Jayme Armstrong

Jayme is an award-winning Canadian theatre performer and accomplished director, celebrated as a versatile triple-threat with charisma and commanding stage presence. With a career spanning over two decades across Canada and internationally, she has brought depth, humour, and heart to a wide range of roles in musical theatre, from iconic classics to Canadian premieres. Known for her sharp comic instincts, expressive performances, and remarkable versatility, Jayme combines technical precision with emotional authenticity to create unforgettable characters.

Jayme has starred in Canadian premieres such as Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins), Adrian (Rocky: The Musical), and Linda (Holiday Inn), as well as a diverse array of roles including Fiona (Shrek The Musical), Millie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Janet (The Drowsy Chaperone), Sherrie (Rock of Ages), Roxie (Chicago), Lina (Singin’ in the Rain), Reno (Anything Goes), Audrey (Little Shop of Horrors), Betty (White Christmas), Marian (The Music Man), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Fantine (Les Misérables), Elle (Legally Blonde), Maria (The Sound of Music), and Guinevere (Camelot, US National Tour). She has performed across Canada with acclaimed companies such as Drayton Entertainment, the Stratford Festival, Theatre Aquarius, and the Arts Club Theatre, and internationally including in Los Angeles, where she played Judy in Ruthless! The Musical(earning an LA Weekly Award for Outstanding Comedy Performance).

In addition to her work as a performer, Jayme is an accomplished director whose credits include Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Broadway Showstoppers (Drayton Entertainment), Legally Blonde (Theatre Under the Stars), Anne of Green Gables and Annie (Storybook Theatre), and Nine (Theatre Sheridan). Known for her imaginative vision, sharp comic instincts, and collaborative leadership, she creates rehearsal rooms that are joyful, rigorous, and inspiring, drawing on her extensive performance experience to guide and elevate the work of every cast.

Jayme holds a Master of Arts in Cultural Management and in 2020 was honoured with the KW Rogers Woman of the Year Award in Arts & Culture for her artistic and charitable contributions.