Kayt Roth
Chair and Artistic Director
Kayt Roth is an award-winning director, actor, and writer with over 30 years of theatrical experience. As an actor, she has appeared in a number of plays and musicals, including iconic shows such as The Odd Couple (Female Version), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and Evita. As a director, Kayt has helmed challenging stage productions such as Perfect Arrangement, Noises Off, The Sound of Music, One for the Pot, and A Comedy of Tenors, and wrote and directed A Drift in LA – a musical review that, amongst other things, allowed her to sink the Titanic. She is also an author and freelance writer.
Kayt believes that a theatre company driven by women, people of colour, and members of the LGBTQ+ community is a welcome and long-overdue necessity to create and produce new, exciting works that speak to not only what we are, but what we can all become.
Kassandra Sison
Facilitator
Kassandra is a woman of mixed heritage, with European settler ancestry on her father’s side and Red River Metis heritage on her mother’s side. Her love of theatre and storytelling began at a young age, but she only recently returned to theatre as a student and performer in 2023. Her favourite roles include the soft-hearted Texan Louanne in Doin’ Time at the Alamo, a strung-out mother Annette in God of Carnage, and a daughter coming to terms with her mother’s descent into Alzheimer’s in Pivot Theatre’s production of Moonglow, which won her awards for Best Performance in a Female Supporting Role at Theatre BC’s North Shore Zone and Mainstage Festivals.
Kassandra is thrilled to join the team of facilitators at Pivot, as she has experienced first-hand how Pivot honours its mission to be a safer place for everyone to create, volunteer, and find a community with performing arts. She looks forward to supporting the development of future seasons, and is grateful to Pivot for providing a safe environment to explore humanity.
Abigail Walkner
Facilitator
Abigail has been in the community theatre scene for most of her life; her parents met doing theatre, and she often accompanied them to rehearsals as an infant. She made her stage debut in Sinbad the Sailor: the Pantomime at age eight, and has been hooked ever since. In her hometown of Salt Spring Island, she trained through Stagecoach Theatre School and her high school’s AP theatre program (GISPA), which inspired her to pursue film and television acting in Vancouver. In addition to acting, she has had the opportunity to learn other avenues of theatre: stage managing for Pivot Theatre, Deep Cove Stage Society, and Vagabond Players, costuming for Pivot Theatre, and directing for Pivot’s youth program, DebuTheatre.
Abigail is excited to use her knowledge and experience to help reach a new generation of storytellers that include folks from all walks of life. She believes Pivot’s mission to create a safer and inclusive space for veteran and novice artists alike to showcase their talent fosters a thriving community of creatives, and is a much-needed boost to the world of performing – especially coming back from an isolating global pandemic.
