Our Team

Jamaican-Italian tenor, Manuele Adrian Mizzi discovered his love for performing at a very young age. Growing up in Markham he attended Unionville High School for the Arts later obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Voice Performance from York University under the tutelage of renowned Canadian operatic soprano Stephanie Bogle and having also studied with renowned European soprano Galina Lumkosky.

With a repertoire ranging from pop to musical theatre to opera and classical, he has performed in a wide variety of venues throughout North America. His musical theatre credits include performing the roles of Schroeder in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Japheth in Two by Two, Thomas in Emmanuel the Musical (New York City), Barnaby in Hello Dolly, Shrek in Shrek Tateh in Ragtime, The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, and Dickon in The Secret Garden among many others.
As a soloist, Manuele Adrian Mizzi has performed with The Neapolitan Connection, Vocal Horizons Chamber Choir, Greater Toronto Philharmonic, All the King’s Voice’s and the Burlington Civic Choir among others.
Manuele Adrian Mizzi also has a long career of teaching under his belt. As an avid pianist, accompanist, musical director and director, he has been working with all ages from 3-99 for the last 23 years. His directing and musical directing credits include musicals, plays, pantos and recitals.

Doctor Bird Productions is his next foray into the performing world - a place to bring his love of direction, performing and colaboration together. The doctor bird is Jamaica's national bird and his love of his heritage and love for the beauty of the animal world helped him bring this new company to life to soar like the great hummingbird. 

Ethan is a Toronto-based music director and classically-trained pianist who's has been described as "delivering all the colours of an orchestra" (Schmopera), "an accomplished accompanist" (Richard Ouzonian), and "brilliantly drawing the listener into the world of the story by using the piano as the backdrop to sweeping, emotionally nuanced melodies" (Mooney on Theatre). He frequently collaborates with both Opera and Musical Theatre singers on productions, concerts, and open mics, most recently serving as music director and performance accompanist for The No Frills Revue (Spotlight Musical Productions). Having grown up in theatre and music, he has enjoyed both sides of the stage, graduating from Queen's University with a Bachelors in Drama and Music. He currently trains with world-renowned pianist Dmitri Levkovich. In 2019, he co-founded and is current music director of Impromptu Concert Series, presenting concerts featuring the Toronto's top non-professional talent, bringing the series outdoors during the Covid-19 pandemic as The Front-Lawn Series. Previous musical credits include: Songbook VI, Songbook XII (Tapestry Opera), Dr. Silver (Musical Stage Co.) Legally Blonde, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mamma Mia (Nightwood Theatre), Masterclass (Oshawa Little Theatre), Ragtime (Encores). He is thrilled to be debuting Doctor Bird Productions with Manuele, excited to continue bringing quality musical experiences to the GTA. Outside of music, Ethan is a consummate figure skater, and loves baking, especially homemade pie. You can follow his journey @pianohandz.

Emilia is an enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated dancer, teacher and choreographer who takes pride in her Mexican heritage and infuses it in her dancing. About her training, she started in Tap as a child and later on expanded her training to include Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet and Hip-hop. Her desire to further study dance inspired her to train in another country where she got into a summer dance intensive at Joffrey Ballet School in Miami. In 2022, Emilia graduated from the Centennial College Dance Performance Program in Toronto. This inspired a new goal to diversify her dancing and become an inspiration for more Latinxs to pursue their passion.

Her growing experience and capacity to be on stage got her cast in musical theatre original shows like La Fábrica de Santa, Dorian Gray El Musical and La Bella Durmiente performing the role of Aurora (all in Mexico City). In Toronto she got to perform as an ensemble dancer for Parade with Wavestage Productions.

 In 2024, Emilia got the opportunity to choreograph for Doctor Bird Productions for the musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame and will continue to choreograph for the 2024 – 2025 season. She is also choreographing for Singing Out, the biggest 2LGBTQIA+ choir in Toronto. 

Outside of the musical theatre world, Emilia is also a photographer and seeks art wherever she lands. She is an artist above everything, it’s a privilege to get to create.

Paulina is a professional actor, singer and content creator. 

As an actor, she graduated from York University's Theatre program and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. You may have seen her as Wendy in Peter Pan with the Lower Ossington Theatre or as Belle in Beauty and the Beast at the Flato Markham Theatre, among other film and theatre roles. She will be appearing as Elevan/Nancy in the Canadian Premiere of Stranger Things the Parody Musical with Mansfield Entertainment. 

She has been working in digital marketing for the last three years, primarily in the arts and culture sector. She was Content Creator and Digital Content Coordinator with Luminato Festival Toronto for three festival seasons and now freelances for artists and arts organizations such as Tafelmusik and Doctor Bird Productions. As an artist herself, her work centers the artists and their community and honours the creative visions of the works that she promotes. Paulina is an all around creative person and is thrilled to be combining her love for creation and musical theatre.