ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Donna Garner

Toronto-based Canadian Actor-Musician Donna Garner was raised on a dairy farm near Stratford, Ontario, in a home filled with music. Her classical voice studies took her to Western University, The University of Toronto and to the AIMS Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. 

An actor, singer, pianist, multi-instrumentalist and Dora Award winner, her performing has taken her across Canada, the U.S., Austria and Japan. Select theatre credits include Dr. Silver (World Premiere-Musical Stage Company & Outside The March); The Sound of Music (U.S. First National Tour); Once (U.S. First National Tour, Mirvish, Neptune); Two Pianos, Four Hands (across Canada and the U.S.); Fiddler On The Roof (Persephone), to name only a few. Her recent TV/Film credits include Private Eyes (Global); The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu); Anne (Netflix/CBC); Designated Survivor (ABC). 

When not on stage, Donna works as a voice specialist for masterclasses and lectures, as an adjudicator, as a voice examiner for The Royal Conservatory of music, as a private voice teacher, repertoire coach, accompanist, and as a Music Director. 

She shares her life with her talented Actor-Musician husband Rick Hughes.