BiographyHools Kay (she/they) is a creator extraordinaire. She studied Musical Theatre at St. Lawrence College then moved to Toronto in May 2012 and took The Second City Conservatory program. Hools has produced/written several short videos including two web-series and few one act plays for various festivals.
In 2018 they produced a short film called '#BasicBaes' that appeared in many Film Festivals, performed Shakespeare in Bercy Park with Dauntless City Theatre in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and started a sketch troupe that also made a short film titled 'Forever Alone'. In 2019 she wrote 'Drink of Choice' and performed it in the Toronto Fringe Festival with a semi-autobiographical choose-your-own-journey solo show that had rave reviews, which went on to have a remount in October at the Factory Theatre. When the pandemic hit, along with the entire world, Hools had to really rethink what was work versus what was art. They learned to crochet and made a couple commission based projects from that. She picked up some digital art and again was lucky enough to have friends pay for some photos. While scrambling around for rent Hools stumbled into a film production office and has been working on various productions including 'Luckiest Girl Alive' (Picture Start) starring Mila Kunis and the TV series 'Chucky' (NBC). Within all the chaos she also hosted her own radio show with Alphabet Radio called 'Aced It' for a few months that aired in the UK, and wrote a piece for a published novel about struggling to create in a global pandemic called 'A Stage Light Flickers'. Hools is constantly curious where their career and life will take her next, but in the meantime they enjoy a good cup of coffee from an indie hipster coffee joint, and cuddling her sweet furbaby Mrs. Lola Peanutbutter. |
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Actra Apprentice
Mezzo-Soprano
Theatre
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Unit 6, The Assembly Theatre)
Drink of Choice (AlmaMatters, Factory Studio)
All's Well That Ends Well (Dauntless City Theatre)
Drink of Choice (HollyWould Productions, Toronto Fringe 2019)
Much Ado About Nothing (Dauntless City Theatre)
Opening Statement (MindPlay Festival 2018, Hamilton ON)
The Five Points (Theatre by the Bay)
LOL LOL Land (Daisy Productions, Orlando Fringe 2017)
Twist Your Dickens (The Second City)
Assisted Suicide Squad (Second City Writing Conservatory)
Getting Odd (HollyWould Productions, Toronto Fringe 2016)
National Demographic (Second City Improv Conservatory)
Mute (Toronto Fringe 2014)
Chicken Little (Solar Stage)
The Buddy Holly Story (Magnus Theatre)
The F Word (Buddies in Bad Times)
Let the Sunshine In (Welcome Wood, Brockville Arts Centre)
Film
Aced It (Lead, Aced It Productions)
Did You... Series (Lead, Haf&Half)
Starhammer 2020 (Lead, Screened in Sixty)
Forever Alone (Lead, HollyWould Productions)
#BasicBaes (Lead, Daisy Productions)
Penny For Your Thoughts Web-series (Lead, CNW productions)
Fre-breeze (Lead, CNW Productions)
Inside Joke (Lead, CNW Productions)
True Lovers (Ensemble, DK TV)
Female Therapy Season One (Lead, HW productions)
Celiac (Supporting, RF media)
Commercial
TurboTax (Hero - Union, 2019)
QuickBooks (Supporting - Non Union, 2019)
Monster.com (SOC - Non Union, 2019)
Twinnings Tea (Featured Extra - Non Union, 2019)
Training
THE SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTRE: Conservatory Grad, Level A-E
ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE: Musical Theatre Performance Program (Diploma)
ACTING: Clown Ken Hall
Improv Etan Muskat, Frank McAnulty, Evany Rosen, Kris Siddiqi, Connor Thompson, Kevin Matviw, Ashley Comeau, Karen Parker, Marjorie Malpass, Jacob James
