Academy Teachers
Rylan Allen
Broadway Stars and Broadway & Beyond
Rylan is thrilled to have joined the Segal Academy this year. Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, he received his Bachelor's of Music Theatre Performance at Sheridan College. Afterwards, he went on to work as a performer, choreographer, and dance captain in the Niagara and Toronto regions. Rylan recently made his Segal Center debut in Max and Aaron Write A Musical as Max, where he played the entire score on the piano, ultimately receiving a META nomination for Outstanding Lead Performance.
He has been teaching for over a decade and loves to inspire the next generation of artists!
Joey Vitale (he/him)
Broadway Stars
Joey Vitale is an American immigrant devenu Québécois and is a proud member of both CAEA & ACTRA and is a Singer, Actor, Writer, and Theatre Creator. He is the Directeur Artistique de Queer Magique. A Queer Bilingual Theatre Troupe that celebrates the Queer community and the Anglo and Franco communities in bilingual theatre. He has a passion for teaching musical theatre to all ages. He is super thrilled to be teaching at the Segal Center and looks forward to many more classes.
Adina Katz
YAYA
Adina Katz (she/her) is a performer, teacher, director, and producer working across theatre, comedy, film, and music in North America and Europe. She holds a degree from McGill University (English/Theatre) and trained extensively in New York at the Neighborhood Playhouse and Circle in the Square Musical Theatre Conservatory, as well as Second City in Chicago. Adina brings years of teaching experience from elementary schools, camps, and her own company, Musical Improv Montreal, and is currently teaching at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. Her original works include the touring one-woman show Be a Good Girl (Segal Centre) and I Kid You Nosh (Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre). A long-time member of the Yiddish Theatre family, having performed in Fiddler on the Roof, Chelm, God of Vengeance, and A Century Songbook, she has also performed in Segal mainstage productions like Harvey, Inherit The Wind, and Amadeus. Adina serves as the mentor for JAM (Jewish Arts Mentorship program), and directs the annual Lyrics & Latkes concert. Having taught YAYA, Broadway Stars, and Broadway & Beyond programs in the past, Adina is thrilled to return to the Academy this year.
Noah Century
YAYA & Broadway Stars
Noah Century is an excitable and enthusiastic fellow who is very happy to be working with the Segal Academy! Beginning as a classical clarinettist, with degrees in orchestral music performance from McGill University (BMUS 2017) and Boston Conservatory at Berklee (PSC 2022), Noah has expanded into other performance fields like singing, acting, musical direction, piano accompaniment, conducting, and more. As an actor, he was most notably the Baker in CSLDS’s production of Into the Woods (2024). As a musician, you may have heard him in the pit for Contact Theater’s Cabaret (2025), Penumbra Theater’s Amélie (2025), and many others. As a musical director, he most recently led, accompanied, and conducted The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2025), and was musical director for the Segal Academy’s Teen Creation summer camp, his first involvement with the Segal Center. Noah feels a deep love and joy for performing, music, and collaborative work, and tries to infuse those emotions into everything he says and does, in the hopes of inspiring others to passion and authentic living.
Michelle Laliberte
Broadway Stars
Michelle is a singer, actor, dancer and musician based in Montreal. She is thrilled to be joining the Segal Academy Team! She's been a vocal coach and piano teacher for more than 11 years. Michelle was recently part of Contact Theatre's production of Cabaret. She's had the pleasure of playing in many Canadian productions including Fever/Netflix's The Bridgerton Experience, both in Montreal and Toronto. Most recently she was understudying all the women characters in Tootsie the musical at Théâtre St-Denis. Select credits include : Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Théâtre Lionel-Groulx), Robin in Brunch! The Musical (Halifax) and her acoustic duet Garden Groove. She has graduated from Lionel-Groulx in musical theatre, she's a NYC Actor Therapy Intensive Alumna and she has been trained in Estill Voice Training.
Katrine Mangin (she/they)
Broadway Stars
Katrine Mangin (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist who has called Montreal home for the past 5 years. They are excited to tackle their 10th Segal Academy production this year. Past Academy shows include Shrek, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Annie, Seussical, Crazy For You, and No Fear Shakespeare.
She is a big believer in the power of storytelling to help us understand ourselves and the world around us and loves to share that transformative experience with theatre makers of all ages!
