Alisa Kort 's career has crossed
many boundaries and disciplines as a singer, actor, director, teacher and
vocal coach. As well as performing concerts specializing in traditional
and contemporary Jewish music with "The Tumbalalaika Klezmer Ensemble",
she has guest lectured and taught workshops at universities and theatre
schools. After performing in over 1000 shows with"Phantom of the Opera",
Alisa left theatre in 1995 to become a communication consultant for an
Amsterdam based company. Since returning to Vancouver in 1999, she joined
the faculty of The Vancouver Film School, teaching "Performance of
Singing" and also teaches the "Performance of Singing Workshop" privately.
Alisa is the director of the critically acclaimed group "3Divas"
and is very happy to be back on the stage as a performer in
"Weill Women".
Calla Krause has performed in musical
productions including opera, 20th century music productions and musical
theatre. She has performed primarily in the Toronto area with such companies
as The Stratford Festival and with the original cast of Les Miserables
and later with the Canadian National tour of Les Miserables. Calla left
theatre to attend law school at Dalhousie University and is now a non practicing
lawyer in British Columbia where she operates a brokerage and trading firm
in BC.
Karen Shumka is
a much sought-after vocal coach, répétiteur and accompanist. Karen sang
with the University of Victoria Chamber Singers and after graduating from
with a degree in piano performance, she spent eight years coaching in Toronto
where she held several music directorships with various local opera companies. Karen
has performed throughout North America in recitals, recordings and competitions. Karen
has also worked with the Mozart Opera Studies Institute in Austria, Vancouver
Opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, and is thoroughly enjoying this latest adventure
as a Weill Woman. Karen has recently begun working with Usana Health
Sciences and lives in Delta with her husband and 3 children.
Sarah King, Technical Director/Lighting. After spending what felt like her entire life as a professional Stage Manager, Sarah decided it was time to sell her services to the corporate sector. Before retiring she dedicated her life to being a really bad influence on the younger members of Corporate Canada. In the meantime, she performed small, jewel-like roles each theatrical season, just to keep her finger in the pie. Two years ago she was asked to do the Technical Direction for the 3DIVAS which proved to be so interesting that she though another show would be just the thing. Weill Women filled the bill with great music, fabulous performers and interesting artistic direction. Now semi-retired, she is doing each project as it presents itself and is having a great time.
Norman Leggatt, Choreographer, has been in show business for over 40 years and has worked on three continents and in twelve countries. He has worked in every media except radio. He has worked as a performer in various ballet companies and professional musical theatre productions and has coached and performed in a number of films. Mr. Leggatt has directed and choreographed a great many of the musicals produced by groups in Vancouver and has choreographed musicals for most of the High Schools on the lower mainland. Norman joined the Dianne Miller Pilates Studio in 1998 and was internationally certified as an instructor in 2000.