Donna Marie Baratta - Associate Director

Donna Marie performed professionally in Crazy For You (Mirvish Productions, Snapshot Productions), Sunset Boulevard (Livent), the Charlottetown Festival and Magnus Theatre (Reflections on a Crooked Walking, Ned Durango Comes to Big Oak) to name a few. She also worked as an Assistant Director on Bridgefest’97 Opening Ceremonies and as an Assistant Director and Company Manager of Spirit of a Nation for many years. She Choreographed and Assistant Directed the World Premiere of Perfect Life the musical at the Poor Alex Theatre in 2005 and completed three months in Europe as an Assistant Choreographer on a French Film entitled Gone for a Dance.

She has taught for private dance studios, at the prestigious Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts and has directed, choreographed and produced numerous plays, dance shows and musicals including: Honk!, Crazy for You, The Vagina Monologues, Alice in Wonderland, You Can’t Take it with You, 7 Stories, Jitters, Peter Pan, Seussical the Musical, and Grease.

She has been an arts educator for the past ten years, proud Past-President of the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE) and is presently teaching at the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts.  Her partnership with Christopher Wilson began in 1992 and she is thrilled to finally live out their long held dream of having their own company. 

Christopher Wilson - Artistic Producer

Christopher completed his Bachelor of Education at OISE, and studied with the Opera Division of the University of Toronto. He also holds his Masters Degree in Opera from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Selected professional theatre credits include: Drayton Entertainment, the Waterloo Stage Theatre, Royal Opera Canada, Ross Petty Productions (Elgin Theatre), Disney Cruise Lines, the National Arts Centre, Pacific Opera, Huron Country Playhouse, the Stratford Festival, and the Charlottetown Festival. Christopher also performed in the ABC Disney movie musical The Music Man with Mathew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth released to DVD in North America.

Christopher has sung extensively with many professional choral ensembles including the Studio Musique Ancienne de Montreal, and was a founding member of the Nathaniel Dett Choral. He has performed in the press conference for the opening of Disney's The Lion King here in Toronto, and has also appeared onstage with the TSO and soprano, Kathleen Battle.

As an arts educator, Christopher has taught extensively in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. He offers tuition in vocal studies, choral music, dance, drama, musical theatre, and professional development workshops. Christopher taught throughout the province of Ontario through the Artists in Education program with the Ontario Arts Council. He currently teaches for the Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Toronto District School Board.

Christopher is the Artistic Producer of Da Capo Productions, with whom he produces, directs, and performs in professional theatre productions and facilitates community arts outreach programs for youth and children within Ontario.