Stick Around received development support from and was first produced by Here For Now Theatre Company in 2025.
“An exquisite balancing act of comedy and tragedy”
- The Georgia Strait (Vancouver)
Lead Sponsor: Paulie Toner
Co-sponsors: Karen Fleming & Kathryn Fleming | Kim and Dave Thompson
Forget About Tomorrow was developed with assistance from the BC Arts Council, Wet Ink Collective, the Arts Club Theatre and the Belfry Theatre and premiered at Belfry Theatre (Victoria, BC) and Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver, BC) in February/March of 2018.The play received additional development support from Here For Now Theatre Company in 2025.
Lead Sponsors: Robert Lott and Dr Anne Robinson
Co-sponsors: Ann Marie Stasiuk and Rick Matthews
Me received development support from and was first produced by Here For Now Theatre Company in 2025.
Humour
“A heartfelt, hilarious, smart, thoughtful play … about absent fathers and sons and the effect that has on those left behind.”
- The Slotkin Letter
Lead Sponsor: Dr. Patrick Smith and Peter Coleridge Co-sponsors: Lucille Roch
The Rules of Playing Risk premiered on film on Theatre Orangeville’s streaming service StageTOScreen as a digitally recorded production in 2021. Its live stage premiere was produced by Here For Now Theatre Company 2025.
“Will
leave you shaken and devastated and furious. An absolute must-see.”
- Theatre Things (London, UK)
Co-Sponsor: Lee Myers
Apples in Winter was first produced as part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Riverside Theatre, (Iowa), Centenary Stage, (New Jersey), and Phoenix Theatre, (Indiana). For more information please visit nnpn.org.
Drama
A Here For Now Theatre production in Association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co
Miriam’s son is on death row and wants just one thing for his last meal: the apple pie she’s made him since he was a little boy. As Miriam makes this last terrible pie, she must come to terms with her son’s actions, with society’s judgement, and with the devastating power of a mother’s love.
Developed at the Banff Playwrights Colony, Apples in Winter received rave reviews during both its American and European runs. This is its Canadian premiere.
August 20 - 31 | Opens August 22
Apples in Winter
CAST
MIRIAM: Birgitte Solem
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Robert Ross Parker
SET/LIGHTING/COSTUMES: Darren Burkett
STAGE MANAGER: Sam Snyders
Apples in Winter is produced by arrangement with Talent House Inc., 500A Bloor Street W., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1Y3 and in association with Hope and Hell Theatre Co.
WRITTEN BY Jennifer Fawcett
DIRECTED BY Robert Ross Parker
Comedy
Alan, a disgraced university teacher, meets Delicious, a hairdresser from Strawberry Ontario. She is several decades his junior. Both keep secrets from each other and the world.
Despite their obvious differences, their unlikely collision forces both to recognize that everyone fights a battle no one sees.
Check into the Space Age Motel. The only motel in the galaxy with infinite vacancies.
Starring HFN favourites Janet-Laine Green and Booth Savage, the team behind the 2023 hit Sometimes I Love You Always.
Space Age Motel:
A Comedy for the Self-Helpless
PERFORMERS
Janet-Laine Green
Booth Savage
Part of our Limited Engagement Series
Four performances only: August 7 - 10
*Limited engagements are touring shows produced outside of Here For Now. But we’re happy to host them because we’re pretty sure you’ll love them.
A Critics’ Choice winner at the Orlando Fringe, and an Edmonton Fringe sellout (2024), this one-woman comedy devised and performed by Joanna Rannelli will keep audiences laughing their heads off...without messing up their hair.
Nikki, a charismatic hairstylist with a knack for storytelling, invites the audience into her salon. In a tour de force of comedic brilliance, Rannelli morphs from one colourful client to the next, revealing an increasingly hilarious set of sassy, saucy and scandalous secrets.
Perfect for date night or girls’ night. Come early and enjoy a glass of wine before the show!
