Our Team
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People's success in producing high-quality and meaningful work for children and their families is due in no small part to the remarkable staff that makes up the organization. The team at Kaleidoscope is a diverse and dedicated group of theatre artists, makers, youth arts educators, and administrators who share a common passion for creating and promoting exceptional theatre experiences for young people. Kaleidoscope's staff are the backbone of the organization, providing the behind-the-scenes support that allows the theatre to operate smoothly and efficiently. They are skilled in fundraising, marketing, and operations, and work tirelessly to ensure that the theatre's resources are used effectively and efficiently. Together, the staff of Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People form a dynamic and dedicated team that is committed to creating exceptional theatre experiences for young people. Their passion, skill, and commitment are what makes Kaleidoscope such an important and valuable institution in the world of Canadian children's theatre.
Administration
Pat Rundell
Executive & Artistic DirectorPat Rundell (he/him) is an award-winning theatre director, actor, and arts leader. As the Executive & Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope Theatre, Pat brings his passion for the arts and leadership skills to guide the company towards continued success.
Pat’s work as a director and performer has been widely recognized across the region. Personal highlights include: The Addams Family (KTYP), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (LCT), 9to5 and A Christmas Story (VOS), Blink! (Puente Theatre), Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh (Urban Arts), and Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Black Box Productions).
As a performer, Pat has worked in Canada and the United States, performing on stages, in tents, outdoors at parks, at historic sites, and even in an inflatable igloo! Local Victoria performance highlights include Edgar in the Canadian premiere of Nevermore (Urban Arts), Mozart in Amadeus (KT), Alan in One Man, Two Guvnors (LCT), the Baker in Into the Woods (Urban Arts), Greg in A Chorus Line (VOS), Rooster in Annie (Black Box Productions), and Hunter in the M Award Winning musical [Title of Show] (Urban Arts).
Pat is most remembered for his performance as “Rich Goat” in over 100 performances of Puente Theatre’s critically acclaimed musical Gruff.
Pat received his formal theatre training at the American Musical & Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, California.
Pat is a proud member of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and is currently the Co-Rep for the Theatre for Young Audiences Caucus with the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, alongside Breanne Harmon of Persephone Theatre.
Pat has been Executive Director since 2018 and first joined Kaleidoscope in 2011.
Shea O'Connor
Education DirectorShea is an actor, teaching artist and arts administrator originally from Mohkinstsis, (Calgary, AB). After graduating from the theatre program at the University of Victoria with a specialization in acting, she continued her training at Canada’s National Voice Intensive (now the Moving Voice Institute/MVI) in Toronto. She is now an Associate with the MVI and a founding member of the MVI Alumni Committee. Shea is passionate about theatre education for youth and was an Associate Instructor at Carousel Theatre for Young People, as well as a part of the Riotous Youth Internship Program at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival before joining the faculty at Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. In addition to teaching weekly classes and camp programs, Shea has co-directed the Kaleidoscope Young Company (2021) and created an exciting new program; the Teen Shakespeare Intensive. Performance credits include Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, UVic Phoenix Theatre, Langham Court Theatre, Bragi Theatre and the UBC Brave New Playwrights Festival.
Kelsey Cain
Production & Administrative CoordinatorBorn and raised in Victoria BC, Kelsey is a graduate of Uvic’s Phoenix Theatre, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Production and Management. Kelsey has been involved with several shows with Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. Her most recent credits are Stage Manager for The Incredible Adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito (2021), Stage Manager for Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery (2019) and Apprentice Stage Manager for Gruff (2020). Other production experience includes her role as Stage Manager for 7 Stories ( Phoenix Theatre, 2019), West ( Phoenix Theatre, 2017), Yorkshire Tragedy ( Phoenix Theatre, 2018) and The Dining Room (Phoenix Theatre, 2018). She was also recently an Apprentice Stage Manager for Countess Maritza (Pacific Opera Victoria, 2019) and Flight (Pacific Opera Victoria, 2020). Kelsey is excited to be involved with Kaleidoscope in her new role as Production and Administrative Coordinator.
