Paula is known as a powerful voice, movement and text teacher. She also coaches people preparing for auditions, presentations and performances.
But, for those who are experiencing performance blocks, Paula is trained in gentle and effective tools that help to free up the gifts within us. Sometimes this gentle, inner work is needed before we can fully and joyfully express ourselves to the world.
Contact Paula to learn more. Don't let price be a barrier - there are many payment options available (and complimentary sessions for those who want a taster or are really struggling financially).

Bio:
Paula is a professional theatre artist, coach/educator, and community-based arts facilitator. She was named a 2024 YWCA Hamilton Honorary Woman of Distinction for her work bringing the arts to those living in the shelter system in Hamilton. This included directing and co-creating “Ushindi!” for the 2024 Hamilton Fringe which won Best in Venue and was groundbreaking for centering the voices of Hamilton’s unhoused LGBTQ refugees.

Other recent directing credits include “After Prom” for the 2023 Decolonize Your Ears Festival and “Life In Transit(ion)” for Frost Bites Theatre Festival 2023.

Paula was the Assistant Director of “Transforming Stories/Driving Change” at McMaster University. This massive, five-year project used Theatre of the Oppressed and devised theatre tools to explore and show, how social exclusion affects marginalized communities and how they can be empowered through theatre to make themselves heard.

Paula’s performing credits include the Shaw Festival, Canstage and Toronto Free Theatre. She trained at Ryerson Theatre School (now Metropolitan) and has an MFA in Acting from York University (2011).

Paula has taught at McMaster, Theatre Aquarius Theatre School, the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts as well as coaching privately. She’s also the winner of the 2015 City of Hamilton Arts Award for Theatre.