Bangs, Bobs & Banter: Confessions of a Hairstylist
WRITTEN BY Joanna Rannelli
WRITER/PERFORMER
Joanna Rannelli
DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG
Kerry Ipema
2025 Season Calendar
August - Part 1
August - Part 2
Ticket Information
SINGLE TICKET PRICES
We keep our tickets affordable and accessible, because we want you to feel comfortable and welcome in our theatre, no matter your age or income bracket!
Regular shows:
$32.50+tax
Previews (marked “P” in calendar): $25.00+tax
Limited Engagements: $25.00+tax
2025 Limited Engagements: Space Age Motel | Bangs, Bobs and Banter
Monday Reading Series: Pay what you can
Tuesday Talkbacks: Free
WAYS TO SAVE
Under-29 Discount: $27.50+tax
Arts-Worker Discount: $27.50+tax
Subscription series (all 5 shows): $150.00+tax ($30/show)
Excludes Limited Engagements and Readings No substitutions.
Pay-what-you-can Thursdays: A limited number of PWYC tickets available at the door for any Thursday performance. First come, first served.
ALL SEATS ARE GENERAL ADMISSION
HOW TO ORDER
Order online any time at herefornowtheatre.com
For more information or to order by phone, call Box Office: 519-272-4368
Exchange/Refund Policy
Please call our box office or email boxoffice@herefornowtheatre.com with the date and time of the tickets you wish to exchange, along with the performance you’d like to choose instead.
Such requests can only be accepted up to 24 hours prior to performance time of the tickets you are holding. Thank you for understanding.
Audience Information
VENUE/ACCESSIBILITY
Our theatre is at 24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford, Ontario.
The performance space seats 58, and is fully accessible. Public areas include a cozy lobby with a small bar, and two all-gender washrooms. One of these is fully accessible.
Doors open 30 minutes before show time.
The Pazzo Bar is open before each performance, during Talkbacks, and after opening-night performances. You are welcome to take your drinks into the theatre.
“Will call” tickets may be picked up at the bar.
PARKING
A limited number of metered parking spaces sit directly in front of the theatre. Further metered parking is available on Ontario Street, with paid lots on York Street, Erie Street, and at the corner of St. Patrick and Church Streets. Most locations are a 5-10 minute walk from the theatre.
Some free street parking exists in the neighbourhood, but please pay attention to signs as it is not permitted on all streets.
Metering is enforced by the City of Stratford until 8 p.m. The meters take quarters, loonies and toonies, or you may download the Hot Spot Parking app and use your credit card.
We recommend giving yourself plenty of time to find parking, especially during Stratford’s busy summer months.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge that our theatre stands on the traditional territory of the Anishnabek, Haudenosaunee, and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples. We recognize the enduring presence and deep artistic traditions of Indigenous communities in this space and across Turtle Island.
As storytellers, we honour the generations of knowledge keepers, artists, and caretakers who have shaped this land’s history. We commit to listening, learning, and building meaningful relationships as we share and celebrate the power of theatre, and invite you to do the same.
August 18, 4 p.m.
August 25, 7 p.m. Wolf, by Steve Ross
“I wanted to investigate the effect a sudden tragedy has on a ‘perfectly normal’ marriage. Will it survive? Will it implode? What happens when secrets start to surface? I guess I like complicated stories.”
August 25, 4 p.m.
Not Just Empty Space, by Sarah
Danielle Pitman
“On the surface, this is a story about two frazzled artists with wildly different ideas trying to create something together. But it’s also about the process of storytelling itself.”
TUESDAY TALKBACKS (POST-SHOW CHATS)
Join us any Tuesday for a post-show chat with members of the creative team. Stick around, grab a drink, and bring your questions and comments!
Talkbacks are held in the performance space.
