Our Core Team
Laura Welch (she/her)
Laura Welch is an actor/writer/director living and working in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a graduate of George Brown Theatre School. Laura started Light Echo Theatre in 2019 with Rebekka Gondosch for its inaugural production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, in which she produced, directed and acted. Her favourite theatre credits include playing Jenna in Michael Kras’ The Team (Essential Collective Theatre), Juliet in Ryan Sero’s Romeo and Juliet: An Escapist Comedy (MakeArt Theatre), and Portia in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (MakeArt Theatre). She is currently in post-production for her debut comedic short film Late Blooming, which she wrote, acted, directed and co-produced. Laura is a proud member of both Canadian Actor’s Equity and ACTRA.
Carly Anna Billings (she/her)
Carly Anna Billings (she/her) is an Italian and Ojibwe actor, comedian, singer, theatremaker and storyteller born and based in Hamilton, Ontario, the traditional lands of her people the Mississaugas of the Credit. She has spent her young performing career on stages from Charlottetown to Edmonton to New York City and back again. As a writer, she attended the 2024 National Playwrights Retreat at Caravan Farm Theatre and as a performer has most recently been seen on The Second City Toronto MainStage as an understudy. A producer and maker, her theatre company Afterlife Theatre, is the 2025 Hamilton Festival Theatre Company in residence. She is a longtime collaborator of Light Echo Theatre as both a performer (The Vagina Monologues) and creator/producer of works in development (Fertility, Muddy Bay). Carly believes laughter and joy are the foundation for a healthy and creative arts practice, they’re the best medicine.
Rebekka Gondosch (they/she)
Rebekka Gondosch is a theatre maker, writer, arts educator, small business owner, and proud member of the Light Echo team since its inception. Rebekka is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin’s M.Phil. in Theatre and Performance program and Brock University's Dramatic Arts and English Language and Literature programs. Their artistic work often focuses on devised theatre, site specific theatre, theatre of the absurd, queer experience, and the gothic genre. They are also a member of Passing Through Theatre in Toronto. Rebekka has had the honour of teaching amazing high school students for over eight years and is a teacher for Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and coordinator and leader of the Spark Teen Performance Intensive through the Hamilton Festival Theatre Company. Rebekka's short story, The Sin Eater, was recently published by All Existing Literary Magazine's "Gothic Imaginations" issue. Select performances include Hamlet (Ophelia, Sameboat Theatre x Rook’s Theatre), and Why the River Sings (co-creator, Passing Through Theatre as part of Theatre Direct’s Forward March Festival). Say hello on Instagram @theatre_is_wilde and @omasandomens and learn more at www.rebekkagondosch.com
Meg Webster (she/her)
Meg Webster (she/her) is a multifaceted artist focused on producing theatre, writing, and acting. Born and raised in Calgary, AB, she studied acting at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Theatre School. She wrote, produced, and performed Things the Trees Taught Them at Montreal’s Mainline Theatre (2018) and the Toronto Fringe Festival (2019). Since joining Light Echo Theatre in 2019, she has been part of the producing team for Fertility in its various stages of development. She also produced Meat(less) Loaf with Afterlife Theatre at the Hamilton Fringe Festival (2022). Most recently, Meg joined F(EMME)ARTS, a Hamilton-based comedy group performing improv and sketch comedy. When not immersed in theatre, she can be found as an HR consultant, advocating for workplaces that are both sustainable and psychologically safe, or teaching yoga, sharing her love of mindful movement and body awareness. Not only defined by work and accomplishments, Meg also enjoys various pursuits, such as songwriting, strength training, writing poetry, wandering through the forest with her labradoodle, Roo, and building forts with her partner.
Kit Simmons (they/them)
Kit Simmons is an actor-creator and Fight Director. They prioritize radically compassionate work practices, while their Queerness (in all senses of the word) compels them to work in non-traditional theatre forms and contexts. They are fascinated by the natural and the naturalistic, and messing around with both. Their training has ranged from classical voice work to ballet to clown to aerial - a DIY/use-whatever-you've-got approach is at the heart of all their projects and if it tells a good story, nothing is off the table.