Matt white

Co-founder & artistic director

Matt has worked as a director, actor, dramaturg, educator and theatre producer for over 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. Most recently Matt appeared on stage again in Green Light Arts’ production of Late Company.

Directing credits for GLA: Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain, This is How We Got Here, WE COULD BE, Touch, Will You Be My Friend, The Amish Project, Andy Warhol presents: Valerie, You Be Me, Camp Knot-a-Cult. Other select directing credits: Trading Post (Treading Theatre Festival), 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 an adjunct professor 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 an M.A. 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 2014-2025

Carin was GLA’s inaugural Managing Director from March 2014 to Dec 2025. She Co-Founded the company with her partner Matt White after they decided to relocate to Kitchener with their young family. After nearly 12 years building, running, and shaping GLA, Carin left the company in pursuit of a job opportunity with the Arts & Entertainment Division at the City of Kitchener.

Carin has worked as a professional theatre producer, arts administrator, educator, choreographer and performer for over 20 years. Before 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 an actor/singer/dancer and is a member of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. In 2024, she appeared as ‘Debora’ in Green Light Arts’ production of Late Company directed by Kwaku Okyere.

Carin is an occasional sessional instructor for the Theatre & Performance Program at the University of Waterloo and is a senior teacher and part of the teacher training faculty at The Branches Yoga. She holds an Honours B.A. in Theatre & Drama Studies from University of Toronto, a Diploma in Acting from Sheridan College, and a Diploma in Voice Recital from Trinity College London. She has thrice been nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award and was a finalist for the 2025 K-W Oktoberfest Rogers Women of the Year Awards in the category of Arts & Culture.

Cassidy Hicks

Producer, Metcalf Foundation Performing Arts Intern

Cassidy Hicks (she/they) is a theatre artist and emerging producer living and working in the Willow River Watershed. With a background in playwriting, theatre production, and program management, she has served as sessional faculty at Fanshawe Colleges’ Theatre Arts program, produced plays and festivals across Southwestern Ontario (Dark Crop Festival, Femme Folks Fest), and is a Brickenden award-winning playwright (Widow’s Wedding Dress). A fierce advocate in 2SLGBTQIA+ and mental health spaces, Cassidy strives to create and produce programming that is equitable, empowering, and accessible.

Katie Honek

Operations Coordinator

Katie Honek (she/her) is thrilled to be joining the Green Light Arts team!  With more than a decade of professional stage management experience, Katie is well familiar with the dynamic and demanding environment of live theatre. She’s a compassionate collaborator whose most recent focus has been in academic arts management at a post-secondary level. “I’m excited to be reengaging with my theatre roots, now with an even greater outlook for community building!"

Bea littleton

education coordinator

Bea Littleton is an award-winning production manager. Graduating from the Drama program at the University of Windsor and Film Acting program from Toronto Film School, she went on to teach at the Toronto Film School and became a helpful point of contact for student works; helping on student plays and short films with sfx makeup, set design, and costuming. Her most recent work includes prop work and stage management for Trading Post.

Bethel Eshetu

FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR

Bethel Eshetu (she/her) is excited  to return to Green Light Arts as a Fundraising Coordinator. A current Fine Arts and Theatre student at the University of Waterloo, she is passionate about all things theatre and working in the arts.  She began working with GLA as volunteer in 2022, then joined the company as an Arts Administrator in the Fall of 2025! Bethel has had previous experience working in theatre, fashion, and film which you can check out more on her website: betheleshetu.com.