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Canadian Stage shares our work on four stages spread across our great city.

The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts and the Berkeley Street Theatre Complex bookend the vibrant St. Lawrence Market neighbourhood and run along what was once the shore of Lake Ontario. Our beautiful High Park Amphitheatre is nestled within the grassy hills and forests of our city’s most beloved park.

And the Winter Garden Theatre is located in the heart of Toronto’s bustling downtown core. Canadian Stage is grateful to be able to tell our stories on this bountiful land that we all share.

This sacred land has held story for thousands of years: stories that live in the fabric of who we are as a nation. Canadian Stage would like to acknowledge and thank the original caretakers and knowledge keepers of this territory: the Anishinaabe Nations (including the Mississaugas of the Credit), the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Wendat and Métis Nations. We give thanks to the Nations recorded and unrecorded, acknowledged and unacknowledged, who also share the responsibility for this territory. We honour the Dish With One Spoon Treaty and our responsibility to peaceably share and care for the resources that surround us. We are honoured to be in this meeting place called Tkaronto that many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from across Turtle Island call home.

A Canadian Stage Production

Twelfth Night Cast Ghazal Azarbad Olivia Alicia Barban Curio (Viola & Maria Understudy) Ori Black Sebastian (Feste Understudy) Farhang Ghajar Orsino

Ray Jacildo Antonio/Sailor (Orsino Understudy) Justin Otto Sir Andrew Aguecheek/ Captain (Malvolio Understudy) Rick Roberts Malvolio Navtej Sandhu Maria (Olivia Understudy)

Mike Shara Sir Toby Belch Deivan Steele Valentine/Priest (Sir Toby Belch Understudy) Steven Sutcliffe Feste Caroline Toal Viola

Creative Gregory Prest Adaptation and Director Sim Suzer* Set and Costume Designer

Olivia Wheeler* Sound Designer and Composer Tim Welham Text Coach

Katie Hochman Assistant Set and Costume Designer

Hannah Antaki Casting Associate

Logan Raju Cracknell* Lighting Designer

Anita Nittoly Fight Director

Kelly McEvenue Movement Coach Anna Kaltenbach Stage Manager Troy Taylor Stage Manager Meghan Speakman Assistant Stage Manager Mya Martinez Apprentice Stage Manager

Running Crew Ben Junor Head Technician

Leo Ridpath Audio Mixer

Riley Donovan-Whitelaw Lighting Operator

Noelle Hamlyn Head of IATSE822 Running Crew

Jackie Smulan Laundry Attendant

Production Brayden Crawford Technical Director

Ina Kerklaan Cutter

Mary Spyrakis Head of Props

Marcela Prado Orozco Assistant Technical Director

Daniela Aguilar Stitcher

Chynah Philadelphia Props Assistant

Janet Pym Head of Wardrobe

Madeline Ius Wardrobe Assistant

Quỳnh Diep Metcalf Foundation Intern

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Stage Employees of the High Park Amphitheatre are represented by Local 58 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Wardrobe Employees are represented by Local 822 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. *Indicated designers on this production are represented by the Associated Designers of Canada, IATSE Local SC659

This performance runs 100 minutes with no intermission

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Director’s Note Gregory Prest

“Ask somebody to love you; takes a lot of nerve” – Paul Simon For me, Twelfth Night is Shakespeare’s great play about the madness of love - the slippery slope of the intoxicating state of obsessive romantic infatuation, the racing thoughts, the idealization of another person, the desperate hope that our feelings might somehow be returned, and how all of this manifests itself in our behaviour in that glorious, vulnerable, humiliating, all too human limbo.

Shakespeare called this play Twelfth Night which was one of the most important holidays in the Elizabethan calendar. The celebration marked the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas, culminating on the eve of the Feast of Epiphany. It was a period of licensed festivity - a temporary suspension of ordinary rules and hierarchies. Houses hosted feasts, masques, dancing, music, games, drinking, practical jokes, and amateur theatricals. For a brief period, the world was allowed to turn upside down and many of the customs involved the reversal of status. Servants could mock masters. Young people could mock elders. Women disguised themselves as men; men disguised themselves as women. Identity became fluid. The normal social order was suspended.