Trevor Barrette (he/him)
Academy Workshops
Trevor Barrette is a queer theatre maker, actor, director, stage manager, writer/composer, and teacher based in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal). Upon graduating from John Abbott College, he founded the award-winning KaleidoscopeMTL, for which he directed their ten productions, including several of his original works and the Fringe hits: Captain Aurora, Captain Aurora II: A New Dawn, and Memento Mori. As a performer, he has had the pleasure of performing with the National Arts Centre, the Segal Centre, Centaur Theatre, Repercussion Theatre, Geordie Productions, and Scapegoat Carnivale, among others. He has directed the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre's The Sages of Chelm and The Great Divide and recently assistant directed Les Belles-Sœurs at the Stratford Festival. Trevor has proudly served his community as President of the Montreal English Theatre Awards and Vice President of the Quebec Drama Federation. Trevor has been working with Academy students for many years and created their Musical Theatre Creation course.
Aaron Delaney (he/him)
Broadway Stars
Aaron Delaney is a Montreal based director, musician, writer, and stage manager. They are originally from Calgary, AB and are now currently studying at Concordia University to receive a BFA in Performance Creation. Some of Aaron's recent credits include: Into the Woods (Music Director), Alice in 24 (Lewis Carroll), Do Actors Dream of Psycho Pigs (Producer/Writer), Little Women (Music Director), and Funny, I'm Home (Writer/Performer).
Natalie Demmon (she/they)
Broadway Stars
Natalie Demmon is a performer, singer, designer, director, and all-around theatre lover. They hold a Bachelor of Arts Double Honours in Music and Drama from Bishop’s University. Natalie is an avid musical theatre lover and performer who loves to find the magic of storytelling through song. She has worked with groups such as Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society, McGill Savoy, DWYT, Montreal Children’s Theatre and Penumbra Theatre and offers private voice coaching/lessons. Natalie is also Technical Coordinator at the Segal Centre, working hard behind the scenes of the Academy in addition to the classroom.
Academy teaching credits include Drowsy Chaperone Jr. (BS7, 2025), Pirates of Penzance Jr. (BS6, 2025) and Once Upon a Mattress (BS6, 2024).
Madeleine Scovil (she/her)
Broadway Stars
Madeleine is an actor, director, singer and theatre educator proudly based in Montreal. Recent theatre credits include Alex in Imago Theatre’s Cult Play, Sophie in Centaur Theatre’s Strawberries in January and Lara in Infinitheatre’s Extra/Beautiful/U. As a multidisciplinary artist, she has also recently appeared in several video games, commercials, Netflix dubbing projects and puppet shows. Most recently a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada’s Acting Program, she also has a B.A in Theatre Studies and a B.Ed with a specialty in Artists in the Community from Queen’s University. She has taught and directed youth for over a decade at various educational institutes such as the Stratford Shakespeare School, Queen’s University, Royal West Academy, Montreal Children’s Theatre, Youth Theatre Canada, and in schools and libraries across Ontario. She believes that children are natural performers and focuses on guiding their impulses as a way to simultaneously increase their confidence and their skills. She loves the community she has found at the Segal Centre Academy over the past 4 years and feels honoured to watch her students grow year by year.
Adrian Smith (he/him)
Broadway & Beyond
Adrian is a director, stage manager, and educator. Having graduated from Concordia University, where he studied Communication and Video Production, he is currently completing a master’s degree in Teaching and Learning at McGill University. Adrian has worked on a wide range of musical theatre productions, including the Segal Centre Academy’s productions of As You Like It (dir. Naomi Krajden), Disaster! The Musical, Alice in Wonderland, and Xanadu (dir. Jonathan Patterson); the Lyric Theatre Singers’ annual productions from 2016–2019 (dir. Bob Bachelor & Cathy Burns); and the Montreal Children’s Theatre’s annual productions.
Adrian is thrilled to return for his third year as Director of Broadway and Beyond. He loves working in collaborative spaces with young people as they explore their skills, passions, and interests.
Veronika Washington (she/her)
Broadway Stars
Veronika Washington is a dancer and musical theater enthusiast. Currently studying at McGill University, she grew up in countless programs and shows for both theatre and dance, a passion she is carrying into her professional life. She loves working with kids and has connected with them as a dance teacher at Ontario School of Ballet in Toronto and as a camp counselor for many years. In 2023-2024, she worked as the Technical Director for McGill’s Arts Undergraduate Society’s production of Legally Blonde. At Segal Centre, she assisted with an Academy production in the 2023-2024 season and is returning to lead her own class. She is filled with excitement to bring her own flair to the development of the kids’ confidence, self-expression, and joy of theatre.
Antoine Bensoussan
Antoine Bensoussan is a professional guitarist and musical director. Native from France, he has been working on the Montreal music scene for the past decade. Holder of a bachelor's degree in Music Performance from Concordia University, he has experience in many musical genres and ensemble configurations, from classical choirs to jazz ensembles, to rock, funk, pop and gospel bands. He is a guitarist, composer, musical director, arranger and singer.