Wednesday 29 September 2010

Theatre Ontario Announces Plays In New Anthology To Be Published By Playwrights Canada Press

Theatre Ontario is pleased to announce the contents of the new anthology of Canadian plays to be published by Playwrights Canada PressGrassroots: Original Plays from Ontario Community Theatres is a collection of five full-length plays originally premiered by community theatres in Ontario. Playwrights Canada Press has previously published two anthologies of one-act plays selected by Theatre Ontario. This is the first collaboration on an anthology of full-length plays by the two organizations.

Monday 27 September 2010

ONstage Openings for the week of September 27

The 2010-2011 seasons kick off at Oshawa Little Theatre, Players Guild of Hamilton, Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto) and Theatre Sarnia.  Shows opening this week include:

In Toronto:
September 28, Ali And Ali: The Deportation Hearings from Cahoots Theatre Company in association with Factory Theatre presenting the Neworld Theatre production
September 30, Hard Times at Theatre Passe Muraille
    In South Central Ontario:
    September 30, Arsenic And Old Lace at Oshawa Little Theatre
      In Southwestern Ontario:
      October 1, Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde at Players Guild of Hamilton
      October 1, How The Other Half Loves at Theatre Sarnia
        For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

        Monday 20 September 2010

        ONstage Openings for the week of September 20

        The openings are starting to arrive fast and furious: this week new seasons begin at Alumnae Theatre Company, Buddies In Bad Times, Galt Little Theatre, The Grand Theatre, London Community Players, Tarragon Theatre and Theatre Orangeville.

        In Southwestern Ontario:
        September 21, Anything Goes at The Grand Theatre in London
        September 23, Moon Over Buffalo at Galt Little Theatre in Cambridge
        September 24, Footlight Follies at Century Church Theatre in Hillsburgh
        September 24, The Three Musketeers at London Community Players

        In Toronto:
        September 22, Blasted at Buddies In Bad Times Theatres
        September 22, The Clockmaker at Tarragon Theatre
        September 24, You Are Here at Alumnae Theatre Company
        September 24, Third Eye Looming at Workman Arts

        In Central Ontario:
        September 23, Rhinestown Cowgirl: A Tribute To Dolly Parton at Theatre Orangeville

        In South Central Ontario:
        September 22, Shirley Valentine at Stage West Theatre in Mississauga
        September 24, Having Hope At Home at Theatre Aurora

        For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit the ONstage show listings on the Theatre Ontario website.

        Thursday 16 September 2010

        September E-Newsletter Is Now Online

        If you're behind on your blog reading, all of our news is also published monthly in our free e-newsletter.  The September issue of Theatre Ontario Presents... is now available online.

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        Monday 13 September 2010

        ONstage Openings for the week of September 13

        Lots of season launches this week: The Bay of Quinte Community Players, Bloor West Village Players (Toronto), Canadian Stage (Toronto), The Curtain Club (Richmond Hill), Domino Theatre (Kingston), Great Canadian Theatre Company (Ottawa), Hart House Theatre (Toronto), King's Town Players (Kingston), Markham Little Theatre and Theatre Burlington.

        In South Central Ontario:
        September 15, If We Are Women at Markham Little Theatre
        September 17, The Perfect Rhyme at The Curtain Club in Richmond Hill (with a preview on September 16)
        September 17, The Subject Was Roses at Theatre Burlington

        In Southwestern Ontario:
        September 15, Guys And Dolls at Drayton Entertainment - Drayton Festival Theatre

        In Toronto:
        September 15, Richard III at Hart House Theatre
        September 17, Present Laughter at Bloor West Village Players
        September 18, Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter: An Attempt At The Truth at Canadian Stage

        In Central Ontario:
        September 13, Sleuth at Theatre Collingwood

        In Ottawa and Eastern Ontario:
        September 14, The List at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa
        September 14, The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at King's Town Players in Kingston
        September 16, On Golden Pond at the Bay of Quinte Community Players in Quinte West
        September 16, Collected Stories at Domino Theatre in Kingston
        September 17, Night at Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque

        For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit ONstage on the Theatre Ontario website.

        Tuesday 7 September 2010

        ONstage Openings for the week of September 7

        September is upon us, and the fall theatre season with it.  This week Theatre Cambrian in Sudbury, the Mississauga Players, and the Scarborough Theatre Guild all kick-off their 2010-2011 seasons.

        In Ottawa and Eastern Ontario:
        September 9, Suds, The Rockin' 60s Musical Soap Opera at Stirling Festival Theatre
        September 10, Till It Hurts at Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque
        September 11, The Odd Couple (Female Version) at Upper Canada Playhouse in Morrisburg

        In Northeastern Ontario:
        September 10, Eat Your Heart Out at Theatre Cambrian in Sudbury

        In South Central Ontario:
        September 9, The Importance Of Being Earnest at Mississauga Players

        In Southwestern Ontario:
        September 8, Separate Beds at Drayton Entertainment - St. Jacobs Schoolhouse Theatre
        September 9, Johnny And June at Lighthouse Festival Theatre in Port Dover

        In Toronto:
        September 9, A Murder Is Announced at Scarborough Theatre Guild

        For all the theatre current playing across Ontario, or for information for theatres on how to add/update your listing, visit ONstage on the Theatre Ontario website.