Eric Craig
“The Guy With the Nice Tush,” Stick Around
Alison, Eric’s mom, was a quiet person with a deceptively sly sense of humour. She was the best teacher he has ever met and had a remarkable intuitive sense with children, especially those in crisis. She was a steadfast supporter of Eric’s career as an actor, faithfully attending all his worst performances, as well as the occasional better one. He would like to dedicate some measure of this show to her and to his brilliant beacon of a two-year-old daughter, who is named for her. Thanks to Rebecca and Kevin, for this opportunity and reminder to think back. For a more typical bio you can check out ericcraig.ca.
Raquel Duffy
“Jane,” Forget About Tomorrow
This is Raquel’s HFN debut.
Stage credits: Hamlet (Canadian Stage), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Mirvish/Neptune), Appropriate (Coal Mine-Best Production Dora), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish), Cinderella (Lighthouse Festival), Time and Tide (Foster Festival), Of Human Bondage (NYC Critic’s Pick), Spoon River (NYC Critic’s Pick), (re)Birth: ee Cummings in song, Alligator Pie (Soulpepper Theatre/Pershing Square Signature Theatre 42nd Street NYC).
Film/TV credits: Ginny & Georgia (recurring), Reacher, Most Dangerous Game 2
Other: Dora Award for co-creating Alligator Pie, eight Dora nominations, Merritt Award (Mary’s Wedding).
Love to her loves, Finn and Ruari.
Martha Farrell
“Evalyn
Traynor,” Humour Me
Martha hails from the Maritimes, and it was the practice of music theatre that brought her to Ontario where she graduated from Sheridan College’s Music Theatre Performance Program. She was a member of the Stratford Festival’s acting company for nine seasons and has worked in theatres throughout the country. More recently, she furthered her craft of teaching and coaching with the Stratford Festival’s Professional Development Program, supporting artists in their work. Martha is delighted to be back on stage with Here For Now this summer. Love to friends and family, near and far.
Janet-Laine Green
“J,”
Space Age Motel
Selected theatre: Copy That, Peace River Country, and Transit of Venus for Tarragon Theatre; Old Love, Foster Festival, Mexico; Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Storefront Theatre; Bordertown Cafe, Belfrey Theatre; The Graduate, The Grand Theatre; A Streetcar Named Desire, Pittsburgh. Film: At First Light, Born to be Blue, The Stone Angel, Wolves, Mulroney - The Opera, Niagara Motel, Cowboys Don’t Cry, Chautauqua Girl. TV: Escaping The Nxivm Cult, Christmas Stars, This Life (series regular), She’s The Mayor (series lead), This is Wonderland (series regular), Good Witch, Hello It’s Me, Murdoch Mysteries, Saving Hope, My Gal Sunday, Seeing Things (series regular), Beachcombers (series regular).
Annie Lockerbie Newton
“Wynn,”
Forget About Tomorrow
Annie is an international theatre maker, puppeteer, teacher and long-limbed clown, thrilled to be returning to her hometown as part of the 2025 Season with HFN. Graduate of École Jacques Lecoq, she is co-founder of French/ Norwegian company, Théâtre Amok which toured their award-nominated clown show, The Void, across Europe/ UK in 2024. She has worked most notably with the Paris Opera, Three Ships Collective, DopoLavoro Teatrale, Bad New Days, and Farmgate Theatre. Having a passion for teaching, Annie also offers courses in clowning, puppetry, theatre and kundalini yoga. She dedicates this show to her grandmother, Annie Rajczak.
Geoffrey Pounsett
“Tom,”
Forget About Tomorrow
Geoffrey is a Stratford-based actor, director and educator. He is honoured to be back with HFN. As an actor, he has worked from BC to Nova Scotia – including the Stratford and Charlottetown Festivals, Mirvish’s War Horse, and many Canadian premieres, including the Governor General’s Award-winning If We Were Birds. More recently, he originated the roles of Maurice and Talbot in Marcia Johnson’s Serving Elizabeth. Directing credits include Canadian premieres of Kate Hewlett’s The Swearing Jar, nominated for two GGs, and Brendan Gall’s A Quiet Place, for which he received a Dora Award nomination. Geoffrey lives in Stratford with his dog, two kids, and wife, Madeleine Donohue, who is an award-winning writer and creator for children’s television.
