The Kayla Gordon Musical Theatre Award
Congratulations to our 2025 recipient, Hunter Love Watson!
Hunter Love Watson is a queer Winnipeg-based theatre performer who is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Music Theatre program. She is drawn to bold, weird, and dark theatre, especially as a means to explore deeper issues.
Favourite Show: Legally Blonde
Show or Company you’d like to work on/with someday: Rainbow Stage and a production of Hamilton!
Special Project you’ve worked on to date, and why it left an impression on you: In my final year at Sheridan College, I had the privilege of being Little Sally in Urinetown: The Musical. Directed by Herbie Barnes, this process elevated the fun of theatre and reminded me that even in the silliest musicals, there is a message to take away. Theatre is an act of resistance; it is a means of creating change. And yet, it is still so goofy and heartwarming.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2024 – Vinnie Alberto
2022 – Megan Fry
2020 – Alyssa Crockett
