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100 Years and Counting

Alumnae Theatre's 

100th Anniversary ​2017-2018 Season

​
​Centennial Season

Alumnae Theatre's 100th Anniversary ​2017-2018 Season
Alumnae Theatre celebrated 100 years of continuous production with its 2017/18 season. We have been entertaining Torontonians with topical, thought-provoking and adventurous theatre for a century, making us the longest running theatre company in the city.

We're also the oldest women-run theatre company in North America.

100th Birthday Celebrations
Alumnae Theatre Company's 100th Birthday Party featured special guest The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and was followed by the world premiere performance of Omission written by Alice Abracen and directed by Anne Harper.

Toronto Mayor John Tory proclaimed October 20, 2017: 100th Season of Alumnae Theatre Company Day.
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2017 - 2018 Season Overview · The Plays:




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Thirteen Hands
by Carol Shields

PRODUCED BY RAMONA BAILLIE
DIRECTED BY CLAREN GROSZ

October 20 - November 4, 2017 on the Mainstage
Before Stitch n' Bitch, there was bridge. Thirteen Hands - Canada’s beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Carol Shields is behind this witty and vibrant play-cum-musical that explores the nuances of life and womanhood. One of Alumnae’s most revered and successful premières, Thirteen Hands returns this season as part of the theatre company’s 100th anniversary retrospective series. It follows the lives of many women over three generations who find connection and support through a weekly game of bridge.
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FireWorks Festival 2017
PRODUCED BY MOLLY THOM

November 8 - 26, 2017 in the Studio Theatre
FireWorks is Alumnae's annual festival of new full-length plays, developed either by our own New Play Development group or at our New Ideas Festival. Three plays are programmed each running for one week, all fully produced, offering audiences thought-provoking theatre and a chance to pull back the curtain with post-show panel discussions and playwright/director talkbacks.
WRITERS' INTENSIVE
Three writing workshops lead by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard,  held on three successive Saturdays: 
Nov.  11 / 18 / 25 from 9:00am-12:00pm. 
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​​This Will Be Our Last Transmission
by Natalie Frijia
Directed by Ara Glenn-Johanson​
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Surrender, Dorothy
by Liz Best
Directed by Joan Burrows
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GASH
by Caitie Graham
Directed by Madeleine Jullian
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Omission
by Alice Abracen
PRODUCED BY MARISSA OTTO
DIRECTED BY ANNE HARPER
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January 19 - February 3, 2018 on the Mainstage
Omission asks the question: is forgiveness and redemption possible? On the eve of a papal conclave, a young Canadian journalist interviews an ambitious, popular Latin American cardinal about his past activities during a period of disappearances under a military junta. When she agrees to turn her recorder off, they are forced to confront the ghosts that haunt them both. An edge-of-your-seat thriller written by emerging playwright Alice Abracen, Omission makes its world première exactly 100 years after Alumnae’s very first show.
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New Ideas Festival 2018
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS:
CAROLYN ZAPF, PAT MCCARTHY, AND KELSEY LAINE JACOBSON

March 7 to 25, 2018 in the Studio Theatre
Wednesday - Saturday 8pm
Saturday + Sunday 2:30pm

New Ideas Festival 2018 is a three-week juried festival of new plays and works-in-progress, with a different program of plays each week and staged readings on Saturdays at noon.
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Queen Marie
​by Shirley Barrie
PRODUCED BY ELIZABETH VERWEY
DIRECTED BY ROSEMARY DOYLE

April 13 to 28, 2018 on the Mainstage
This larger-than-life musical written by Alumnae member Shirley Barrie explores the life and times of actress Marie Dressler, an Ontario native who won international fame in the 1930s. Known for her lively and tenacious personality, Marie began her career touring with travelling theatre companies, moved on to vaudeville and Broadway comedy roles, and rose to stardom through her film work with some of Hollywood’s most notable icons such as Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo. Expect a funny, vibrant production, much like Marie herself.
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  • HOME
  • MEMBERSHIP
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    • Become a Member
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    • Playwrights
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    • Production
  • RENTALS
  • ❤ SUPPORT US
    • Our Supporters
    • Make a Gift
    • Donate by Shopping
  • INFORMATION
    • Contact Us
    • Board of Directors
    • About Us
    • Anti-Racism Statement
    • Safe & Respectful
    • Accessibility
    • News & Media
    • Open House
    • CURRENT SEASON >
      • Female of the Species 2022
      • Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike 2023
      • String of Pearls 2023
      • FireWorks Festival 2022
      • New Ideas Festival 2023
    • PREVIOUS SEASONS >
      • 2021/22 SEASON >
        • Albertine in Five Times
        • Nested
        • In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
        • New Ideas Festival 2022 >
          • NIF 2022 Master Classes
          • NIF 2022 Talks
          • NIF 2022 Short Plays >
            • B to Z
            • Joule's Odyssey
            • Cancel Culture
            • The Do-Gooders
          • NIF 2022 Workshops
      • 2020/21 Season >
        • New Ideas Festival >
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2021 WEEK 2
      • 2019/20 Season >
        • The Heidi Chronicles
        • FireWorks Festival >
          • Belle Darling Klondike Queen
          • Grief Circus
          • If the Shoe Fits
        • The Trip to Bountiful
        • New Ideas Festival 2020
        • New Ideas Festival 2020 WEEK 1
      • 2018/19 Season >
        • The Importance of Being Earnest
        • Fireworks Festival 2018 >
          • The Pigeon
          • Moving On
          • Animal
        • Top Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2019 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2019 Week 3
        • Impressionism
        • News - 100 Year Open House 2018
      • 100th Anniversary 2017/18 Season >
        • Thirteen Hands
        • FireWorks Festival 2017 >
          • This Will Be Our Last Transmission
          • Surrender, Dorothy
          • GASH
        • Omission
        • New Ideas Festival 2018 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2018 Week 3
          • 2018 Reading Series
        • Queen Marie
      • 2016/17 Season >
        • THIS
        • FireWorks Festival 2016 >
          • Inked Heart
          • Motherland
        • The Gut Girls
        • New Ideas Festival 2017 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2017 Week 3
        • The Clean House >
          • The Creases In My Sari
      • 2015/16 Season >
        • Antigone
        • FireWorks Festival 2015 >
          • Divine Wrecks
          • Cottage Radio
          • Radical
          • Playwright Intensive 2015
        • Stepping Out
        • New Ideas Festival 2016 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 1
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 2
          • New Ideas Festival 2016 Week 3
        • August: Osage County
      • 2014/15 Season >
        • Escape From Happiness
        • FireWorks Festival 2014 >
          • Burying Toni
          • You Have To Earn It
          • Playwright Intensive 2014
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 1
        • Blood Relations
        • New Ideas Festival 2015 >
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 2
          • I am Marguerite
          • New Ideas Festival 2015 Week 3
    • Blog