
Adam Corrigan Holowitz (he/him), Founding Artistic Director
2025 Season: Director and Playwright of Medical Wonder, Director and Co-Playwright of London Fog, Ephraim in Sleigh Without Bells, Writer and Performer for The Manor Park Evening Post.
Adam is a dramaturg, director and playwright. Productions Adam has directed for AlvegoRoot include: The Fig Tree by Patricia Nacamoto, County Fair by Kydra Ryan, Gyroscope by James Reaney, Slate Sisters (playwright), The Bicycle Play (co-creator), Pirates of Long Point (playwright), Harvest, Fools and Lovers, The Wind in the Willows (playwright), The Boy with an R in His Hand (playwright), Sixty-Seven (playwright), The Big Lad by Jason Rip, The Angel of Long Point (playwright), Running Rude by Jeff Culbert, Colleening (creator), Endgame, Beard, Macbeth, Uncle Vanya and Waiting for Godot. Adam c0-wrote and performed The Lawyer of La Salette and Sweet Marie with Kydra Ryan. He also performed february: a love story and Tales for a Reaney Day with Kydra Ryan. In 2011 he performed his solo play Manor Park which began AlvegoRoot's current mandate of creating plays based on local stories. Adam has been dramaturg for Patricia Nacamoto's The Fig Tree, Kydra Ryan's plays County Fair and Of Gods and Machines. For Village Opera Adam has directed: John Beckwith and James Reaney’s The Great Lakes Suite, Menotti’s The Telephone, Shaw’s Village Wooing. For Fridge Door Theatre he directed Lawrence Station. For Theatre Aezir he directed Gary Kirkham’s Falling: A Wake. Adam holds a BA Honours from York University where he studied Dramaturgy. He is the recipient of The Iris Turcott Memorial Award for dramaturgy from York University.
2025 Season: Director and Playwright of Medical Wonder, Director and Co-Playwright of London Fog, Ephraim in Sleigh Without Bells, Writer and Performer for The Manor Park Evening Post.
Adam is a dramaturg, director and playwright. Productions Adam has directed for AlvegoRoot include: The Fig Tree by Patricia Nacamoto, County Fair by Kydra Ryan, Gyroscope by James Reaney, Slate Sisters (playwright), The Bicycle Play (co-creator), Pirates of Long Point (playwright), Harvest, Fools and Lovers, The Wind in the Willows (playwright), The Boy with an R in His Hand (playwright), Sixty-Seven (playwright), The Big Lad by Jason Rip, The Angel of Long Point (playwright), Running Rude by Jeff Culbert, Colleening (creator), Endgame, Beard, Macbeth, Uncle Vanya and Waiting for Godot. Adam c0-wrote and performed The Lawyer of La Salette and Sweet Marie with Kydra Ryan. He also performed february: a love story and Tales for a Reaney Day with Kydra Ryan. In 2011 he performed his solo play Manor Park which began AlvegoRoot's current mandate of creating plays based on local stories. Adam has been dramaturg for Patricia Nacamoto's The Fig Tree, Kydra Ryan's plays County Fair and Of Gods and Machines. For Village Opera Adam has directed: John Beckwith and James Reaney’s The Great Lakes Suite, Menotti’s The Telephone, Shaw’s Village Wooing. For Fridge Door Theatre he directed Lawrence Station. For Theatre Aezir he directed Gary Kirkham’s Falling: A Wake. Adam holds a BA Honours from York University where he studied Dramaturgy. He is the recipient of The Iris Turcott Memorial Award for dramaturgy from York University.

Eve Cohen
2025 Season: Elvira in Medical Wonder. 3rd Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot: Viola in Lawrence Station (a Fridge Door Live production). A newcomer to Canada, Eve studied theatre at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles. Selected Credits: The Dining Room (Theatre Woodstock), Four Weddings and an Elvis (ITOPA), and Human Voices Wake Us (TAP Centre for Creativity). Favourite roles in the US include Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple (Parker Arts, Denver), Pam in The Full Monty (Sasquatch Productions, Denver), and Nancy in The Goodbye People (Vintage Theatre, Denver).
2025 Season: Elvira in Medical Wonder. 3rd Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot: Viola in Lawrence Station (a Fridge Door Live production). A newcomer to Canada, Eve studied theatre at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in Los Angeles. Selected Credits: The Dining Room (Theatre Woodstock), Four Weddings and an Elvis (ITOPA), and Human Voices Wake Us (TAP Centre for Creativity). Favourite roles in the US include Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple (Parker Arts, Denver), Pam in The Full Monty (Sasquatch Productions, Denver), and Nancy in The Goodbye People (Vintage Theatre, Denver).

