The Company

Jacquie Thomas (she/her) – Artistic Director

In addition to her role as founder and Artistic Director of Theatre Gargantua, Jacquie has served Gargantua as an actor, director, producer, composer, choreographer, dramaturge and writer, earning 11 Dora nominations for her artistic contributions to the company.

Other selected credits include the Ossetynski Actors Lab in Los Angeles, Roy Hart Theatre in France, The National Theatre of Greece and the Gardzienice Theatre Association of Poland. Jacquie was awarded a Harold Award for contributions to Toronto’s independent theatre community, and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for contributions to Canadian Culture and Community.

Michael Gordon Spence (he/him) – Associate Artistic Director

Michael Spence is Associate Artistic Director and an award-winning, long-standing member of Theatre Gargantua’s creative team. He has been involved in all of TG’s productions, appearing in all major Cycles and writing or designing for many of the company’s noted works. His script for The Exit Room was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, and he won the award twice for Outstanding Set Designs. He has received a total of ten Dora nominations for his work with the company, winning four.

Michael is a recipient of a Harold Award, a distinguished honour for members of the Toronto independent theatre community. He is also an accomplished musician and singer-songwriter. He directed the first SideStream Cycle, Shrapnel, which represented his directorial debut with the company.

Lynette Hines (she/her) – General Manager

Lynette is thrilled to be a part of Theatre Gargantua, after over 10-years of managing several arts non-profits in a finance and governance capacity. Formally of the corporate world, with expertise in process design and enabling governance, being part of an innovative professional company – Gargantua! – is ideal. Lynette holds an MBA in General Management from the Ivey School of Business, and is excited to combine her education, skills, and experience in this new venture. Personally, Lynette has enjoyed performing in dozens of amateur musicals and plays, as well as ongoing singing about town with her husband, David.

Contributing Artists

Theatre Gargantua develops each new cycle of work with an ensemble of artists through various workshops.

We would like to acknowledge the huge contributions to the founding and early establishment of TG the following artists have made: Erica Buss, Diane Niec and Joel Benson.

Over the years, the following artists have worked with the company in many different capacities including: performing, design, production, song creation, and movement development.

• Ciara Adams
• Heather Annis 
• Jenny Aplin
• Julia Aplin
• Abraham Asto
• Katie Binnersley
• Bruce Barton
• Joshua Browne
• Valerie Buhagiar
• Meryn Cadell
• Marjorie Campbell
• Daryl Cloran
• Jack Considine
• Michael Cooper
• Belinda Corpuz
• Sandra Crejenica
• Ritesh Das
• Cait Davis
• Cameron Davis
• Darcy Gerhart
• Conor Green
• Natalie Gisele
• Allan Day
• Christine Devaney
• Andrea Donaldson
• Madeleine Donohue
• Susan Doyon
• Stephan Droege
• Terence Duraisami
• Melissa Falcioni
• Linn Øyen Farley
• Carolyn Farrell
• Yolanda Ferrato
• Katherine Foster
• Sarah Machin Gale
• Mollie Garrett
• Adam Gaudreau
• Michelle Girouard
• Barbara Gordon
• Taylor Marie Graham
• Nadine Grant
• John Gzowski
• Spencer Hazel
• Bill Hermans
• Patrick Howarth
• Rick Hyslop
• Sukaina Ibraheem
• Kirsten Johnson
• Kathleen Jones
• Martin Julien
• Lori Nancy Kalamanski
• Teiya Kasahara
• George Koller
• Alan S. A. Kushan
• Cyrus Lane
• Jani Lauzon
• Richard Lee
• Kearston Lyon
• Brenna Maccrimmon
• Laird Macdonald
• Krista Macissac
• Victor Mare
• Ottilie Mason
• Melanie McNeill
• Duncan Mccallum
• Owen Milburn
• Alexis Milligan
• Suzie Miller
• Erika Morey
• Claire Nesbitt-Hawes
• Nina Okens
• Daniel Oulton
• Kwaku Okyere
• Franco Pang
• Pam Patel
• Michelle Polak
• Courtney Pyke
• Thomas Ryder Payne
• Donald Quan
• Rick Roberts
• Madison Robinson
• Cassidy Sadler
• Kat Sandler
• Melissa Jane Shaw
• Jane Siberry
• Jade Silman
• Robert Simms
• Sasha Singer-Wilson
• Sandra Smirle
• Timothy Somerville
• Tyler Stewart
• Sheree Tams
• Tommy Taylor
• Angela Thomas
• Michael Timmins
• Ernie Tollar
• Peter Turk
• Victoria Ward
• Jason White
• Aaron Willis
• Louisa Zhu
• Kavkasia: Alan Gassier,
• Stuart Gelzer, Carl Linich
• Olivia Cameron
• Bella Szpala
• Carmen Kruk
• Ria Yadav
• (if your name should be on this list, please let us know!)