Career
A television presentation of the show was seen by someone in the Toronto casting department Mission Saigon who arranged for an audition for the role of Kim in the musical. She played the role of Éponine in the United States. touring company of Les Misérables, joining Lea Salonga as the second Asian to play Éponine in western theater. She played Bertrande de Rols in Martin Guerre in London, performed in West Side Story as Maria at the Stratford Festival in 1999, and appeared on Broadway as Little Girl in the 2002 revival of Flower Drum Song.
In July 2008, Dionisio reprised her original role as Kim in the seated production of Mission Saigon at The Muny in Saint Louis, Missouri.
In July 2010, she also reprised this role again in the second Toronto, Ontario, Canada production. She originally played this role in the original Toronto production in 1993, which also launched her career.
She is a founding artist of Theatre 20, a musical theatre company in Toronto formed by artists in 2009, and performed in Theatre 20"s 2011 Concert Series at the Panasonic Theatre. She has also had occasional film and television roles, including guest appearances in Flashpoint, Remedy and Schitt"s Creek and a lead role in the film The Waiting Room.