Gregory Prest
“Leo Payne,” Humour Me
Gregory is an award-winning actor, writer, and director, excited to debut at Here For Now. Recent acting credits include Casey and Diana (RMTC/ Theatre Aquarius), The Bidding War (Crow’s Theatre), A Streetcar Named Desire (Soulpepper), The Inheritance (Canadian Stage), and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish). He was part of Soulpepper’s acting company for many years, performing in over 40 productions. As a writer and director, he’s known for De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail (Soulpepper/Dora Award, Toronto Theatre Critic’s Award) and Bremen Town (Next Stage Festival). He’s currently working on a musical adaptation of The Chrysalids for Bad Hats Theatre. More info: gregoryprest.com
Pamela Sinha “Lori,” Forget About Tomorrow
Pamela is an award-winning Canadian actress and writer. Pamela’s recent play NEW was finalist for the 2024 Governor General’s Award for Drama, and her debut solo play Crash received multiple Dora Awards including Outstanding New Play, Performance by a Lead Actress. Crash (pub.Scirocco) was also included in anthologies Audition Speeches and, Love, Loss and Longing and had its Off Broadway debut at the Signature Theatre, NY. Her second play Happy Place premiered at Toronto’s Soulpepper with productions at Vancouver’s Touchstone and Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange. While PlaywrightIn-Residence at Necessary Angel, NEW had its World Premiere in 2022 at Winnipeg’s Royal MTC followed by Canadian Stage in 2023, co-produced by NA. Pamela’s film adaptation of Happy Place was produced by Sienna Films, directed by Helen Shaver. She is currently working on an adaptation of NEW as a screenplay (Sphere Media) and her new play, Rebel Royals, supported by Tarragon Theatre.
Sam Snyders
“Aaron,” Forget About
Tomorrow
Sam is proud to be back at Here For Now for another season after stage-managing Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome and The Saviour in 2024. Previously, he stage managed Where the Heart Is at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. A Mitchell, Ontario native, Sam is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English at McGill University in Montreal. He has made the rounds of McGill’s theatre scene, acting in several student plays and recently directing a production of Company. He would like to thank the HFN team and his family for their support.
Birgitte Solem
“Miriam,”
Apples in Winter
Birgitte has worked at theatres across the country, and has spent several seasons over the last twenty years at The Blyth Festival, including performing and co-creating The Pigeon King, and as a playwright, debuting her first full-length mystery Resort to Murder: top seller of the 50th anniversary season. She is co-founder of Hope and Hell Theatre Co., starring in Disgraced (Mirvish Entertainment and The Citadel Theatre). With over 30 film and television credits, Birgitte was a series regular on Malory Towers for CBBC, appeared in the recent TIFF award winning short Motherland, and for two years was the voice of Volvo Canada.
Creative Team
Fiona Mongillo
Artistic Director
Fiona is the Founding Artistic Director of Here For Now Theatre Company (HFN). Selected credits include The Farm Show: Then & Now and Resort to Murder at The Blyth Festival, the Canadian Premiere of Girls & Boys as part of the HFN 2022 season and the Crow’s Theatre 2023 season, Angelina in Whack! (HFN), Senta von Schrader in Framed (Lighthouse), Louise in The Enchantment (HERE Arts, NYC); Bessie in The Young Ladies of Baddeck (Theatre Baddeck); Rose in Eigengrau, and Elisabeth in Laundry and Bourbon (HFN). Selected Film Credits: Constance Weatherly/Madeline Tomkins in Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Donald’s Secretary in The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi/Apprentice Productions). Directing: Post Alice (HFN). Training: BFA in Acting, UBC; MA in Classical Acting, LAMDA. Awards: 2022 Best Actress in a Play (Ontario Stage).
