• Fringe 2024 staff gather and smile at the camera

Staff

  • Rachel has pale skin, shoulder length blonde hair, light eyes, and wears bright red lipstick.

    Rachel Kennedy

    Executive Director, Co-Lead
    she/they
    416-966-1062 x 224
    rachel (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Laura is of mix ancestry, has shoulder length black hair. She smiles at the camera wearing a khaki green button up shirt

    Laura Paduch

    Managing Director, Co-Lead
    she/her
    416-966-1062 x 223
    laura (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Tessa has long brown hair, light skin, dark eyes, and wears a blue floral shirt. She smiles at the camera.

    Tessa Cernik

    Communications Manager
    she/her
    416-966-1062 x 225
    tessa (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Kevin has short black hair, and smiles widely to the camera

    Kevin Yue

    Projects & Operations Manager
    he/him
    416-966-1062 x 222
    kevin (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Lucy has short curly black hair, dark eyes, freckles and wears a red patterned shirt

    Lucy McPhee

    Development Manager
    she/her/they/them
    lucy.mcphee (at) fringetoronto.com
    416-966-1062 x 227

contract & part-time staff

  • Beth has short, messy brown hair, wears a black crew neck shirt, and smiles at the camera

    Beth Airton

    Research Projects Coordinator
    they/them
    beth (at) fringetoronto.com

  • A women wearing a white sweater crosses her arm across her chest and smiles at the camera.

    Heidi Damyo

    Marketing Assistant
    she/her
    marketing.assist (at) fringetoronto.com

  • A black and white photo of a black women wearing a fur hat looks at the camera

    Emily Duckett

    TD Marketing Associate
    she/they
    marketing (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Caitlin has shoulder length curly hair with blonde highlights, and wears purple lipstick.

    Caitlin Farley

    Festival Production Manager
    she/her
    production (at) fringetoronto.com

  • A person with shirt brown hair wearing a black shirt looks of to the side.

    Za Hughes

    Associate Production Manager
    they/them
    associate.pm (at) fringetoronto.com

  • Damien has long curly brown hair, blue eyes, and looks into the camera

    Damien Nelson

    Publicist
    she/her
    damien (at) wantandable.ca

    Damien facilitates all media coverage and relations. Please reach out with any media requests.

  • Tanya

    Tanya Rintoul

    Education Programs Manager
    she/her
    tanya (at) fringetoronto.com

  • A person with curly hair stands in front of a brick wall smiling at the camera.

    B Roett

    TD Emerging Festival Producer 
    she/they
    ep (at) fringetoronto.com

  • A person wearing red devil and a 3 piece sparkly suit ears grins cheekily at the camera while holding onto their bowtie

    Alex Vermey

    Patio Programming Coordinator 
    they/them
    patio.events (at) torontofringe.com 

  • A photo of a women wearing a white tank top, with short black hair looks at the camera.

    Mya Wong

    Box Office Coordinator 
    she/her
    boxoffice(at)torontofringe.com

  • The three members of the Accessibility Collective

    The Disability Collective

    Accessibility Coordinators
    access (at) fringetoronto.com

    The Disability Collective (TDC) is the only fully disability-led performing arts organization in Toronto. Founded in late 2020, The Disability Collective is led by disabled artists, advocates, and producers Emily Maxwell, Nathan Sartore, and Ali Hand. Dedicated to celebrating and showcasing work created solely by disabled artists, TDC strives to de-stigmatize disability and challenge perceptions of disability by providing disabled artists with paid opportunities to share their work in a variety of forms, along with actively advocating for and improving accessibility and inclusion in the Canadian arts community by providing disability consultation services.