Katy Clark
2025 Season: Performer in The Manor Park Evening Post and Colleening The Letters and Poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau. 7th Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot Katy has performed in The Manor Park Evening Post since 2018. In 2023 Katy directed february: a love story for AlvegoRoot. Katy holds a Doctorate in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Nathalie Paulin. Canadian soprano Katy Clark has appeared across North America as a soloist, chorister, teacher, lecturer, and director. She has appeared as a soloist with groups including the Amici Chamber Ensemble, the Kitchener-Waterloo and Windsor Symphonies, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Elora, Indian River, and Stratford Summer Music Festivals, singing in opera, oratorio, recital, and musical theatre. A specialist in new works, Katy appears as a soloist on the 2022 album A Woman’s Voice, which features the vocal music of Canadian composer Alice Ping Yee Ho. She also appears on numerous albums released by the Elora Singers and Opus 8, and is featured as a soloist on the Elora Singers albums To the Ground from the Sky and In Beauty May I Walk. She is a member of the Elora Singers and of Opus 8, and has sung with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. As the founder and producer of London’s Village Opera, Katy developed and sang in their production of The Great Lakes Suite… and Other Canadian Adventures and The Telephone/Village Wooing.
2025 Season: Performer in The Manor Park Evening Post and Colleening The Letters and Poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau. 7th Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot Katy has performed in The Manor Park Evening Post since 2018. In 2023 Katy directed february: a love story for AlvegoRoot. Katy holds a Doctorate in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto, where she studied with Nathalie Paulin. Canadian soprano Katy Clark has appeared across North America as a soloist, chorister, teacher, lecturer, and director. She has appeared as a soloist with groups including the Amici Chamber Ensemble, the Kitchener-Waterloo and Windsor Symphonies, Michigan Opera Theatre, and the Elora, Indian River, and Stratford Summer Music Festivals, singing in opera, oratorio, recital, and musical theatre. A specialist in new works, Katy appears as a soloist on the 2022 album A Woman’s Voice, which features the vocal music of Canadian composer Alice Ping Yee Ho. She also appears on numerous albums released by the Elora Singers and Opus 8, and is featured as a soloist on the Elora Singers albums To the Ground from the Sky and In Beauty May I Walk. She is a member of the Elora Singers and of Opus 8, and has sung with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. As the founder and producer of London’s Village Opera, Katy developed and sang in their production of The Great Lakes Suite… and Other Canadian Adventures and The Telephone/Village Wooing.

Paul Grambo
2025 Season: Performer in The Manor Park Evening Post and Colleening The Letters and Poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau. 9th Season for AlvegoRoot.
Previously for AlvegoRoot Paul has performed in The Manor Park Evening Post since 2017 and appeared in Colleening. Paul is an active soloist, conductor and voice teacher based in London, Ontario. He has been the conductor of The Broadway Singers since 2017 and is the Assistant Music Director of St. James Westminster Church. He has been the conductor of the Canadian Celtic Choir since 2020. He is currently a member and soloist with the Elora Singers. Opera credits include UWO Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Edmonton Opera, and Village Opera. As a teacher, Paul maintains an active private studio and conducts workshops for ensembles across Canada.
2025 Season: Performer in The Manor Park Evening Post and Colleening The Letters and Poetry of Colleen Thibaudeau. 9th Season for AlvegoRoot.
Previously for AlvegoRoot Paul has performed in The Manor Park Evening Post since 2017 and appeared in Colleening. Paul is an active soloist, conductor and voice teacher based in London, Ontario. He has been the conductor of The Broadway Singers since 2017 and is the Assistant Music Director of St. James Westminster Church. He has been the conductor of the Canadian Celtic Choir since 2020. He is currently a member and soloist with the Elora Singers. Opera credits include UWO Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, Edmonton Opera, and Village Opera. As a teacher, Paul maintains an active private studio and conducts workshops for ensembles across Canada.