Beverley Cooper
Playwright, Humour Me
Beverley is an award-winning playwright, dramaturge and teacher. Her many plays include: The Lonely Diner, Janet Wilson Meets the Queen (nominated/Prix Rideau Award) and If Truth Be Told. Her play Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. In 2024 she had two premieres: The Trials of Maggie Pollock (Blyth Festival) and Jim Watts: Girl Reporter (4th Line Theatre). Beverley is the 2022 recipient of the Bra D’or Award, recognizing her support for women playwrights. She holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and directs audiobooks for Penguin Random House. She lives in Toronto. www.beverleycooper.com.
Thanks to some of the many people and organizations who supported research and development of this play: Canadian Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, Peter Derks, Don Stuss, Joanna Falck, Colleen Murphy, Miles Potter (of course), and two late-great champions: Iris Turcott and Gina Wilkinson.
Kristen Da Silva Playwright,
The Rules of Playing Risk
Kristen is a playwright, actor and director based in Ontario. She began her writing career in 2014, and has since become one of Canada’s most produced playwrights. Kristen is best known for her comedic plays, including Where You Are, which has been translated into four languages and produced across Canada, the United States, and Europe; as well as Hurry Hard; Beyond the Sea; The Rules of Playing Risk; and Sugar Road. She is a two-time recipient of the Playwrights Guild New Comedy award, first in 2016 for Gibson & Sons, and again in 2019 for Hurry Hard. Her work is published by Scirocco Drama.
Jill Daum Playwright, Forget About Tomorrow
Jill is one of the original co-creators and performers of the internationally acclaimed plays: Mom’s the Word, Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged, Mom’s the Word: Remixed, Mom’s the Word: Nest 1⁄2 Empty, and Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey. The Mom’s scripts have been translated into 10 languages, seen by over two million people and played in over 19 countries. Forget About Tomorrow is inspired by the experiences Jill lived and witnessed, struggling to come to terms with her beautiful husband’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, as they searched for laughter in the most unlikely of places.
Kerry Ipema Director/Dramaturg, Bangs, Bobs and Banter
Kerry Ipema is an actor, writer, director, podcaster, and producer in New York City. Previous shows she’s written and performed are Six Chick Flicks (off-Broadway, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, US tour, and UK tour), One Woman Sex and the City (off-Broadway, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, US tour, and UK tour) and Sex Ed (Orlando and Winnipeg Fringe). She’s also toured North America with Wheel of Fortune: Live, Psychology of Serial Killers, and PostSecret: the Show. In New York, Kerry is the creator of Lady Bits, a theatrical fundraiser for Planned Parenthood and has performed with Woodshed Collective, Drama League, Purple Crayon Immersive, The Flea, Accomplice, UCB, and the PIT. She is co-host and produces the podcast Truly, Darkly, Creeply
Kevin Kruchkywich Director, Stick Around
Kevin is incredibly proud to be directing the first play in the brand new Here For Now Theatre. He has spent 30 years making theatre as an actor, improvisor, fight director, dramaturg, and director; working coast to coast here in Canada, as well as in the UK, South Africa, and Germany. While his focus has been the classics over the last number of years, his first theatre love is new work. Especially funny new work.
Roy Lewis
Playwright, Monte Cristo
Roy is a poet, playwright, director and actor. He’s a Founding Member of the Obsidian Theatre Company and a veteran of the Stratford Festival. He has played Morocco (The Merchant of Venice), Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), Cyclops (The Odyssey), Claudius (Hamlet), Stage Manager (Our Town), Abel Magwitch (Great Expectations), Prospero (the Tempest), Mr. Potter (It’s A Wonderful Life), Charley (Death of a Salesman), Camillo (The Winter’s Tale). Roy has directed 10 plays, including Moments With You and I See the Crimson Wave: The Nat Love Story (HFN and Talk is Free Theatre).
John Mann Composer, Forget About Tomorrow
John passed away in 2019 after a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was a founding member of the beloved Canadian band, Spirit of the West. He was also an actor, solo artist and OBC recipient. With nearly 300-recorded songs, one in particular, “Home for a Rest”, has become a multi-generational favourite, known by millions and often called Canada’s unofficial national anthem. After his diagnosis, John worked with the Alzheimer Society of Toronto to create fundraising concerts to fund music programs for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The inspirational film Spirit Unforgettable chronicles John and the band’s final year performing and is available for free on YouTube.
