toronto. Recent roles include: Andrew, in Smallstage Production’s Genesis and Other Stories, and Gus, in Hart House Theatre’s Arcadia. He’d like to thank his fellow Little Mistakes for making Something Sketchy such a wild, crazy and (hopefully!) funny show.