Sarah Hagarty
2024 Season: Izzy Slate in Slate Sisters. 2nd Season for AlvegoRoot.
Sarah is a creative human completely incapable of committing to one medium; an actor, writer, musician, (emerging) producer, and as many other hats as she can balance atop her head. Past roles include Miss Stacey (Anne of Green Gables in Concert, Kiwanis Festival), Gertrude (Lawrence Station, Fridge Door Live Theatre) and Mrs. Cassilis (The Cassilis Engagement, University Players). Endless thanks to Adam, Kydra, Elizabeth, Eve, Keith, and the two very special heartbeats at home in Stratford.
2024 Season: Izzy Slate in Slate Sisters. 2nd Season for AlvegoRoot.
Sarah is a creative human completely incapable of committing to one medium; an actor, writer, musician, (emerging) producer, and as many other hats as she can balance atop her head. Past roles include Miss Stacey (Anne of Green Gables in Concert, Kiwanis Festival), Gertrude (Lawrence Station, Fridge Door Live Theatre) and Mrs. Cassilis (The Cassilis Engagement, University Players). Endless thanks to Adam, Kydra, Elizabeth, Eve, Keith, and the two very special heartbeats at home in Stratford.

Haiden Lyle
2025 Season: Albert in London Fog. 2nd Season for AlvegoRoot.
Recently Haiden performed Alpha has part of AlvegoRoot's This Hour Has 10 Minutes Play Festival. He is a graduate of the University of Windsor's BFA of Acting Many thanks to the Kay-Wallace's, the Fanfare Books team, and of course Sarah.
2025 Season: Albert in London Fog. 2nd Season for AlvegoRoot.
Recently Haiden performed Alpha has part of AlvegoRoot's This Hour Has 10 Minutes Play Festival. He is a graduate of the University of Windsor's BFA of Acting Many thanks to the Kay-Wallace's, the Fanfare Books team, and of course Sarah.

Deborah Mitchell
2025 Season: Michelle Fontaine in Medical Wonder. 3rd Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (2011) and Mrs. Henningsham in Grimes of the Borough (AlvegoRoot's Inaugural Production in 2009). Deborah is no stranger to several of the stages and theatre groups of London. A teacher of elementary school music and drama for 32 years, she has enjoyed performing in comedies, dramas, and musicals ever since her arrival in the Forest City in 1979—usually one or two shows a year; a pattern that has continued since her retirement. She is passionate about spending time with her family (including her grandson), travelling far and wide, learning to speak French, and being a volunteer drama teacher at Arts 4 All Kids—an organization which provides lessons in the arts to students who could not otherwise afford these. Selected favourite roles include: Fraulein Schneider (Cabaret, Fuse Productions), Mame (Mame, London Community Players), Maude Gutman (Bakersfield Mist, Calithumpian Theatre Company), Ursula the Sea Witch (The Little Mermaid, Musical Theatre Productions), Linda Loman (Death of a Salesman, London Community Players). As ever, thanks to her husband of many decades, Stephen, who kindly tolerates her obsession with “treading the boards.”
2025 Season: Michelle Fontaine in Medical Wonder. 3rd Season for AlvegoRoot.
For AlvegoRoot: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (2011) and Mrs. Henningsham in Grimes of the Borough (AlvegoRoot's Inaugural Production in 2009). Deborah is no stranger to several of the stages and theatre groups of London. A teacher of elementary school music and drama for 32 years, she has enjoyed performing in comedies, dramas, and musicals ever since her arrival in the Forest City in 1979—usually one or two shows a year; a pattern that has continued since her retirement. She is passionate about spending time with her family (including her grandson), travelling far and wide, learning to speak French, and being a volunteer drama teacher at Arts 4 All Kids—an organization which provides lessons in the arts to students who could not otherwise afford these. Selected favourite roles include: Fraulein Schneider (Cabaret, Fuse Productions), Mame (Mame, London Community Players), Maude Gutman (Bakersfield Mist, Calithumpian Theatre Company), Ursula the Sea Witch (The Little Mermaid, Musical Theatre Productions), Linda Loman (Death of a Salesman, London Community Players). As ever, thanks to her husband of many decades, Stephen, who kindly tolerates her obsession with “treading the boards.”