Kelsey is currently on Leave.
Abby Corpus
Programs AssistantAbby Corpus is a singer, actor, theatre instructor, and arts administrator local to Victoria, BC. She is incredibly passionate about theatre, especially as a means of inspiring creativity in young people. This passion has led her to pursue many different facets of theatre, both onstage and off, including her role as the Program Assistant for Kaleidoscope. She has had performance training from many different programs and institutions, including the University of Victoria, the Victoria Conservatory of Music, and VOS Musical Theatre, as well as Kaleidoscope. Her experience ranges across many genres, and she currently works primarily in musical theatre and classical voice. As an instructor, she has been teaching various camps and classes at Kaleidoscope for the past several years, in both acting and musical theatre. She is very glad to be a part of the Kaleidoscope team!
Performing Arts Studio
Anna van der Hooft
Teaching Artist Anna van der Hooft
Teaching ArtistAnna van der Hooft, BMus (in Opera), MMus (in Voice Performance), has a wide range of accomplishments in music and theatre, from her work as a soloist in musical theatre, oratorio and opera, to the creation, direction and management of theatrical productions and training programs for young musicians. At Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People, Anna teaches voice to the private voice students and looks forward every year to music directing the Teen Musical Intensive.
Anna is currently on Leave.
Andrea Lemus
Teaching Artist Andrea Lemus
Teaching ArtistBorn and raised in Mexico, Andrea‘s love for performing arts began at a very early age. She graduated from the National Ballet School of Cuba “Fernando Alonso” and later from the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Andrea has been performing with professional theatre companies in Victoria. Andrea has choreographed some original work across Mexico, Cuba, Florida and Victoria.
Some performance credits include: Twelve Angry Jurors, The Penelopiad, Sweet Charity (Company C), Countess Maritza, Flight (POV), La Sylphide (Ballet Etoile), Mamma Mia (VOS), The Rocky Horror Show, Mind the Gap (Atomic Vaudeville).
Andrea is a proud faculty member of Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People’s Performing Arts Studio.
Sophia Radford
Teaching ArtistSophia is an actor, director, playwright, and musician. Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland, Sophia has been performing for as long as she can remember. She recently graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in Theatre, specializing in Performance. She is passionate about teaching and finds it incredibly fulfilling to inspire a love of the arts in her students! She has taught ESL classes and has spent the last two summers as a drama camp counsellor with Theatre SKAM. Select performance credits include: Shakespeare’s Women, The Children’s Hour, Othello (Phoenix Theatre), Reset, Hey There Mr. Moon, Are We All Dead? (SATCo), The Audition (Theatre Inconnu).
Nadia Lurie
Teaching Artist Nadia Lurie
Teaching ArtistNadia is a singer, actor, and drama instructor from Victoria, British Columbia, on the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Nadia’s passion for the performing arts started at a young age when she was a student herself at Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People’s Performing Arts Studio! Now, she relishes being able to share her passion by nurturing young theatre lovers in weekly classes and camps. Nadia has been teaching acting and musical theatre for several years at Kaleidoscope. There’s magic in seeing students build their storytelling confidence in the classroom and on the stage. As a graduate of Reynolds Secondary’s drama program as well as a Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival participant over the years, she appreciates how performing can be a rewarding act of self-expression. Currently, Nadia is a student at the University of Victoria’s School of Music, studying classical voice performance.
Geoff Malcolm
Teaching Artist Geoff Malcolm
Teaching ArtistGeoff Malcolm is a performer, storyteller, amateur cook, uncle and proud cat parent of two. Geoff was a Ballet Victoria company member from 2007-2013. Geoff has worked for Pacific Opera since 2007 after initially being hired as a dancer playing a faun in Strauss’s Daphne; Geoff has been fortunate in my time there to play soldiers, guards, henchmen, dancing waiters, a variable Noah’s Ark of animals, and a human representation of fire and water (separate productions). In addition to performing Geoff is also a choreographer and teaching artist. Currently Geoff is in the process of getting certified as a fight director and stage combat instructor through Fight Directors Canada
Ella Daly
Teaching Artist Ella Daly
Teaching ArtistElla Daly is a performing artist who was raised on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən People. She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts. At CCPA, Ella completed three years of intensive conservatory style training; specializing in acting, singing, and movement. Ella’s primary goal as an artist is to promote social change through creating, performing, and teaching. She hopes to make a difference in the world; forging connections, embracing vulnerability, and sharing stories. When she isn’t performing, Ella also enjoys devising theatre. She is a co-founder of Extended Space Theatre Collective. Ella is happy to be a part of the Kaleidoscope team.
