Our Founders
Larissa Mair
Born and raised in Barrie, Ontario,
Larissa Mair co-founded Theatre by the Bay in 2001 with her husband,
Nick Baillie.
She is deeply committed to bringing affordable, professional theatre to downtown Barrie and to mentoring young actors and technical crew.
Larissa is extremely proud of the many wonderful Shakespeare productions and musicals produced by Theatre by the Bay and thrilled that to be heading into our
TENTH SEASON!
She is very excited for the 2011 line-up of William Shakespeare's
The Tempest as well as the Young Company production of
Treasure Island (The Pirate Musical) by Clark Harris.
Larissa Mair has been involved in the arts on many different levels for over 20 years. She heads her own casting company in Toronto called Larissa Mair Casting & Associates and has a great team of people working for her. Larissa cast the critically acclaimed show The Bridge for CBS & CTV and the feature The Corridor. Some of Larissa's upcoming projects are: Wipeout for Global, a new series for Family Channel called What's Up Warthogs, the new CBC comedy series Insecurity (which started airing in January 2011) where she was the Toronto Casting Director, co-casting the feature film Foxfire (Directed by Laurent Cantent) which will air in 2012. She is thrilled about casting the upcoming series called Life With Boys created by the co-producers of Hannah Montana and a series for History Television called It Happened Here.
Thank you to all the incredible sponsors, the volunteers and our members for all their support and time. Special thanks to our Board of Directors for their hard work in helping bring such high quality theatre to our community. And last but not least, theatre cannot exist without its patrons. Thank you for supporting and attending Live Theatre!
Nick Baillie
Nick started his acting career in Montreal and now resides in Toronto.
He produced his first play in 1996 with Paradigm entertainment in Montreal.
Nick co-founded Theatre by the Bay in 2001 with Larissa Mair, and was the General Manager for four years.
Nick splits his time in Montreal and Toronto, and Los Angeles and continues to work as a Consulting Producer for Theatre by the Bay.
As an actor, Nick has appeared in numerous stage productions such as Fool for Love by Sam Sheppard, The Shadow Box by Michael Christopher and the critically acclaimed Canadian play Fortune and Men's Eyes. For Theatre by the Bay, Nick played Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as Paris in Romeo and Juliet. Nick has appeared in many TV shows and films over the past 10 years, such as The Dead Zone with Anthony Michael Hall, All the Good Ones Are Married with Daryl Hannah, Durham County II, and Degrassi: The Next Generation. Nick is currently producing and starring in a feature film called Claddagh in Montreal which is due out in 2011.
Nick is very pleased that Theatre by the Bay has become so successful in Barrie, and looks forward to many more exciting years.