Monetizing Your Creativity - Pursuing A Career In Film, Television, Writing, Theatre, Music & Design With Your Talents

Her energy alone is contagious. Stir in a terrific sense of comedy and several cupfuls of improv training and you have the perfect recipe for a dish we call “Fun to Work With” and a TV host, comedian and actress we call Lisa Gilroy! This multi-talented young woman was the host of YTV’s Undercover High (series nominated for an International Emmy) and currently co-hosts the afternoon pre-teen staple called The Zone as well as the live broadcast talent search competition The Next Star. When Lisa isn’t on camera, she’s writing and performing comedy sketches with a variety of improv groups at comedy clubs. How was young Lisa Gilroy plucked from thousands who submitted self-taped auditions to YTV who then shipped her across the continent from the wilds of Western Canada to the well-pounded pavement of Toronto? And how did those first few weeks go? In her words: “It was a medical miracle … minus the medical part!” Great Story! But we’ll let her tell it to you. The difference between school and life? “In schoo