While the actual play does not take place during this festival, the spirit of it is alive and well in the upended, anarchic, beautiful, freeing, subversive, and strange making experience of plummeting to the bottom of love with a capital L. The world turns upside down. This play and our production is another attempt to beautifully understand ourselves, laugh at ourselves, and forgive ourselves.

I think of Twelfth Night as a comedy in a minor key. Unlike many of Shakespeare’s comedies, not every wound heals completely.

The clown - not the lovers - has the final word, reminding us that storms continue, time moves forward, and joy is never entirely separate from sadness.

Love can transform us. It can rescue us. It can also confuse us and leave us shipwrecked.

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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Jessica B. Hill, Praneet Akilla, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Mike Shara, Caroline Toal. Photo: Elana Emer. Wine in the Wilderness.

Virgilia Griffith, Mazin Elsadig. Photo: Dahlia Katz. Cabaret. Allan Louis. Photo: Elana Emer. Rogers V. Rogers. Tom Rooney. Photo: Dahlia Katz. Creditors. Gregory Prest, Kristen Thomson, and Paul Gross. Photo: Dahlia Katz. Sex in the ‘80s. Kate Hennig, Oliver Dennis, Jacob MacInnis, Heeyun Park. Photos: Dahlia Katz. Cinderella.

Photo: Dahlia Katz. Raised by Women. Keith Barker. Photo: Dahlia Katz.

Cast Ghazal Azarbad – Olivia Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Crash (Imago); The Comeuppance, The Welkin, English (Soulpepper); R&J, Shakespeare in Love (Bard); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Arts Club); Bunny (Search Party). Film/TV: “Float” (Lionsgate); “Charmed” (CW); “Kim’s Convenience” (CBC). Writer and creator of Dear Konstantin (Spotify), Tārof: A Persian Comedy, and REAL. Alicia Barban – Curio (Viola & Maria Understudy) Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Mary Poppins (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Ladies of the Canyon & Alligator Pie (Soulpepper Theatre); The Drowning Girls (GFT); Almost a Full Moon (Citadel); Million Dollar Quartet (Mayfield). Alongside her Dora winning 2024 Soulpepper Academy cohort, Alicia is developing a new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. Ori Black – Sebastian (Feste Understudy) Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare BASH’D); Bobbie (Theatre by the Bay); Summer of Semitism (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre); Forever Young: A Ghetto Story (GCTC); The Spectators’ Odyssey (DLT & TOLive). As a writer, Ori is developing his newest play Costume Party, winner of the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition.

Farhang Ghajar – Orsino Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Bremen Town (Tarragon); People, Places and Things (Coal Mine); The Seagull (Soulpepper); Coriolanus, The Front Page, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night (Stratford); Mad Madge (Nightwood). Film/TV: “Ghosts”, “The Copenhagen Test”, “Doc”, “Reacher”, “Gen V”, “Star Trek: Discovery”, “Capture Kill Release”, “Ghostwriter”, “A Higher Loyalty”, “Man Seeking Woman”, “Pretty Hard Cases”.

Ray Jacildo – Antonio/Sailor (Orsino Understudy) Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Timon of Athens (Dandilion); Medea (COC); The Birds and the Bees (Persephone/Globe); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Prague Shakespeare); The Tempest (Globetrotting); Romeo and Juliet (Repercussion). Film/TV: “Chucky” (Universal); “Saving Hope” (CTV).

Ray is a graduate of the National Theatre School and will be in the Toronto premiere of Falling in Time at Tarragon.

Justin Otto – Sir Andrew Aguecheek/Captain (Malvolio Understudy) Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Liars at a Funeral (Blyth & Thousand Island Playhouse), Space Girl (PTE), I, Malvolio (Impel Theatre), Help!

