Artistic Producer/Founder
Larissa is the Artistic Producer for Theatre by the Bay, where the mandate is to bring affordable professional theatre to beautiful downtown Barrie.
She has been involved in the arts on many different levels for over 20 years.
Larissa also heads the Film, Television and Theatre Division at Jigsaw Casting Ltd. in Toronto, and has a great team of people working for her.
She cast the YTV hit Family Biz, as well as the critically acclaimed show The Bridge for CBS & CTV and the Feature,
The Corridor.
Some of Larissa's upcoming projects are
Wipeout for Global, Toronto casting for
The Tall Man starring Jessica Biel, the new CBC comedy series
Insecurity, Feature Films, Berkshire and Proximity, as well as the highly anticipated series Life with Boys from the co-creators of Hannah Montana.
She is also thrilled that they have announced the second season of The Bridge.
Larissa co-founded Theatre by the Bay in 2001 with her husband, Nick Baillie. Theatre by the Bay has produced many wonderful Shakespeare shows as well as musicals that she is extremely proud of. She is very excited for the 2010 line-up The Taming of the Shrew, as well as the Young Company production of Aladdin and Jasmine's Summer Adventure.
A special thanks to all the sponsors, her family, the volunteers and members for all their support and time. She is also very thankful to the board of directors for their hard work in helping bring such high quality theatre to the community. In the end, theatre cannot exist without its patrons- Thank you for supporting and attending Live Theatre.