Julia (she/her) is a director, Dora-nominated actor, educator, and producer, as well as Co-Artistic Director of both the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival and Toronto’s Shakespeare BASH’d.
As a director, Julia has worked across Ontario, including four seasons at the Stratford Festival. Selected directing credits: The Merchant of Venice (multiple top ten lists for 2025), Cymbeline, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare BASH’d), Much Ado About Nothing, She Stoops to Conquer, Play On! (St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), Romeo and Juliet (George Brown Theatre School), Play On! A Shakespeare-Inspired Mixtape (Stratford Festival), Romeo & Juliet (YES/STC), 3Tempests (Shakespeare In Action), The Duchess of Malfi, The Revenger’s Tragedy (Co-Director, Toronto Metropolitan University), The Tom & Gertie Letters Project (Co-Director, SpringWorks), Modern Love (Co-Creator, Canadian Stage).
Julia has worked as the Managing Director of Common Boots Theatre and served as a producing mentor with the Toronto Fringe Festival. She is a graduate of the joint acting program at UofT and Sheridan College.