Kydra Ryan (she/her), Associate Artistic Director
2025 Season: Dr. Imogen Volek in Medical Wonder, Co-Playwright and Freya in London Fog, Director of Sleigh Without Bells, Writer & Performer of The Manor Park Evening Post. 9th Season for AlvegoRoot. Kydra is the associate artistic director of AlvegoRoot as of 2022. She’s an actor, writer, and director. Selected acting credits with AlvegoRoot include: Taylor in County Fair, Sylvia Slate in Slate Sisters (2024 & 2022), Buster in The Lawyer of La Salette, her in february: a love story, Hilda in Gyroscope, Marie in Sweet Marie, Sylvia in Tales for a Reaney Day, Annie Pixley in Shall Not Be Taken, and Elsie in Elsie: Dreams and Sketches. As a playwright her plays County Fair and Of Gods and Machines have premiered at AlvegoRoot. Kydra has co-written The Lawyer of La Salette and Sweet Marie with Adam Corrigan Holowitz. Kydra co-directed The Fig Tree by Patricia Nacamoto. Outside of AlvegoRoot: multiple characters in Lawrence Station (Fridge Door Live Theatre Company), and Portia in Pandemic Julius Caesar (Western Shakespeare).
2025 Season: Dr. Imogen Volek in Medical Wonder, Co-Playwright and Freya in London Fog, Director of Sleigh Without Bells, Writer & Performer of The Manor Park Evening Post. 9th Season for AlvegoRoot. Kydra is the associate artistic director of AlvegoRoot as of 2022. She’s an actor, writer, and director. Selected acting credits with AlvegoRoot include: Taylor in County Fair, Sylvia Slate in Slate Sisters (2024 & 2022), Buster in The Lawyer of La Salette, her in february: a love story, Hilda in Gyroscope, Marie in Sweet Marie, Sylvia in Tales for a Reaney Day, Annie Pixley in Shall Not Be Taken, and Elsie in Elsie: Dreams and Sketches. As a playwright her plays County Fair and Of Gods and Machines have premiered at AlvegoRoot. Kydra has co-written The Lawyer of La Salette and Sweet Marie with Adam Corrigan Holowitz. Kydra co-directed The Fig Tree by Patricia Nacamoto. Outside of AlvegoRoot: multiple characters in Lawrence Station (Fridge Door Live Theatre Company), and Portia in Pandemic Julius Caesar (Western Shakespeare).

Jack Sizeland
2024 Season: Performer in Manor Park Evening Post. 5th Season for AlvegoRoot,
Previously with AlvegoRoot: Jones in Gentle Rain Food Co-op, Manor Park Evening Post (2023, 2022, 2021), Grimes of the Borough (2009). Selected credits: Edmunds & Winzeler: Perfect World, Ranjbar & Schindler: Where do we Begin? (workshop - 2019). Kings Players: Heathers (2020) Catch Me if you Can (2019) First Date (2018). Theatre Western: A Chorus Line (2017). Musical, Other: St. James Westminster Chamber Quartet (2020-present) Woodstock Fanshawe Singers (2016-2020).
2024 Season: Performer in Manor Park Evening Post. 5th Season for AlvegoRoot,
Previously with AlvegoRoot: Jones in Gentle Rain Food Co-op, Manor Park Evening Post (2023, 2022, 2021), Grimes of the Borough (2009). Selected credits: Edmunds & Winzeler: Perfect World, Ranjbar & Schindler: Where do we Begin? (workshop - 2019). Kings Players: Heathers (2020) Catch Me if you Can (2019) First Date (2018). Theatre Western: A Chorus Line (2017). Musical, Other: St. James Westminster Chamber Quartet (2020-present) Woodstock Fanshawe Singers (2016-2020).