Polly Harrington
Michelle Bardach is a Coast Salish Indigenous performer from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). She holds a Bachelor of Performing Arts from Capilano University.
Pollyanna is the third Canadian musical world premiere Michelle has originated a role in, the first two being Maggie (Aquarius/Charlottetown) and Tell Tale Harbour (Charlottetown). Other theatre credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast and Sophie in Mamma Mia (Arts Club), Eponine in Les Miserables (Chemainus Theatre), Miss Stacey in Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown) and Jovie in Elf (Grand Theatre).
Michelle performs with two Indigenous music groups, M’Girl and Tillicum Shantie, and does voiceover for audiobooks, commercials and animation. She voices multiple characters on Spirit Rangers (Netflix), and Barbie web shorts (Mattel). For tv/film, she appeared in Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Dancing Through Christmas (Lifetime), and Borderline (Orca Cove).
Next up, Michelle will be making her Stratford Festival debut in Something Rotten and The Diviners. Instagram: @michyb123