Louise Pitre was born on January 1,1957 and is a Canadian actress in musical theatre.
17 Facts About Louise Pitre
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Louise Pitre attended the University of Western Ontario and graduated with a bachelor's degree in music education.
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Louise Pitre moved to Toronto to pursue a musical theatre career.
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Louise Pitre auditioned in New York City for the musical Napoleon being produced in London, but was turned down for the role of Josephine.
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Louise Pitre performed the role in Toronto and in its United States national tour, and after 18 months, was asked to play the role on Broadway.
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Louise Pitre performed as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd with Calgary Opera in 2003.
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Louise Pitre has released several CDs including, All My Life Has Led To This, featuring songs in English and French, Shattered, La vie en rouge and Songs My Mother Taught Me.
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Louise Pitre starred as Mayor Babs Belgoody and Ma Ferd in the Toronto production of The Toxic Avenger at the Danforth Music Hall from October 2009 through January 2010 with Dancap Productions.
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Louise Pitre was on stage in summer 2010 in Love, Loss and What I Wore and finished the year to positive reviews of her performance as Toad in A Year With Frog and Toad at Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People.
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Louise Pitre garnered her sixth Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for this performance and captured Best Actress in a Musical with an inaugural Toronto Theatre Critics' Award.
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Louise Pitre is a founding artist of Theatre 20, a musical theatre company in Toronto formed by artists in 2009, and headlined their first project, a workshop of the first English translation of the French musical Les Belles Soeurs.
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Louise Pitre performed in Theatre 20's 2011 Concert Series at the Panasonic Theatre.
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Louise Pitre wrote and performed in a show about her life, On the Rocks, in 2013.
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In 2014 she once more performed with Theatre 20, in the musical Company; the show received an unfavourable review from the Toronto Star, although Louise Pitre's performance was praised.
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In 2016 Louise Pitre performed in London, Ontario with Brendan Wall and Emm Gryner in The Grand Theatre production of Joni Mitchell: River.
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Also in the spring of 2019, Louise Pitre broke gender boundaries by playing the role of Doctor Madden in the Toronto, Off-Mirvish production by The Musical Stage Company of Next To Normal at the CAA Theatre.
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Louise Pitre portrayed Margaret in the Canadian Stage production of The Inheritance for which she won 2 Toronto Theatre Awards 2024 for her performance in both a featured role and as part of the ensemble in the play.