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June 2019
The Omnibus Bill by Darrah Teitel
MAINSTAGE SERIES world premiere production In Bowmanville, Ontario, 1969 Maria needs an abortion. An underground network of feminists, midwives and doctors who want to help her, come up against the changing laws and politics of Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s first legislative…
Find out more »Sexy Laundry by Michele Riml
After twenty-five years of marriage, the emergence of love handles and receding hairlines, Alice and Henry have hit a physical plateau. With a copy of Sex for Dummies in hand, Alice convinces Henry to a weekend of alone time in the hopes…
Find out more »The Drowning Girls By Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, & Daniela Vlaskalic
The Drowning Girls is produced by special arrangement with PLAYWRIGHTS GUILD OF CANADA. Produced by Kim Brouwer| Directed by Carol Beauchamp Bessie, Alice, and Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith and they are dead.…
Find out more »A Reading – IN CONVERSATION with MARION and FREDA and OTHERS – Moments shared between two seniors at a time – By Diane Gordon
Sometimes the characters know each other well, sometimes they are new friends. Always they are engaging with something interesting to say. Part One - MARION and FREDA Excerpts: On the Queen Streetcar, Tea at the Bay, On Transit, Massive Sink…
Find out more »LIGHT by Rosa Laborde
At a secluded mountain retreat, two new arrivals come to discover ‘the truth’ of who they are. But practising stillness and learning to relinquish thought has the opposite affect on one of them. As she becomes more interested in catalyzing…
Find out more »ANNA by Maria Milisavljevic
What’s mine is yours. What’s yours is mine. When the laws of the sharing economy hit an old friendship, two women find themselves on the verge of disaster. Can they overcome betrayal or has too much been shared? ANNA is…
Find out more »EL TERREMOTO by Christine Quintana
Nineteen years have passed since the three Jurado sisters lost their parents, and life seems to continue on in their East Vancouver home. A birthday party, a failed proposal, and a missed connection fill the days and months until an…
Find out more »CERTIFIED by Jan Derbyshire
“Jan Derbyshire is a skillful comic who can make you laugh at anything…” – Irish Times Join the irreverent fun in this hilarious & heart-aching romp, as comedian & certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health…
Find out more »SMOKE by Elena Eli Belyea
Jordan, Aiden’s ex, shows up at Aiden’s apartment to confront her about the allegation that Jordan sexually assaulted her two years ago. The smoke is thick and the town is burning. What will it take to put it out? Smoke…
Find out more »Mending Fences by Norm Foster
Harry Sullivan hasn’t seen his son Drew in thirteen years, and now Drew is coming to Harry’s Saskatchewan ranch for a visit. This poignant comedy tells the story of two men who are too stubborn to give in to feelings…
Find out more »The Melville Boys by Norm Foster
Brothers Owen and Lee Melville arrive at their uncle’s cottage, ready to do what boys do at the lake – fish and drink beer. That is, if they can set aside their differences. The boys may share the same blood,…
Find out more »Four Sisters by Susanna Fournier
PARADIGM productions commissioned by Luminato Festival presents 259 years have passed since we last saw Sarah in The Scavenger’s Daughter. She has defied Death, survived the toppling of regimes, and centuries of war. When a mysterious plague breaks out, she…
Find out more »The Last President of Canada by Doug Rutherford
Ghosts walk the halls of the House of Commons. In 1966, Paul Chartier blamed the government for his many failures. He decided to get revenge by throwing a bomb on the floor of the House of Commons, delivering a speech…
Find out more »MOM’S THE WORD: NEST 1/2 EMPTY By the Mom’s the Word Collective
A NEW GENERATION OF LAUGHS From the world-renowned creative team behind the Mom's the Word series comes another chapter in their stories of family and fracas. The kids are grown, marriages have “evolved,” and bodies are backfiring. Life doesn’t get…
Find out more »The Black Drum by Adam Pottle
WORLD PREMIERE Soulpepper is pleased to partner with the DEAF CULTURE CENTRE on this extraordinary, signed music musical to elevate the Deaf community’s “place” in the Canadian arts landscape. A young woman’s life is turned upside down when her tattoos…
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