Board of Directors

Grace Lila Martin, president

Grace Lila Martin (She/Her) started acting professionally at the Victoria Fringe Festival in 2014. Since studying and performing with the Canadian College of Performing Arts and the Second City, she has acted in film and theatre across Canada, including touring her original one-woman show ‘Lucky Casanova,’ with Present Productions, the company she co-founded and co-runs. She started with the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival as a Jr. Company member in 2018 and joined the board in 2024. 

Corvus Campbell, vice president

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Kai Fig Taddei, secretary

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Bridgette Nzomwita, treasurer

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Kaylee Cavanagh, member-at-large

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Cam Culham, member-at-large

Cam holds a BA in English, an MA in Theatre and a Diploma in French. He has been a fulltime EAL instructor at Continuing Studies (UVic) for 22 years. He has been performing with the GVSF on a consistent basis since the early 1990s, when all shows were performed at the Inner Harbour. Cam is a longstanding volunteer at local schools which teach diverse populations of special abilities, where he shares music and drama (most recently as puppeteer in the Get it? Got it! Puppet Troupe). This is the second Board of Directors that Cam has been a part of, the first being a one year stint with Kaleidescope Theatre.

Laara Huuskonen, member-at-large

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Allison Balabuch, advisory board

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Allison holds a BA in International Relations, a Bachelor of Education, and an MA in Language and Literacy. She has been teaching in England, Delta, and Victoria for over 20 years. As a French Immersion teacher at Central Middle School, she coaches grade 8 students through the process of writing, producing, and performing a French play every year in a partnership with Langham Court Theatre. She has also produced and directed 13 musicals with students from grades 4-8 in both Delta and Victoria. She studies and performs with the Bashirah Middle Eastern Dance Company at events around Victoria. Allison has been volunteering for the GVSF for the past few years and is excited to have joined the Board of Directors.

Shona Slack, advisory board

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Advisory Board 

Ian Case

Paul E. Croy

Lori Fisher


In Memory of Susie Mullen