I’ve Fallen And I Can’t Grow Up (Second City Toronto), Armstrong’s War (RMTC). Film/TV: “Sheriff Country” (CBS), “The Miniature Wife” (Peacock), “Alter Boys” (CBC Gem), your favourite guy who looks at a menu (McDonalds). Currently workshopping his new play DRUNK. He is working class. He used to play baseball.

For Mom.

Rick Roberts – Malvolio Canadian Stage: Wars of the Roses, Richard III, Adam Baum and the Jew Movie, Fire. Other theatre: Copperbelt (NAC, Soulpepper); Coppenhagen (NAC); Waiting for Godot, Animal Farm (Soulpepper); Prince Hamlet (Why Not); R+J, The Goat, Cymbeline (Stratford); Prodigal (Howland Crow’s); Feast (Tarragon). Film/TV: “Transplant”, “This Life”, “Fortunate Son”, “The Light Before the Sun”.

Navtej Sandhu – Maria (Olivia Understudy) Canadian Stage: Romeo and Juliet (2018), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2018), and Mahabharata (2025). Other theatre: A Caged Bird Sings (Tarragon Theatre); Mahabharata (The Lincoln Center); A Jungle Book (Kidoons Production); Devi Triptych (Red Beti Theatre). Film/TV: Actor in “Accused” (FOX), Principle in “Bottles” (CFC), Actor in “Verona” (Short).

Mike Shara – Sir Toby Belch Canadian Stage: Take Me Out, Romeo and Juliet, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Other theatre: 10 seasons at Shaw, 10 seasons at Stratford; Soulpepper, Crow’s, MTC, Tarragon, Citadel, Theatre Calgary, National Arts Centre, Aquarius, Vancouver Playhouse, Drayton. Film/TV: “Brilliant Minds”, “Interview with the Vampire”, “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor”. Love to Carla, Molly and the rest of my family. Mike dedicates his summer with Shakespeare to Joe Ziegler.

Deivan Steele – Valentine/Priest (Sir Toby Belch Understudy) Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Tempest, Much Ado (SLSF); Hamlet, Henry V, Love’s Labour’s Lost (SBTS); Troilus & Cressida, King Lear (Shakespeare BASH’d); Narnia (MTYP); Romeo & Juliet (YES); The Assembly (3 Dora noms, Crossroads). Film/TV: “Weirdos”. Born and raised in Halifax, Deivan’s done Shakespeare in parks, bars, pools, bridges, and active construction sites.

Steven Sutcliffe – Feste Steven has performed in theatres across Canada, regionally in the US and on Broadway. Recent TO credits include The Bidding War at Crow’s and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child for Mirvish. He’s grateful to be performing in High Park this summer. Thanks for supporting live theatre!

Caroline Toal – Viola Canadian Stage: Debut. Other theatre: Anne of Green Gables (Stratford Festival); And Then There Were None, An Inspector Calls (Drayton); Three Sisters, Casimir & Caroline (Howland Company); Blackbird, Spider’s Web (Theatre Aquarius). Caroline has won 2 Dora awards for her work. www.carolinetoal.com

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Creative Gregory Prest – Adaptation and Director Canadian Stage: The Inheritance, The Seagull. Other theatre: Casey and Diana (Aquarius/RMTC), The Bidding War (Crow’s), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish), 40+ shows at Soulpepper.

Writer/director: Bremen Town (Tarragon), De Profundis (Soulpepper).

Film/TV: “Pillow Talk” (Crave – 2 Canadian Screen Award nominations). Recipient of multiple Dora Awards for acting, writing, and directing; 2024 Toronto Theatre Critic’s Award for directing.

Sim Suzer – Set and Costume Designer Canadian Stage: Set and Costume Designer for Romeo and Juliet (2025); Associate Set Designer for 1939 (2024). Other theatre: Jeeves and Wooster (Shaw Festival) (Set and Costume Designer); Sleuth (Shaw Festival) (Set Designer); Comfort Food (Crow’s Theatre) (Set and Costume Designer); Sanguine (Cahoots) (Set and Costume Designer).