Sheila McCarthy
Director, The Rules of Playing Risk
Sheila began her career in Anne at the Charlottetown Festival and has gone on to work around the world in theatre, TV and film. Directing credits include Brighton Beach Memoir, Steel Magnolias and Myth of The Ostrich [HFN] to name just a few. She won two Best Actress Genie Awards for I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing and Lotus Eaters, two Gemini awards for Emily Of New Moon and Sesame Street, two Dora awards in Toronto and Actra film award for Cardinals. Her film Women Talking was nominated for Best Film at the Oscars. She is shooting a Netflix series now called Copenhagen and The Miniature Wife.
The Rules of Playing Risk
Jocelyn is a young, queer canadian performer based out of Stratford, ON. She is thrilled to be joining the Here For Now Theatre. She wants to thank her family and friends for their continuous support in her career, and for always believing in her dreams. As always, thank you for supporting the arts, and for supporting young artists! Mwah!!
Credits: Dancer in Anastasia, (Wave Stage) Louisa in Nine, Janet Weiss in Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Cynthia in The Real Inspector Hound (SLC).
Directorial: Directing Intern in Mary’s Wedding (TIP) and Stitches, Strings and Shadows (SLC).
Creative Team
Rebecca Northan Playwright, Stick Around
Canadian Comedy Award winner
Rebecca Northan writes, directs, acts, and improvises. As Artistic Producer of Spontaneous Theatre, she created the long-touring hit show Blind Date, co-created (with BruceHorak), Goblin:Macbeth and Goblin:Oedipus Their latest, Murder-on-the-Lake, premiers at the Shaw Festival this summer. Recent directing credits include box-office hits: Charlotte’s Web (Alberta Theatre Projects), and Comedy of Errors (Bard on the Beach). Rebecca also directs Pride and Prejudice at The Grand Theatre this spring. She has penned several scripted plays: ZORRO:Family Code, Slipper, All I Want for Christmas, Car Crash Karaoke, JACK: A Beanstalk Panto, and Kung Fu Panties She is an alumna of Second City, working extensively in film, TV, radio.
Robert Ross Parker Director, Apples in Winter
Robert is a NYC based Canadian director, actor, and writer. He is the co-founder of the Obie winning Vampire Cowboys. He has directed all their productions including Soul Samurai, Alice in Slasherland, Fight Girl/ Battle World, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, and Revenge Song (Geffen Playhouse and Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Other directing credits include Mothers (Playwrights Realm), Vietgone (RMTC), Disgraced (Mirvish, Citadel), Fast Company (Ensemble Studio Theatre), the world premier of She Kills Monsters (The Flea), and the award winning Hamlet (solo) (Hope and Hell) which has toured for more than fifteen years in the US, Canada and the UK, most recently Soulpepper.
Peter Pasyk Director, Forget About Tomorrow
Peter is an acclaimed theatre director who has worked with Canada’s leading theatre companies. Here in town, Peter has directed Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Love’s Labour’s Lost for the Stratford Festival. He has directed several world premières of new plays, including the international hit Late Company by Jordan Tannahill. Most recently Peter directed The Seafarer starring Paul Gross at Alberta Theatre Projects. Peter is also a filmmaker. His most recent short film, The Understudy, was shot entirely in Stratford and has won several international film festival awards. Peter is thrilled to be making his Here For Now debut.
Sarah Danielle Pitman Playwright, Not Just Empty Space
Sarah Danielle Pitman (she/her) is an emerging playwright who grew up on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and W_SÁNEC nations. Her plays have been performed with Vino Buono Productions, The Belfry Theatre, Hapax Theatre, and Iuvenis Productions in Victoria BC, The Cultch’s Ignite! Youth Festival in Vancouver, Théâtre Ouest End Montréal, and Alumnae Theatre in Toronto. She is a graduate of the playwriting program at Canada’s National Theatre School where her play Salvage The Wrecked was produced for the New Words Festival.