Kendra Bidwell
Teaching Artist Kendra Bidwell
Teaching ArtistKendra Bidwell is an actor, dancer, singer and musician from Victoria, BC. After graduating from Company C at the Canadian College of Performing Arts she has had the privilege to stage manage, portray princesses with Enchanted Fables, tour with Jubilations Dinner Theatre in Buddy Holly’s Happy Days, perform in Legends of Horror at Casa Loma in Toronto, and create and perform shows with Theatre SKAM aboard the pop-up truck. Performing has always been Kendra’s passion and self-chosen career path from a young age. Her teaching journey began in high school where she assisted musical theatre classes, and recently she has been sharing her passion for performing teaching children at McTavish Academy of Art and Theatre SKAM. She is excited to share her joy of performing at Kaleidoscope.
Ashley Chodat
Teaching ArtistAshley is a multidisciplinary artist who is passionate about using theatre for education and community building. She strives to create a safe and exploratory environment for artists and is particularly drawn to developing new and devised work. Ashley has been fortunate to collaborate professionally with companies across Canada like Bard on the Beach, The Cultch, Theatre SKAM, Young People’s Theatre (Toronto) and Vancouver Fringe Festival. As a teaching artist, she works for Arts Umbrella, Kaleidoscope and Carousel Theatre for Young People. Ashley is currently on Bard on the Beach’s Education Advisory Council and an adjudicator for the BC Thespians Festival. She holds a diploma in Theatre (Performance) from Douglas College and is working towards her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Applied Theatre/Creative Writing at Uvic. Her play, June Bug, will have its world premiere at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in September 2022.
Jazmin Saunders Scales
Birthday Party Host Jazmin Saunders Scales
Birthday Party HostJazmin, was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. She is a singer, actor and theatre instructor. With a strong affinity for the arts at a young age, she began cultivating her skills at Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People in 2011 attending their summer camps. Over the years, she trained in the various arts at the studio and transitioned from student to teaching assistant to instructor. In addition, she studied musical theatre and classical voice at Saltwater Inc. under Joanne Hounsell. She has been involved in the local arts community in many capacities; including performing with the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society (The Mikado), as well as representing Victoria twice for voice in the Performing Arts BC Provincials. Jazmin is thrilled to be a part of the faculty at Kaleidoscope so she can share the joy that theatre and singing bring to her.
Board of Directors
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People is a charitable not-for-profit organization known as Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions Society. The Society is governed by a volunteer board of directors who passionately guide and support the society. The society is committed to the fulfillment of its mandate and mission and has assembled a strong and unique team able to reach those goals.
- President - Bethany Wilson
- Vice President - Yvette Guigueno
- Treasurer - Erica Kjekstad
- Secretary - Laura Silva
- Director - Michael Forbes
- Director - Donna Jones
- Director - James Murray
- Director - Noelle Mason
- Director - Cameron Reid
Get Involved
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People is always looking for individuals eager to participate in championing the vision of Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. You support helps to ensure this important institution reaches its full potential. We have many volunteer opportunities available throughout the year.
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People is one of BC's leading companies creating theatre for young audiences, currently producing and presenting a 3 play season and operating a theatre school that educates over 500 young people annually. Administratively housed in Victoria’s Old Town District, Kaleidoscope works throughout the Capital Region, entertaining and inspiring young people and their families.
For More Information on how you can volunteer, please contact us at 250.383.8124
