Secret Shields
Summer Ensemble 2026
Actor, Front Of House Representative
Secret is a bi-racial performer who has been training in theatre, singing, and dance for 16 years. Currently, she is training at York University as an undergraduate, working towards a BFA in Acting and Performance.
She is apart of Summer ensemble 2026
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About Secret
Secret has been involved with the arts for as long as she can remember. At the age of 7, she was performing in shows such as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof and Peter Pan. From there, she has continued to perform in roles such as Nancy from Oliver! and Masha in Three Sisters. Although she begun as an actress, Secret has and continues to study in all aspects of theatre and grow her love for the art in the process.
Since then, Secret has studied in almost every facet of theatre. From costuming, to set construction, props, lighting and sound design, stage managing, directing, acting, design, and scenic painting; Secret now finds herself discovering more about the thing she loves through the Summer Ensemble program.
Coming up, you can find her making her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the show Otiz Bir, or as Masha in the up coming production of Three Sisters at York University 2027
Secret is a member of the Summer Ensemble 2026 program.
Education
After graduating from the specialized drama program at Canterbury High School, Secret moved to Toronto where she is now moving into her fourth and final year as an Theatre major at York University, specializing in acting and performance. She intends to continue her journey working in theatres around the world and learning many different stories along the way. Through school, she has also studies languages such as French and Japanese.
Work Experience
Secret has worked as a background actor on the T.V. show La Vie Complique de Lia Oliver and more recently, is working as an actress in the show Otizbir (31) which will be debuting at the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has also worked as a production assistant for the Children’s Hour at York University bouncing between all crew positions involved in mounting a production. Outside of the theatre, Secret has worked as a Manager at McDonalds as well as a Student Residential painter. She is also a painter and has been taking commissions for custom pieces.
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An Interview with First Name Last Name.
Where Did You Grow Up?
I grew up in Scarborough and Markham, my childhood I would say a generic one.
Where Did You Grow Up?
I grew up in Scarborough and Markham, my childhood I would say a generic one.
What is your favourite book(s) and why?
My favourite book was Eleanor and Park, it was the first real book I was actually interested in reading about. This book was given to me in my ninth grade English class as my book study. It was a soapy love story book in my opinion did not get the right ending.
What are your hobbies? What is something that you are passionate about?
I love the outdoors, biking is my favourite thing to do in the world. It just feels so liberating to go out and bike wherever you want whenever you want. The feeling of the wind when you bike down the hill, the small off beaten paths you can explore. The tress, grass, water that surrounds you while you casually bike down the trail. Climbing that big mountain that took every breath out of you to complete. Then looking back and seeing how high you climbed. Rewarding yourself with a big down hill you get to enjoy the powers of gravity as you quickly descend down the mountain. Biking forces me to fight against myself mentality and physically, pushing myself to the limits on a mountain or a strong windy day. It forces me to not give up and allows me to have perseverance and to keep peddling harder and faster. Another thing I like is nature, connecting to earth and realizing that without earth you will not exist. Allowing the sounds of birds tweeting and trees rustling while you walk down the trail and crunch on leaves.
What is a new skill you have always wanted to learn and why?
What is something that you did that you are proud of?
Being the stage manager for my local high school musical! It was a very fun and exhausting experience but I was very proud of it. I got the chance to be basically in charge of the school musical in my final year of high school. It was very rewarding to me as I get to watch the whole audience stand up and give a standing ovation to the whole class. And it was a great way to spend some time with my fellow graduating students and students who had interest in theatre and musicals.
Do you have any advice for someone aspiring to enter your field?
The everything out and see what you like, once you know what you like try to do that as much as you can. Try to do everything to the best of your opportunity and always remember it’s better to be safe than sorry. So always ask questions, never give up, it’s all about you. And remember that with the internet nowadays you can always search up how to do X and whatsoever. Depending on you interests there might be some skills that you can develop without needing expensive equipment, software that you can download for free and try to learn how to use it.