Logan Raju Cracknell – Lighting Designer Canadian Stage: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fairview, As You Like It, Blackout. Other theatre: Bremen Town (Tarragon); After The Rain (Tarragon/Musical Stage); Narnia, Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats); Alligator Pie (Soulpepper); Roberto Zucco (Buddies in Bad Times); Casey and Diana (Aquarius/RMTC).

Olivia Wheeler – Sound Designer and Composer Canadian Stage: Playing Shylock, Romeo & Juliet. Other theatre: Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Shaw); Forgiveness, Cymbeline (Stratford); WITCH, The Comeuppance, Alligator Pie, De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper); The Fixing Girl (YPT).

Film/TV: “Wine Boys” (Bell Fibe). Olivia is also a puppet designer and playwright.

Tim Welham – Text Coach Canadian Stage: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet. Tim is thrilled to be back at High Park this year. He works primarily as a text coach at the Stratford Festival, currently supporting The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Importance of Being Earnest, Waiting for Godot, and The King James Bible Play. Tim is also an instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada, and has taught for Western, Windsor, Guelph, Brock, Waterloo, and Toronto Metropolitan Universities, and the Birmingham Conservatory. He holds a MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in England, and a BFA from the former Ryerson Theatre School. Upcoming: Twelfth Night with the University of Waterloo. Online: timwelham.com

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Anita Nittoly – Fight Director Canadian Stage: Moonlight Schooner, Slave Play, Robin Hood, Fat Ham, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Kelly vs. Kelly, Hamlet, Fall on Your Knees, As You Like It, Public Enemy. Other theatre: Fight & Intimacy Direction at The Stratford Festival, Soulpepper, Crow’s, Opera Atelier, National Arts Centre, Tarragon, Talk is Free, Buddies in Bad Times, The Blyth Festival, The Grand, YES, YPT, etc. Film/TV: Stunt Performer/Double in “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Star Trek: Discovery”, “The Boys”, “The Copenhagen Test”, “SEE”, “Law & Order: Toronto”, “Murdoch Mysteries”, etc. Stage & Screen Combat instructor in Montréal, QC; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Glasgow, UK. Kelly McEvenue – Movement Coach Canadian Stage: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Other theatre: Kelly has been a member of the Stratford Festival coaching team for 41 seasons.

She has coached with Soulpepper Theatre Company as well as Crow’s Theatre and Canadian Stage. Film/TV: Canadian Film Centre. She has been a movement consultant for numerous films and television series. The Actor and the Alexander Technique ISBN 978-0312295158.

Anna Kaltenbach – Stage Manager Canadian Stage: Maanomaa, My Brother, Topdog/Underdog, Lehman Trilogy, Hamlet, My Name Is Lucy Barton, Fat Ham, Romeo & Juliet, A Doll’s House, Clyde’s. Other theatre: Anahita’s Republic (Bustle & Beast); Dana H (Crow’s); Chloe=Catalyst, King’s Playlist (Culchahworks); Bright Star workshop (GTP); Wake (Persephone); Chew (Project:Humanity); Truth (YPT).

Broadway/NYC: Motown, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Broadway Tours: Hamilton, Motown, Once, Memphis, Shrek, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Joseph… Regional US: Marriott Lincolnshire, Chicago Shakespeare, OTC, Western Stage, Curious, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance.

Troy Taylor – Stage Manager Canadian Stage: As You Like It (2022), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2023), All But Gone (2016), The Seagull (2015). Troy works as a Stage Manager in Toronto for dance, theatre, and live events. Previous companies include the National Ballet, Mirvish, Buddies, FFDN, Soulpepper, Tarragon, and the Shaw Festival.