Steve Ross
Playwright, Wolf and Early Genius
Steve is in his 22nd season at The Stratford Festival, appearing in As You Like It and Sense and Sensibility. He has had the good fortune to perform around the country at most of the regional theatres. As a writer, three of his plays have been produced at Here for Now (goldfish, Life Without and 12 Dinners), and Steve is thrilled to continue his work with this great company. Later this summer, another of his plays (Mechanically Inclined) will have its world premiere at The Foster Festival in St. Catharines. Huge thanks to Fiona for all her support.
Booth Savage
Playwright/Performer/Director, Space Age Motel
Booth Savage is an accomplished playwright and actor with over 100 stage credits to his name. A Gemini Award winner, he has starred in as many television shows, notably as Mr. Callaghan in CBC’s Mr. D. With his long time partner and collaborator Janet-Laine Green, they have created, produced, and performed in more than a dozen productions in both Canada and Mexico. Booth would like to thank Fiona Mongillo and everyone at Here For Now for their continuing support.
Creative Team
Sam Snyders
Stage Manager, Stick Around, Humour Me, Apples in Winter
Sam Snyders is proud to be back at Here For Now for another season after stage-managing Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome and The Saviour in 2024. Previously, he stage managed Where the Heart Is at the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia. A Mitchell, Ontario native, Sam is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English at McGill University in Montreal. He has made the rounds of McGill’s theatre scene, acting in several student plays and recently directing a production of Company. He would like to thank the HFN team and his family for their support.
Thank you
to our amazing donor family!
Here For Now Theatre simply wouldn’t exist without these kind, generous souls. Every one of you is precious. Thank you.
2025 SEASON SUPPORTERS
Foundation Sponsor
($15,000)
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
Season Sponsors
($10,000)
Larry Beare
Sylvia Chrominska
Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney
Lead Production Sponsors
($3,000 to $9,999)
Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson Pazzo Company
Dr. Patrick Smith and Peter Coleridge
Paulie Toner
Carolyn Atkin-Phillips
Bluebird Restaurant
Ted and Michele Boniface
Cole and Keys Optical
Production Co-Sponsors
($1,500 to $2,999)
Karen Fleming and Kathryn Fleming
Lee Myers
Jean Anne McLeod and David Stones
Lucille Roch
Ann Marie Stasiuk and Rick Matthews
Kim and Dave Thompson
2025 SEASON SUPPORTERS ($50 TO $1,499)
Barb Ann Hebert
Bettianne Hedges
Carolyn Herrick
Home & Company Real Estate
Mandy Cole and Walter Buckle
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Jane Cowan
Jim Cressman
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Paula Deering
Merrin Donley
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Jacques Webster
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James Grimaldi
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Leslie Jost
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Ted and Erin Lawson
David and Jennifer Leaney
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NEW BUILDING SUPPORTERS
Our new building could never have happened without the trust and support of these wonderful people. Thank you for giving us a new dream and a future we never imagined
Government Partners
Government of Canada
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Tourism Growth Program
Government of Ontario Rural Economic Development Fund
Naming Sponsors
Performance Space:
A new name for the performance space will be announced in late May, thanks to the generosity of Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney. Stay tuned!
