Our Team

 

Liam Karry (he/him)

Artistic Producer

Liam 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 (she/her)

Festival Administrator

Amanda 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 Director with the Kingston Theatre Alliance, Treasurer on the Board of Directors for Kingston Arts Council, and a freelance bookkeeper with organizations like 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 (he/him)

Indigenous Curator

Multi-award nominated, winner and loser, creator B Solomon 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. More info at: electricmoose.ca

Robert Herz (he/him)

Marketing Coordinator

Robert Herz is an aspiring artistic leader and marketing strategist who has worked for two summers with The Kick & Push Festival. Currently studying marketing at Queen's University's Smith School of Business, Robert has established himself as an emerging creative and artistic administrator. He has held several roles, including Head of Props for The Last Night At The Cabaret Solitare (Dan School Major), Technical Director of The Prom (Queen's Musical Theatre), and is currently the President of Queen's Musical Theatre.

Robert hopes to continue growing alongside Kingston's artistic community and looks forward to playing a role in advance of The Kick & Push Festival's 11th season!