Matt white

Co-founder & artistic director

Matt has worked as a director, actor, dramaturg, educator and theatre producer for nearly 20 years. For five years Matt was the Associate Producer and then General Manager of multiple award-winning Necessary Angel Theatre Company, one of Canada's foremost contemporary theatre companies. He has also held administrative positions with The Company Theatre and Factory Theatre in Toronto and Theatre & Company in Kitchener. Earlier in his arts career, his focus was on acting and his work included 3 seasons performing with Theatre & Company in Kitchener-Waterloo (acting credits include Mourning Dove, Metamorphosis, A Christmas Carol and The Boys Own Jedi Handbook I&II) as well as running their arts education programming.

Directing credits for Green Light Arts include: WE COULD BE, Touch, Will You Be My Friend, The Amish Project, Andy Warhol presents: Valerie, You Be Me, Camp Knot-a-Cult, Adam Bailey is on Fire. Other select directing credits include: There Are No Gays (Page1 Productions); #churchtoo (Theatre of the Beat); The Seagull and Eurydice (University of Waterloo); Adam Bailey is on Fire (National Fringe Circuit); Twelfth Night and Hamlet (KW Youth Theatre); Bone Cage (Hart House Theatre), and Eirlys and Eckhart (Cart/Horse Theatre).

Matt is currently a sessional instructor for University of Waterloo Drama and Speech Communication program, National Theatre School of Canada, and taught for three years at Sheridan College/University of Toronto at Mississauga. Matt holds a Masters in Theatre from the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama and is a member of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.

Originally from Kitchener, Matt has proudly returned to his roots and shifted his focus to building a great arts organization in Waterloo Region.

Carin lowerison

Co-founder & managing director

Carin has been working as a professional theatre producer, arts administrator, educator, choreographer and performer for nearly 20 years. Before co-founding Green Light Arts, she was the General Manager and Producer of fu-GEN Theatre Company in Toronto, the longest running professional Asian Canadian theatre company in Canada.

Carin began her theatre career as a performer and is a member of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. Select acting credits include: The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge (Theatre & Company), Raging Dreams: into the Visceral (Theatre Gargantua), SUDS the Musical (Brockville Arts Centre).

Carin is an occasional sessional instructor for the Theatre & Performance Program at the University of Waterloo and teaches regularly at The Branches Yoga. She holds an Honours B.A. in Theatre & Drama Studies from University of Toronto and a Diploma in Acting from Sheridan College as well as a Diploma in Opera Recital from Trinity College London. She has been nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award three years in a row.

ANGELO FELICIANO

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Angelo Feliciano (he/him) is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo's Arts and Business program (BA), majoring in Legal Studies, and minoring in Theatre and Performance. His passion for the arts has allowed him to take on a number of roles, including arts administrator, producer, singer-songwriter, playwright, performer, and stage manager. Angelo has worked with GLA on the award-winning production WE COULD BE. He has also provided administrative support to the company throughout the summer of 2023, and is excited to return for GLA's 2023-24 theatrical season!

In addition to his work in theatre, Angelo is also working on releasing his debut EP, "IMAGES OF YOU" as a musical artist. You can stay updated on his musical journey by following @angelomfeliciano on Instagram.

Jacqueline meldrum

marketing COORDINATOR

Jacqueline Meldrum (they/she/he) is a multi-disciplinary artist, communications professional, and University of Waterloo Theatre and Performance student. Previous GLA Marketing Credits: Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain (2023), Our Fathers, Sons, Lovers and Little Brothers (2023), This Is How We Got Here (2022). 

Jacqueline was most recently the 2023 Design Apprentice with A Company of Fools in Ottawa, and has been the Head of Wardrobe for Portia's Julius Caesar (2023) and the Head of Props for EVERYBODY (2022) at the University of Waterloo. She has also performed her original poetry at the Pinch Cabaret. You can find their work @jmeldrumpoetry on Instagram. Jacqueline is always happy to be back at GLA, and is looking forward to spending this summer with the team!

izad etemadi

playwright-in-residence, 2021 - 2023

Izad Etemadi is an Iranian-Canadian actor, writer, and producer. He is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts, and winner of the 2017 Emerging Queer Artist award from Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Represented by the Characters Talent Agency, he has most recently appeared on screen in Odd Squad (PBS Kids), Bajillionaires (Family Channel), and Tall Boys (CBC), as well as several national commercial campaigns.

His playwriting credits include 1002 Nights, We Are Not the Others, and several highly acclaimed one-(wo)man shows with his bearded drag persona, Leila. Leila has sold out shows across the country, and earned Izad awards including the 2016 Broadway World Award for Best Independent Production. He is currently developing a new comedy show, Say My Name, in residency with Green Light Arts.

Izad’s work uses comedy to explore issues of queer identity, immigration, body image, shadeism, and the terrors of being a millennial. When he is not writing and performing, Izad works in casting for Film and Television with Jesse Griffiths Casting.