Technical Equipment Sponsor: Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson
Sylvia Chrominska (The Sylvia Chrominska Lobby)
Pazzo Company (The Pazzo Bar)
DJ Anderson (The DJ Anderson Greenroom)
Hunter Agnew (The Hunter Agnew Vestibule)
Deanna Horton (The Lily Delina Stinson Ghostlight)
Super Star Supporters
($15,000)
Larry Beare
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
Janet and Bill L’Heureux
Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson
Orr Insurance & Investment
Ann Marie Stasiuk and Rick Matthews
Beverley and Doug Valentine
In Honour
Philip Edwards
Dawn Mongillo
Arthur and Joan O’Malley
Founding Star Supporters
($3,000)
Andy and Karen Abrams
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario: Stratford-Perth
County Branch
Karen Fleming &
Kathryn Fleming
Katie Ford and Laura de Carteret
Kim Foster and Kevin Gormley (The Old Rectory)
Thomas Gray and Linda MacDonald
Deanna Horton
Arlene Jillard
Eleanor Kane
Kimberley MacKenzie and Robert McGeachy
The Maranger Family
Susan Moffat
Lee Myers
Roy Norton
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Perth Community Futures
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Martie and Bob Sachs
Daniel Shoag
Dr. Patrick Smith and
Peter Coleridge
SRM Architects
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In Memory
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Mandy and Walter Buckle
Guy Chadsey
William Chapin-Melady and Vanessa Chapin-Melady
Peter Coleridge
David DeVeau
Corporate Sponsorship
Corporate support is essential to a strong theatre ecosystem Thank you to our generous donors and sponsors
Government Partner ($30,000)
A program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation
Winter Season Development Partner
2025 Business Sponsors
Building Sponsors
Government of Canada
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Tourism Growth Program
Government of Ontario Rural Economic Development Fund
Perth County Inn
Easy. We have the world’s best donors!
HFN simply wouldn’t exist without the kindness and generosity of our sponsors and donors.
They lifted us up when we were just a few crazy actors performing under a tree during a pandemic. And they continue to support us to this day.
Words fail to express how grateful we are. Obviously we need financial support. But these gifts provide something else that’s just as important.
When you support us, you tell us loud and clear that you believe in what we’re doing. And that you value the place of independent art in your community.
If this sounds like you, please get in touch.
Season Sponsor
$10,000
Production Lead Sponsor
$3,000 - $9,999
Production Co-Sponsor
$1,500 - $2,999
Regular Season Supporters
$50 - $1,499
Special perks include private dinners with our Artistic Director, season artwork prints, public recognition (or not, if you prefer to remain anonymous), complimentary tickets, charitable tax receipts, and more.
But we know most of you don’t do this for the perks. You do it because you love theatre and find something of value in our work. Which is why every gift receives our undying gratitude. ❤
For more information, or to make your gift, contact Joanne Wallace at joanne@herefornowtheatre.com.
Winter Theatre in Stratford!
Join us in our cozy new indoor space for these great new shows - coming this winter
Nov. 5 - 16
Pandora
by Jessica B. Hill Director: Rodrigo Beilfuss
You remember Pandora, right? She who opened the box, unleashed all the evils of mankind ... that whole thing? Well, she’s really sorry. But the more questions Pandora asks, the more she learns about the actual nature of the universe, quantum entanglement and all. As the worlds collide, the strangest things begin to connect across space and time ...
Dec. 10-24
Ruby and the Reindeer by
Mark Crawford Director: Irene Pool
Twelve year old Ruby lives on a Perth County dairy farm with her widower dad Dave. When an ailing reindeer appears in their barn one December day, it sets Ruby on a path to uncover family secrets, play holiday matchmaker and have the best Christmas ever! A world premiere from one of Canada’s most popular playwrights, Ruby and the Reindeer is a family-friendly holiday show set in our own backyard.
Reproduktion by
Amy Rutherford Director: Marie Farsi
Nov. 19-30
Flora, desperate to become pregnant, travels to her homeland of Sweden to undergo an alternative fertility treatment “guaranteed to reproduce.” As a result of the procedure, a surprising and dangerous transformation occurs, throwing everything Flora thought she knew about herself and the world into question. By turns funny and moving, Reproduktion examines the ancient imperative to procreate, and how to find meaning in our lives when that primal call goes unanswered.
Tickets go on sale September 8th!
* Dates are preliminary and subject to change
“Here For Now continues to attract world-class acting and directing talent and is a major outlet for new plays by Canadian playwrights. By any measure, Here For Now has established itself as a vital part of Stratford’s theatrical landscape.”
