Our Team
Liam Karry | Co-Founder & Artistic Producer
Liam (he/him) is the founding and current Artistic Director of Single Thread Theatre Company. He is a founding member of the Kingston Theatre Alliance and currently serves on the board of anARC theatre. Recent directing credits include: Unless, a site specific immersive experience produced in Bangkok, Thailand, and Collider, a live VR performance, which was co-produced by FOLDA and the rEvolver Festival in June 2021, and at Summerworks in 2022. His next project is PXR2025: a national conference on live performance within extended reality. This summer will be Liam’s 11th season with The Kick & Push Festival.
Amanda Baker | Festival Administrator
Amanda (she/her) is a producer, theatre artist, and technologist based in Kingston specializing in immersive and interactive theatre. She holds a BAH in Computing and the Creative Arts from Queen’s, and a Master’s in Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies from UofT. She is currently the Associate Artistic Producer with the Kingston Theatre Alliance, Treasurer on the Board of Directors for Kingston Arts Council, and a freelance bookkeeper for organizations including Generator and The Disability Collective. Recent work includes Quality Assurance for Cohort, Production Manager for Single Thread’s Virtual Ambrose, and Testing Lead for adelheid’s You Are Swimming Here AR experience.
Brian Solomon | Indigenous Curator
Multi-award nominated, winner and loser, creator B Solomon (he/him) is of Anishinaabe and settler heritage, born in Shebahonaning on the North Channel of Lake Huron. As a creator his work is multidisciplinary, raw, challenging and full of spirit. His commissions have ranged from community-rooted works with over 100 interpreters, solos in trees, to animated installations of landfill. His works have been presented and toured across Turtle Island and abroad. Since he was a teenager, much of Solomon’s work has been committed to community activation with a focus on the unacknowledged and underserved ones across the land. He is passionate about helping people relearn the nature of their ancient bodies, and take back the space those bodies occupy as caretakers.
Nic Lindegger | Associate Producer
Nic is excited to be stepping into the role of Associate Producer with The Kick & Push Festival.
Nicole (Nic) Lindegger is an emerging theatre artist entering their fourth year studying Drama at Queen’s University. Their personal work explores the power of discomfort in forming communities. In response to growing cultural and economic uncertainty, Nic hopes to build theatre that embraces difficult, often darker themes—creating space for audiences to reflect. They are committed to building bridges between emerging student theatre artists and the greater Kingston Theatre Community.
Nic has contributed to numerous productions across the Queen’s, Kingston, and surrounding theatre communities. Selected credits include Animal Farm (Assistant Director, Dan School Major 2026), Paradise Lost (Assistant Director, Dan School Major 2024), Why It’s (Im)Possible (Assistant Director, SweetnFab Collective), Robin & Magpie (Director, Independent), and The Other Shore (Projections & Special Effects Designer, Dan School Major 2024).
Alexandra McChesney | Marketing & Community Outreach
Alexandra McChesney (she/her) is an Ontario-based artist, teacher, and lifelong learner from Kingston, Ontario. She recently earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Performance Dance with a Minor in Disability Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University. Alexandra is passionate about all aspects of the arts and has taken on the roles of Producer and Production Coordinator for Chapters at the Factory Theatre in Toronto; Lighting Designer for Human Body Expression’s 2025 mixed-program showcase featuring Dora Award-winning choreography and new works by Hanna Kiel and Lauren Cook; Movement Director/choreographer for Slaight Music Video recipient Almond Milk’s single “The Curse is Gone”; and Co-Artistic Director of Verity for the Juvenis Festival in 2019. In recent years, Alexandra has collaborated with Kingston-based artists through the Ground UP Dance Festival, the H’ART Centre, and The Candid Creative Co. As a performing artist, she has performed works by Hanna Kiel, Esie Mensah, Alysa Pires, Robert Stephen, and Jera Wolfe. Alexandra has also attended Summer Intensives with the Alberta Ballet School and the Boston Ballet School, and she was a member of the Unapologetic Dance Company from 2021 to 2022.
Alexandra looks forward to sharing her love of the performing arts and the Kingston arts community through her role as Marketing and Community Outreach Coordinator for The Kick & Push Festival’s 2025 season.
Zoë Brown | Marketing Coordinator & Graphic Design
Zoë (she/her) is a Graphic Designer, Marketer, and Illustrator. She graduated from Graphic Design with an Advanced Diploma at St. Lawrence College, Kingston campus. She is an up-and-coming Designer, artist and creative who strives to learn and grow alongside other creatives. She has previously worked with the Hotel Wolfe Island as a Graphic Designer and strives to help bring both the messaging and vision of both the artists and K&P to life with the skills she continues to foster and grow over the years.
Jenylle Rufin | Assistant Production Manager
Jenylle (she/her) is an emerging artistic leader working around Kingston and the GTA. She holds a BAH in drama from Queen's where she had the opportunity to establish herself as an emerging theatre professional through her positions of stage manager (Love and Information) and Assistant Production manager (The Other Shore) during the 2024-2025 season of the DAN school majors. Jenylle is excited to spend her summer being involved in the Kingston theatre community, having just wrapped up her role as an associate producer for FOLDA 2025 before starting her first summer with Kick & Push for the 2025 season.
Maggie Rohrauer | Assistant Production Manager
Maggie (she/her) is a student at Queen’s, currently completing a BAH in English Literature and Art History, along with a Certificate in Business. She has experience working in the performing arts as a dancer, choreographer, and camp counsellor/supervisor for Stouffville Academy of Music and Dance. She has been a choreographer on Project Red, a fashion & art show that fundraises for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, for two consecutive years, taking up the position of Co-Head of Dance for her final year at Queen’s. Maggie aspires to build a career in the arts administration/leadership field, perhaps becoming the director of her own festival one day! While this is her first year working with The Kick & Push Festival, she is excited to contribute, develop, learn, and engage with new artists and people alike, and ultimately create a memorable experience for the Kingston community in the Festival’s 11th season!
Skylar Flann | Assistant Technical Director
Skylar (she/her) is a multidisciplinary theatre artist and student currently pursuing a BA in Drama and Sociology at Queen’s University. With an ambition to explore the unexpected, she has contributed to a wide range of experimental and unconventional projects, from designing transformative lighting plots to stage managing interactive theatre pieces. As an actor and the lead singer of a student band, Skylar brings a unique perspective to live performance, combining her onstage experience with a strong understanding of the technical and organizational demands behind the scenes. Skylar is passionate about bringing communities together through live performance, and ensuring young artists have the space to explore creatively.
Madeline Gaudet | Assistant Technical Director
Madeline (she/her) is an aspiring theatre artist who is very excited for her first summer with Kick & Push. She has been working as a stage manager for the last three years, with the highlight being Blue Canoe Productions’ Anne of Green Gables, which ignited her love for children’s theatre. She is passionate about introducing children to the wonder of theatre, especially technical theatre. A few other roles she has held are stage manager and lighting designer for The Game at DramaFest 2025, scriptwriter for St. Alban’s Centre, and drama camp counsellor for Blue Canoe Productions.
She is very excited to join the Kick & Push team and see what the 11th season has in store!