Professional Info
Holly Wyder has been acting since grade 2 appearing as the littlest Christmas tree in her classes Christmas musical. From there the bug caught her and she went on to perform in over 10 productions in her elementary school. Wanting to continue her studies she attended St. Lawrence College for Musical Theatre. Upon graduating she moved to Toronto and has been taking classes as well as working on her own projects.
Performance Experience
Theatre (Selected)
Mute the Musical Ensemble Toronto Fringe/ Alinka Angelova
Chicken Little Piggly/Squirrely Solarstage/ Zenon Skrzypczyk
The Buddy Holly Story Maria Elena Magnus Theatre/ Mario Crudo
The F Word Soloist Buddies in Bad Times/ Jen Phillips
Sweeney Todd Beggar Woman Hart House/ Mike Wisniowski
Let the Sunshine In Soloist Brockville Arts Centre/ Aaron Eyre
Angels In America (Pt 1) Rabbi/Emily/Ethel St. Lawrence College/ Brian Frommer
Nunsense Sister Amnesia Brockville Arts Centre/ Matt Lundvall
Charlie Brown Lucy Paramount/ Spencer Hari
Film/Televison
Celiac Supporting Ryerson/ Luke Villemaire
First Date Lead Ryerson/ Isabel Putz-Preyra
Gordon's Motivation Supporting Humber/ Sabchu Rinpoché
Female Therapy Lead HollyWould Productions/ Cait Benton
Niko Lead Toronto Film School/ Stephen Oruwari
Notes on the Porch Lead Humber/ Taylor Lorenz
Dialects
Canadian
Russian
Hispanic
British
Southern
Skills
Instruments: Guitar, Fiddle, Clarinet
Sports: Bowling, Basketball
Other: Loon call, whistling, knitting, canoeing, skiing, Puppet
Certification: G Liscense, Passport
2010 - present
Training
Education
St. Lawence College (Musical Theatre Diploma)
Second City Training Centre (Conservatory 1-5, Levels A-E)
Acting Coaches
Frank McAnulty (Improv)
Kris Siddiqi (Sketch)
Tony Babcock (Scene Study/Improv)
Ken Hall (Clown)
Lauren Ferraro (Voice and Speech)
Connor Thompson (Improv)
Kevin Matviw (Improv)
Ashley Comeau (Improv)
Karen Parker (Improv)
Marjorie Malpass (Improv)
Nola Augustson (On-Camera Scene Study)
Brian Frommer (On-Camera Scene Study)
Kate Hurman (Shakespeare)
Andy Massingham (Scene Study)
Jacob James (Scene Study/Improv)
Alix Sideris (Voice and Speech)
Mary Ellis (Scene Study)
Eliza-Jane Scott (Voice and Speech)
Matthew Lundvall (Scene Study/ Shakespeare)
Peter Hayworth (Scene Study)
Lorne Pardy (Scene Study)
Vocal Coaches
Robert Graham (Repertoire)
Luiz Monterei (Repertoire, Technique)
Barbara Szarek (Technique)
Susan Eichhorn Young (Repertoire)
Aaron Eyre (Repertoire)
Jenniah Armstrong (Technique)
Jaime Philp (Repertoire)
Denise Krawczuk (Repertoire)
Dance Instructors
Cheryl Blondin (Jazz)
Kerry Gage (Jazz)
Jay T. Schramek (Jazz)
Janet Venn-Jackson (Jazz, Tap, Modern)
Deanna Smith (Tap, Modern)
Alejandra Sanchez (Ballet)
Tina Veirra (Ballet)
Intensives/Workshops
Rob Norman (1-day Comedy director workshop)
Rosalie Joseph (2-day on camera audition lab)
Thom Allison (2-day Musical Theatre audition prep)
Sue Morrison (2- day Clown)
Lynne Cormack (2-day on camera audition lab)
Dorian Foley (Stage Combat)
2010 - present