ϖ    Instructions to Any Future Socialist Government Wishing to Abolish Christmas by Michael Mackenzie (2011) in co-production with Centaur Theatre (Montreal)

•    World Premiere

Starring: Ted Dykstra, Gemma James-Smith
Designers: Antoine Bedard, James Lavoie, Luc Prairie

Set against the panic-stricken backdrop of Lehman Brother’s collapse, Instructions to Any Future Socialist Government Wishing to Abolish Christmas by Michael Mackenzie is an electric two-hander examining the shifting and suspect forces that drive the global financial system.

ϖ    Eternal Hydra by Anton Piatagorsky (2011) in association with Factory Theatre (Toronto)

•    Revival of our 2009 hit

Starring: David Ferry, Sam Malkin, Liisa Repo-Martell, Cara Ricketts
Designers: Richard Feren, Barbara Rowe, John Thompson

ϖ    I, Claudia by Kristen Thomson (2007- Ongoing Touring)

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•    Toured to Edmonton, London ON, Richmond, Ottawa, Toronto, Edinburgh, Montreal, Kingston and across Southwestern Ontario
•    Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, Outstanding Performance by a Female
•    Canadian Comedy Award (for film adaptation) for Best Female Film Performance, and Best Film Writing
•    Gemini Award (for film adaptation) for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries
•    Sterling Award for  Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
•    Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Direction, and for Fast Forward Weekly Readers’ Choice Award

ϖ    Geometry in Venice by Michael Mackenzie (2010) in association with the Segal Centre (Montreal)

• Revival of a 20 year hit

Starring: Damien Atkins, Aiden Devine, Susanna Fournier, Allegra Fulton, Elliot Larson
Designers: Julie Fox, Luc Prairie

This Governor General nominated play is inspired by one of Henry James’ most loved short stories, The Pupil and in characteristic Jamesian fashion, teases out a beautifully intricate tragedy chronicaling a year in the life of an aristocratic ex-pat family living in Europe at the end of the 19th century.

ϖ    The Country by Martin Crimp (2009) in co-production with The Junction Grand (Calgary)

•    Canadian Premiere

Starring: Fiona Byrne, Mark Lawes, Raphaele Thiriet
Designers: Julie Fox, Scott Reid

A chilling examination of middle class urban desperation transplanted to the countryside. A married couple’s attempt to escape a dark past by embracing the idyllic rural life is disrupted one evening by a strange young woman. A past of sex, drugs, and deception resurfaces as the tension in this triangle winds tighter and tighter.

ϖ    Eternal Hydra by Anton Piatigorsky (2009)

•    World Premiere
•    10 Dora Nominations and 4 wins for Best New Play, Production, Direction & Lighting Design
•    Toured to Toronto and Ottawa (Magnetic North Theatre Festival)

Starring: David Ferry, Sam Malkin, Liisa Repo-Martell, Karen Robinson
Designers: Richard Feren, Barbara Rowe, John Thompson

A gripping literary mystery is set in motion by the discovery of a long-lost novel, whose pages spark an academic controversy that reaches as far back as the American Civil War and irrevocably entwines everyone it touches.

ϖ    [boxhead] by Darren O’Donnell (2008)

•    Toured to Vancouver, Toronto

Starring: Adam Lazarus, Andrew Shaver
Designers: Chris Abraham, Naomi Campbell, Steve Lucas, Darren O’Donnell, Nina Okens

A young geneticist wakes up to discover a box secured to his head: he finds all his thoughts come from God, all his words come from the devil and his desire for love is a habit acquired from the movies. Sound Familiar? Don’t be so hard on yourself.

ϖ    What Lies Before Us by Morris Panych (2007) presented by the Canadian Stage Company
•    World Premiere
•    Toured to Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto

ϖ    Directors Cut by Jim Millan (2006)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Earshot by Morris Panych (2006) in co-production with the National Arts Centre (Ottawa)
•    Toured to Ottawa, Gananoque, Kitchener

ϖ    The Dirty/Beautiful by Stephen Massicotte (2005)

ϖ    Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke (2003)
•    North American Premiere

ϖ    Godzilla by Yasuhiko Ohashi translated by M Cody Poulton (2002)
•    English Language Premiere

ϖ    Hedwig and the Angry Inch book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask (2001)

ϖ    Time After Time: The Chet Baker Project by James O’Reilly (2001)
•    World Premiere
•    Toured to Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary

ϖ    Shopping and Fucking by Mark Ravenhill (1999)

ϖ    Slightly Bigger Cities by Bruce McCulloch (1999)

ϖ    Red River by Jim Millan and Daniel David Moses (1998)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    High Life by Lee MacDougall (1996/1997)
•    Toured to Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Victoria (1998)

ϖ    Born in the Grave by Jim Millan (1996)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Hole in My Heart the Size of My Heart by Jim Millan and Ali Riley (1995)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Come Good Rain by George Seremba (1994)

ϖ    Anastasia is Alive and Well and She Lives with Her Brother the Czar by Glenn Christie (1994)

ϖ    Body and Soul by John Mighton (1994)

ϖ    Danceland by Glen Cairns (1993)

ϖ    Brother Andre’s Heart by Linda Griffiths (1992)

ϖ    A Short History of Night by John Mighton (1991)
•    World Premiere
•    Governor General’s Award, Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Play

ϖ    Tripytch: Brownie from Hell by Carol Sinclair , The Prince by Jim Millan, and “6″ by the company (1991)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    The Cezanne Syndrome by Normand Canac Marquis translated by Louison Danis (1990)

ϖ    The Colorado Gas & Diner by Oliver Dennis and Jim Millan (1990)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love by Brad Fraser (1989)
•    Toured to Mexico City, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Montreal (1992)
•    Remounted in 2004
•    Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance, Male (Brent Carver)

ϖ    Serpent Kills by Jim Millan and Blake Brooker (1989)
•    World Premiere
•    Toured to Ottawa (1994)

ϖ    La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler (1989)

ϖ    Quartet by Heiner Muller (1988)

ϖ    South of Heaven by Jim Millan (1987)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Urban Voodoo by Peter Hinton and Jim Millan (1986)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Michi’s Blood by Fraz Xaver Kroetz (1986)

ϖ    Infidelity by Eugene Labiche (1985)

ϖ    Arabian Nights by the company (1985)
•    World Premiere

ϖ    Bremen Coffee by R W Fassbinder (1985)

ϖ    Self Torture and Strenuous Exercise by Harry Kondoleon (1985)

ϖ    Dali by Jim Millan (1985)
•    World Premiere
•    Remounted in 1986, 2000
•    Dora Mavor Moore Award for Innovation and Artistic Excellence

ϖ    Exception and the Rule by Bertolt Brecht (1985)

ϖ    Sesquicentenial Clowns by the company (1984)

ϖ    The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco (1983)

ϖ    The Wedding March by Jim Millan (1983)