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A Dora-nominated director and educator, Kaylee is a member of the Canadian Guild of Directors and Choreographers (CGDC) and the Association of Acting Coaches and Educators (AACE).
She has directed at Theatre Sheridan and The Musical Stage Company, assistant directed across Ontario (Musical Stage Co, The Grand, Mirvish), choreographed mainstage shows at SAMC Theatre (Trinity Western University), and taught masterclasses at the University of Toronto (Opera), Stratford and Shaw Festivals, SAMC Theatre, Langley Fine Arts School, Arts Club and Camp Cue, in addition to adjudicating the Stratford Festival Virtual Musical Theatre Youth Training Program. Kaylee has taught singing, dance, acting, voice and movement to various ages and levels, and currently teaches singing, acting, auditioning and voiceover virtually from her private studio.
Kaylee spent two seasons as an RBC Apprentice Director & Kathleen C. Freeman Leadership Development Fund Recipient, Musical Stage Company (Toronto), where she recently directed/dramaturged UnCovered: Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles. Last year, Kaylee was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her direction of Retold (Musical Stage Company) at the Toronto Reference Library and directed fourth-year students at Theatre Sheridan in a triptych of short works under the title, In Studio: The Words and Music of Britta Johnson. Recently, Kaylee was Directing Associate to director Robert McQueen on Pollyanna the Musical (Theatre Aquarius) and Assistant Director to Ray Hogg on Dixon Road at Musical Stage Company and Controlled Damage at the Grand Theatre. Kaylee co-conceived/directed Now What? The Art of Moving On and directed/dramaturged a workshop of MEAT for Musical Stage Company.
Testimonials
“Kaylee Harwood is an extraordinarily effective coach and masterclass clinician. She envisions, demonstrates and trains young artists upward - beyond what they knew was possible for them. She was the outstanding highlight of my studio class guests for the teaching year. ”
“Kaylee is a natural teacher. She is able to meet each student in the centre of their needs and abilities, encouraging them towards excellence with kindness and confidence. Her warmth, generosity, and sense of humour are a gift to any classroom.”
“Kaylee is really invested in each of her students, helping them to grow in their own specific and individual kind of way. She is flexible and adaptive in her teaching and has made me feel so much more confident in my voice, both singing and speaking.”