Bowtie Productions was founded in 2021 with the goal of creating thought-provoking pieces of musical theatre in small scale, immersive productions. In their 4th season, Bowtie continues to illuminate impactful stories and deliver intimate, rarely produced pieces of fan-favourite theatre that speak to the Toronto arts community.
Now heralded as "one of Toronto's most promising companies" (My Entertainment World), their debut production of the musical Fun Home played a sold out run and formed the foundation for a growing community. Their crowd favourite productions of shows like Falsettos, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and tick, tick...BOOM! played to rave reviews in publications like The Toronto Star and have won Toronto Theatre Critics Awards, Broadway World Awards and garned nominations from the Dora Mavor Moore Awards and Critics Pick Nominations from My Entertainment World.
MANAGING TEAM
Meredith Shedden, Artistic Director
Meredith (she/her) is a Toronto-based director/choreographer with a background in musical theatre performance (HBMTP Sheridan College, 2022).
Selected direction and choreography credits include tick, tick...BOOM!, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Falsettos - director/choreographer, Fun Home - choreographer/associate director (Bowtie Productions), Be More Chill - associate director (Bravo Academy), and The Drowsy Chaperone - director/choreographer (Victoria College Drama Society).
When Meredith is not in the rehearsal room, you can find her calling line dances at Toronto's premier queer line dance event, Spurs Night or playing at home with her cat, Fosse.
Ian Kowalski, Artistic & Executive Producer
Ian (he/him) is a graduate of the Performing Arts program at O'Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute and the Media Production Program at Toronto Metropolitan University. As a lifelong performer and lover of the arts, he is passionate about producing thought-provoking stories that change our perception of what is possible with the theatrical medium.
Favourite acting credits include Peter in Peter Pan (The LOT), Tobias in Sweeney Todd (Ember Island Players), Lumière in Beauty and the Beast (O'Neill CVI) and Will Bloom in Big Fish (TMTC). Behind the scenes, he has directed and produced plays, musicals and several short films. He also works on the production team at Canadian Stage and serves as a jury member for the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in the General Theatre Divison. When not in a theatre (rarely), he can be found rock climbing or travelling.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Stratford: Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Cymbeline. Elsewhere: Alcestis, Tartuffe, The Witch of Edmonton (Theatre Erindale), Retrograde (Toronto Fringe). Film/TV: Workin' Moms seasons 6 and 7 (CBC/Netflix); Macy Murdoch (CBC/Shaftesbury); Pie Boy (Ace Entertainment). Writer/composer: She, Men, & The Giant Snake
Stratford: Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Cymbeline. Elsewhere: Alcestis, Tartuffe, The Witch of Edmonton (Theatre Erindale), Retrograde (Toronto Fringe). Film/TV: Workin' Moms seasons 6 and 7 (CBC/Netflix); Macy Murdoch (CBC/Shaftesbury); Pie Boy (Ace Entertainment). Writer/composer: She, Men, & The Giant Snake (Ottawa undercurrents/ Soulpepper Theatre/ Buddies in Bad Times); The Gray: A Wilde Musical (Hart House Theatre); One Song Glory (Musical Stage Company). Training: Theatre and Drama Studies - University of Toronto/Sheridan College. Online: anthony-palermo.com, @anthxnypalermo.
Lizzie Song (she/her)
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Lizzie Song is a multi-disciplinary performer, director, producer and creative in Toronto. Lizzie is currently a cast member in the Touring Company at Second City Toronto and previously a Main Stage understudy. She’s a proud member of award-winning sketch troupe “Potato Potato” and band, “Passing Strangers”. Select credits include: I Was
Lizzie Song is a multi-disciplinary performer, director, producer and creative in Toronto. Lizzie is currently a cast member in the Touring Company at Second City Toronto and previously a Main Stage understudy. She’s a proud member of award-winning sketch troupe “Potato Potato” and band, “Passing Strangers”. Select credits include: I Was Unbecoming Then (Next Stage Festival), Playground (Best of the Fest @ Toronto Fringe), Rooted: A Musical Poem (Blackman Productions/Toronto Fringe), Legally Blonde (Hart House), Cell Block Tango: Reimagined (EveryBODY on Stage)
Daniel Yeh (he/him)
Anthony Palermo (he/they)
Daniel Yeh (he/him)
Daniel Yeh is an Asian-Mohawk (First Nations) artist living in Toronto, and graduate of Sheridan College's Musical Theatre Performance program (22’). Daniel is an active actor, dancer, and singer, having most recently been seen in the production of The Storybook Search (Bad Hats Theatre), an ensemble member and swing in BentBoy (Young Pe
Daniel Yeh is an Asian-Mohawk (First Nations) artist living in Toronto, and graduate of Sheridan College's Musical Theatre Performance program (22’). Daniel is an active actor, dancer, and singer, having most recently been seen in the production of The Storybook Search (Bad Hats Theatre), an ensemble member and swing in BentBoy (Young People’s Theatre) and as Tommy Djilas in The Music Man (Thousand Islands Playhouse). He hopes to continue creating and entertaining through his work and strives to connect with communities through story telling.