Scene Study Mike Shore, Tony Babcock, Brian Frommer, Kate Hurman (Shakespeare), Andy Massingham, Alix Sideris, Mary Ellis, EJ Scott
Film Brad Milne, Tony Babcock, Michael Gordin Shore, Nola Augustson
DANCE: Jazz Cheryl Blondin, Kerry Gage, Jay T. Schramek, Janet Venn-Jackson
Tap Deanna Smith, Janet Venn-Jackson
Ballet Alejandra Sanchez, Tina Veirra
VOICE: Robert Graham, Barbara Szarek, Susan Eichhorn Young, Luiz Monterei, Aaron Eyre, Pat Towell, Jenniah Armstrong, Jamie Philp, Denise Krawczuk
WORKSHOP: Rosalie Joseph (2-day on camera audition lab), Nola Augustson (Intermediate Camera Ready Scene Study), Thom Allison (2-day workshop), Sue Morrison (2 day Clown), Lynne Cormack (2-day on camera audition lab), Dorian Foley (Stage Combat)
Special Skills
Simple Slight of Hand, Basketball, Bowling, Clarinet, Violin/Fiddle, Tenor Sax, Latte Art, Basic Puppeteering, Basic Piano, Guitar, Whistling, Loon Call, Valid Passport, G level Drivers License
Dialect: Russian, Southern, British, Irish, Scottish
Mezzo-Soprano
Theatre
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (Unit 6, The Assembly Theatre)
Drink of Choice (AlmaMatters, Factory Studio)
All's Well That Ends Well (Dauntless City Theatre)
Drink of Choice (HollyWould Productions, Toronto Fringe 2019)
Much Ado About Nothing (Dauntless City Theatre)
Opening Statement (MindPlay Festival 2018, Hamilton ON)
The Five Points (Theatre by the Bay)
LOL LOL Land (Daisy Productions, Orlando Fringe 2017)
Twist Your Dickens (The Second City)
Assisted Suicide Squad (Second City Writing Conservatory)
Getting Odd (HollyWould Productions, Toronto Fringe 2016)
National Demographic (Second City Improv Conservatory)
Mute (Toronto Fringe 2014)
Chicken Little (Solar Stage)
The Buddy Holly Story (Magnus Theatre)
The F Word (Buddies in Bad Times)
Let the Sunshine In (Welcome Wood, Brockville Arts Centre)
Film
Aced It (Lead, Aced It Productions)
Did You... Series (Lead, Haf&Half)
Starhammer 2020 (Lead, Screened in Sixty)
Forever Alone (Lead, HollyWould Productions)
#BasicBaes (Lead, Daisy Productions)
Penny For Your Thoughts Web-series (Lead, CNW productions)
Fre-breeze (Lead, CNW Productions)
Inside Joke (Lead, CNW Productions)
True Lovers (Ensemble, DK TV)
Female Therapy Season One (Lead, HW productions)
Celiac (Supporting, RF media)
Commercial
TurboTax (Hero - Union, 2019)
QuickBooks (Supporting - Non Union, 2019)
Monster.com (SOC - Non Union, 2019)
Twinnings Tea (Featured Extra - Non Union, 2019)
Training
THE SECOND CITY TRAINING CENTRE: Conservatory Grad, Level A-E
ST. LAWRENCE COLLEGE: Musical Theatre Performance Program (Diploma)
ACTING: Clown Ken Hall
Improv Etan Muskat, Frank McAnulty, Evany Rosen, Kris Siddiqi, Connor Thompson, Kevin Matviw, Ashley Comeau, Karen Parker, Marjorie Malpass, Jacob James
Scene Study Mike Shore, Tony Babcock, Brian Frommer, Kate Hurman (Shakespeare), Andy Massingham, Alix Sideris, Mary Ellis, EJ Scott
Film Brad Milne, Tony Babcock, Michael Gordin Shore, Nola Augustson
DANCE: Jazz Cheryl Blondin, Kerry Gage, Jay T. Schramek, Janet Venn-Jackson
Tap Deanna Smith, Janet Venn-Jackson
Ballet Alejandra Sanchez, Tina Veirra
VOICE: Robert Graham, Barbara Szarek, Susan Eichhorn Young, Luiz Monterei, Aaron Eyre, Pat Towell, Jenniah Armstrong, Jamie Philp, Denise Krawczuk
WORKSHOP: Rosalie Joseph (2-day on camera audition lab), Nola Augustson (Intermediate Camera Ready Scene Study), Thom Allison (2-day workshop), Sue Morrison (2 day Clown), Lynne Cormack (2-day on camera audition lab), Dorian Foley (Stage Combat)
Special Skills
Simple Slight of Hand, Basketball, Bowling, Clarinet, Violin/Fiddle, Tenor Sax, Latte Art, Basic Puppeteering, Basic Piano, Guitar, Whistling, Loon Call, Valid Passport, G level Drivers License
Dialect: Russian, Southern, British, Irish, Scottish