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Meghan Speakman – Assistant Stage Manager Canadian Stage: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet. Other theatre: Werther, Roméo et Juliette (COC); Eureka Day (Coal Mine); Shrek (YPT); Comfort Food (Crow’s); Hypothetical Baby (Nightwood); Madame Minister (TIFT); Age is a Feeling (Soulpepper). Meghan is excited to be back in the park for another summer! Thanks to Ephraim & Ianto for their love and support.

Mya Martinez – Apprentice Stage Manager Canadian Stage: You, Always. Other theatre: Old Man and The River (WeeFestival); Quest for the Moon (WeeFestival); House of Whale (Toronto Fringe); A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Outside the March). Schooling: Humber College Theatre Arts - Technical Production. Thank you to my family and partner for their support!

HE TRIED TO PAINT HER. SHE TRANSFORMED THE CANVAS.

WINE IN THE WILDERNESS WRITTEN BY ALICE CHILDRESS

September 19 - October 4, 2026

BOOK NOW! Virgilia Griffith, Mazin Elsadig. Photo: Dahlia Katz

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Canadian Stage Council of Governors The Council of Governors is a distinguished group of former Canadian Stage board members whose leadership, insight, and advocacy continue to shape the organization’s future. Serving as trusted ambassadors and advisors, Council members remain engaged with Canadian Stage and one another while contributing experience, perspective, and a long-standing commitment to the company’s artistic and organizational journey.

Alexandra Baillie President Richard Adams Peter Agar Deborah Alexander Nimal Amitirigala Sara Angel Andrée Appleton Lynn Armstrong Ronald Atkey Andrew Auerbach Paul Austin Judith Baldwin John Bankes Barbara Barde Cathy Bateman Anne Baumann Tony Baylis Diane Bean Roger Beauchemin Morris Berchard Jill Black Keith Bowman Glenn Bowman Marcia Brown Helen Burstyn Louise Cannon Frank Carnevale Yvonne Catty Wendy Cecil Susan Chapman Peter Chiddy Ann Chisholm Debbie Coull-Cicchini

Gary Crawford Susan Crocker Patti Cunningham Gord Cunningham Irene David Rupinder Dhillon Brian Doyle James Egan Rita Eskudt Doone Estey Huw Evans Kathleen Freeman Elizabeth Frise Peter Galanis Joan Goldfarb Helena Gottschling Sharon Gregg Barbara Hackett Jon Hagan Pamela Hallisey Barbara Hejduk Kathleen Hermant Peter Hickman David Hilton Nicole Holder Billie Holiday Lee Howe Drew Huffman Lawson Hunter Dominique Hussey Brian Imrie Linda Intaschi Anna Jarmain Peter Jelley Terry Jenkins

Warren Jestin Patrick Keeley Edward Kerwin Kevin Kimsa Michael John Langtry Kirby Phil Ladouceur Ron Lalonde Adrian Lang Jim Leech Marjorie Lenz Barry Leon Janet Lindsay Cheryl Longo Fernando Lopez Susan Lowe Peter Lyman Bruce Macdonald William MacDonald William MacKinnon Harry Malcolmson Jason Martin Fabio Mascarin Marc Mayer Richard McCoy Sean McMahon Brian Mikulinski Aaron Marvin Mildrad Ingrid Minott John Montesano Adrian Montgomery Ellen Moore Peter Morin Doug Murphy

Derek Nelson Joanne Niblock Anne Marie O’Donovan John Ozikizler Maureen Parkinson Penny Partridge Paul Pellegrini Vanessa Pfaff Emmanuel Pressman Frances Price Sanjiv Purba Leonard Racioppo Kyle Rae Gabrielle Richards James Riley W. Brian Rose David Rosenbaum Jennifer Rowe Robert Rowe Barry Rowland Joy Rychlik Paul Sabourin Erik Sande Susan Scace Vincenza Sera Mary Anne Shaw Melanie Shishler Evan Siddall Margaret Sims Drew Sinclair Samena Sissons Monika Skiba James Slater David Staines

