The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre

08/18/2026

Submissions for our 26/27 Performing Arts Training Lab close Thursday! Don’t miss out on your chance to grow your skills as a quadruple threat alongside professional mentors, exciting performance opportunities, and some of the coolest artists in Canada.

08/12/2026

Obviously we think our programs are pretty cool, but don’t just take our word for it! Here are just some of the kind things alumni have had to say about us over the years.

Want to be part of our 26/27 training lab? Deadline to submit is August 20!

08/08/2026

Change your life - and your career - in just nine weeks! Our 26/27 Performing Arts Training Lab begins October 13.

The Lab includes:
🎵individual voice lessons
🎭 biweekly group acting, dance, and creation classes
💃 masterclasses on specialty topics facing today’s emerging artists
🎤 Participation in our 2027 PATL Cabaret
👥 Access to professional mentorship and joining a network of over 80 of Canada’s up-and-coming artists

Submissions are open through our website!

07/17/2026

Meet the talented triple-threats leading our upcoming Big Broadway Sing-Along!

Carlyn Graff-Czehryn is a born and raised Winnipeg singer/songwriter, actor, and amputee. Her recent credits include: The Perfect Man (The Gargoyle/WST), The Ballad of Boblin the Goblin (Work Hard Play Bard - Fringe), Dogfight (Dry Cold Productions), A Merry Cripmas Panto 2024 & 2025 (Sick & Twisted), The Hockey Sweater (Rainbow Stage), A Threepenny Opera (Sick & Twisted/AA Battery Theatre). Catch her at Fringe: Lies of a Promiscuous Woman Venue 21 MTYP Mainstage. Away from the stage, you will find Carlyn working as a Kinesiologist and Personal Trainer, narrating an audiobook, or spending time with her rescue dog, husband and daughter.

07/15/2026

Meet the talented triple-threats leading our upcoming Big Broadway Sing-Along!

Anthony Ferens is a multidisciplinary artist, director, choreographer, instructor, and the owner of Enigma Performance Company (EPC). Despite living with dyslexia, Anthony pushed himself to achieve a BA Honours Degree from the University of Winnipeg, with a focus in devised theatre. He currently works as an instructor at the University of Manitoba (Extended Education), Kids Etc Youth Movement Company Dance Studio, RETLife, and at Prairie Fusion Arts and Entertainment in Portage la Prairie.

Selected acting credits include: Rocky Horror Show (Wasteland Productions);
Heathers: The Musical (WST); Insomnia (Antiscian Productions); The Heidi Chronicles
(University of Winnipeg); Case at the Edge of the Woods (Manitoba Mystery Company); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (All About Theatre/TDC); First Session (Matthew van Ginkel); and Kateryna and Havrylo (Celee Productions). Directing credits include: This is a Test (PFAE/EPC) and Seasons of Love (EPC).

07/13/2026

Meet the talented triple-threats leading our upcoming Big Broadway Sing-Along!

Alyssa is thrilled to be singing at the Big Broadway Sing-Along!

Alyssa attended the University of Winnipeg and The Village Conservatory of Music Theatre. Professional Credits: Footloose (Mayfield Dinner Theatre); The Lightning Thief (Manitoba Theatre for Young People); Bring it On The Musical (Globe Theatre); Frozen, The Little Mermaid, Wizard of Oz, Cinderella (Rainbow Stage); A Chorus Line (RBS/WSO),The Prom (Dry Cold Productions); Twelfth Night (The Village Conservatory), Baby Shark (Koba Entertainment); Pippin (WST/ The Village Conservatory); Chicago (Pizza Party Productions); Re**er Madness, American Idiot (WST). Upcoming: Alyssa will be in Legally Blonde (Rainbow Stage) and Fiddler on the Roof (Rainbow Stage/Winnipeg Jewish Theatre)

07/11/2026

Meet the talented triple-threats leading our upcoming Big Broadway Sing-Along!

Brady Barrientos is excited to be behind the keyboard for the Big Broadway Singalong! Brady has played keys for PTE’s Mother’s Day concert, as well as for MTYP’s A Charlie Brown Double Bill (doubling as a player and actor!). A Filipino artist born and raised in Treaty One, Brady is mainly a crossover commercial/classical singer, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from the UofM Faculty of Music. Brady is also half of a musical duo, violent affection. When not on stage, you can find Brady working at a cemetery, eating hot pot, or teaching voice lessons.

06/21/2026

“This program changed my entire outlook on what I thought was possible for me as a young artist in Winnipeg. Learn from the best, meet the coolest, and get ready to watch yourself grow.“ - Julia Kroft, Class of 20/21 and 21/22

Submissions for our 26/27 training labs close at midnight!

06/21/2026

We are so excited to be back at the fringe for the FIFTH year in a row! Join us on the closing night of the festival for a Big Broadway Sing-Along featuring your favourite show tunes (and new favourite performers!)

06/18/2026