Lindsay Kyte

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Lindsay Kyte is a playwright, performer & songwriter originally from Reserve Mines, Cape Breton. She has a Masters of Theatre from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in England, where Paul McCartney gave Kyte her degree. Kyte has performed on stages and screens across Canada. Her play Tompkinsville, with music by Kyte and Ian Sherwood, won Merritt awards for “Outstanding Score” and “Outstanding Production.” Her Toronto Adventures was produced by Festival Antigonish, Victoria Playhouse, and Grand Bank Theatre. Kyte’s Open Casket Open Mic premiered at Victoria Playhouse in 2022, with music by Kyte, Terra Spencer, and Garry Williams. Rita MacNeil’s son chose Kyte and Mike Ross to create Dear Rita, premiering at the Charlottetown Festival and Savoy Theatre, and in 2024 in Ontario/Newfoundland with Tweed & Company and Terra Bruce. Dear Rita then ran at Neptune Theatre in Summer 2024. Dear Rita won Merritt awards for “Outstanding Score,” “Outstanding Ensemble” and “Outstanding Musical Direction,” as well as a 2024 BroadwayWorld Award. It was named “Outstanding Concert Show” of 2024 by Entertain This Thought.

 

Works by Lindsay Kyte

Dear Rita

By Lindsay Kyte

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(Praise for Dear Rita:)

Dear Rita is evocative, funny, celebratory, heartbreaking, and expertly put together. The cast all shine here. Each one is Rita, or the spirit of Rita, and each performer has numerous moments of splendour.

Jeremy Webb

(Praise for Dear Rita:)

Each of the actors bring so much of themselves, their deep humanity and empathy, to the way that they help to capture Rita's spirit. 

TWISI

(Praise for Dear Rita:) 

Along with beautiful and meaningful music, it’s an endearing slice of Cape Breton life.

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