Lorne Stephenson Heather Street Daniel Sullivan Avery Swartz Jean Taillon Noreen Taylor Timothy Thompson George Kennedy Thomson Mark Tonnesen Margaritta Topielski Benjamin Trister Lucy Troisi Antoinette Tummillo Dori Tunstall Raj Uttamchandani Chip Vallis John van Nostrand Stuart Watson Scott Wetmore Cecilia Williams Arlene Willis Susan Willmot Jos Wintermans Susan Wortzman Cynthia Young Irene Zaguskin Paul Zed Ron Ziola

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Canadian Stage Board of Directors Hugh Clark Chair

Maple Tam Vice Chair & Secretary

Chris Wood Treasurer

Navin Bhat David Bronskill Adam Burke Eileen Costello Jamie Crotin

Councillor Paula Fletcher Diane Hatch Colin Hennigar Nina Josefowitz

Elaine Kierans Frances Mahil Trina McQueen Vafa Mirzaagha Qasim Mohammad

Jeremy Opolsky James Spearing Daniel Sinniah Julie Sutherland Vandana Taxali

Management

Finance & Administration

Audience Services

Production

Conor Copeland Ticketing and Audience Services Manager

Brayden Crawford Technical Director

Brendan Healy Artistic Director Monica Esteves Executive Director Daniel Bennett Director of Production and Facilities Melysa Rogen Director of Marketing and Communications Beth Toombs Director of Finance and Administration Artistic Lynanne Sparrow Producer Jordan Laffrenier Associate Artistic Director Laurie Merredew Assistant Producer Development Chris Faulkner Senior Manager, Government Relations and Foundations Luisa Kurtz Senior Manager, Individual Giving Faizah Syeda Development Coordinator

Sunitha Rai Manager, Payroll Administration and HR Support Kari Seppen Intermediate Accountant Brian Parsons Senior Manager, IT Services Ruth-Anne Yiu Executive Assistant and Board Liaison Marketing and Communications Shannon Tigert Senior Marketing Manager, Loyalty & Growth Madison Zinger Senior Marketing Manager, New Audiences Derek Ma Graphic and Digital Manager Vaishnavi Panwar Marketing Coordinator

Faisal Butt Assistant Ticketing Manager Randi Bowron High Park Audience Operations Manager Adam A Peter Genoway Elyssia Giancola Mima Higashi Alex Jackson Naomi Kaplan Mackenzie Kerr Seamus Murphy Sydnie Phillips Giovanna Rossi Veronica Schmeiser Sienna Singh Miriam Sossin Mya Wong Audience Services Staff

Jessie Potter Berkeley Technical Director Meg Woods Production & Site Manager Matthew Hadley Building Operations Manager Marcela Prado Assistant Technical Director Ian Kowalski Production Coordinator Mary Spyrakis Head of Properties Janet Pym Head of Wardrobe Chynah Philadelphia Properties Assistant Gil Ruston Head Technician Karen Elizabeth Head Technician Ben Junor House Technician

Michael Crumpton Senior Sales Specialist

Thank you to our volunteers We thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication to Canadian Stage!

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Great performances live here.

Fall On Your Knees (2023). Photo by Dahlia Katz

Set Design: Camellia Koo. Costume Design: Judith Bowden, Joyce Padua

At BMO, we take pride in our local communities, and the artists that contribute to the cultural diversity and creative richness of our cities.

We are proud to be Canadian Stage’s 2026/2027 Season Sponsor and Access Partner.

A joyful comedy that flips the script on Shakespeare's most infamous heroines

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Written by and starring Ann-Marie MacDonald

BOOK BOOK TICKETS! TICKETS! November 6 – 22, 2026 | Bluma Appel Theatre Production Underwriter:

Supported by the EmpowHer Fund

The Bluma Appel Theatre season is underwritten by:

Catherine Graham & Katy Graham Debost Janet L’Heureux

John & Nancy Embry Jessica B. Hill, Praneet Akilla, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Mike Shara, Caroline Toal. Photo: Elana Emer

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