Buddies in Bad Times TheaTre is siTuaTed on The lands of The haudenosaunee, The anishinaaBe, and The WendaT, and The TreaTy TerriTory of The mississaugas of The CrediT. We aCknoWledge Them and any oTher naTions Who Care for The land (aCknoWledged and unaCknoWledged, reCorded and unreCorded) as The pasT, presenT and fuTure CareTakers of This land, referred To as TkaronTo (“Where The Trees meeT The WaTer”; “The gaThering plaCe”). Buddies is honoured To Be a home for queer, Trans and 2-spiriT arTisTs on These sToried and saCred lands ThaT have Been sTeWarded By Indigenous peoples for Thousands of years Before The arrival of Colonial seTTlers.
cover photography + creative direction by Fran Chudnoff, styling by CC Calica, makeup by Rahnell Branton | featured: Makram Ayache
Playwright/Director’s Note
There’s a strangeness to directing my own writing. What was once a solitary act of writing - a sublime exploration of memory and queerness — must now become a communal reckoning with actors, designers, technicians, and ultimately, you the audience. This brings me to the work in new and undiscovered ways. So often during this process, I said directing feels like writing in 3D space, where flesh, lights, and sounds become the ink which I stroke upon the canvas.
In directing this play, the ink is not my own anymore. Through my relationships on this production, we explored the intimate and sublime ways in which memory and queerness live in all of us, and the outpouring of creativity, spirit, laughter, and tears which each member of our team brought into the work has allowed us to define this story in ways I could never achieve alone.
In writing this play, I described it as a love letter to my Arabness, a love letter to my mom and dad, and a yearning to be a part of Beirut and all the people within in. I found all those things and more in the community we build — All of our parents, our ancestors, our conceptions of Beirut, whether we’re from there or not, and our shared experiences of grief, yearning, and love, cut through cement like the insistent greenery bursting toward light. Each person in this production has left their indelible mark.
I’m proud of so much that we’ve achieved in staging this story together. But perhaps, I’m most proud of the care, accountability, and integrity we weaved into the process. To be telling Arab stories in a time when we are so dehumanized is an act of resistance. To be telling queer stories in a time when we are being erased, commodified, or assimilated, is an act of resistance. To do this with queers and Arabs and queer Arabs is an act of reclamation and, to be totally vulnerable — an act of healing.
To share it with you is an extension of that healing. What I hope you leave with is not a neat resolution, but an opening. This play is not about explaining Lebanon or explaining queerness. It is about experiencing the complexity of love and memory through characters whose bodies bear the weight of politics, history, and desire. If you leave the theatre holding your loved ones closer, or reflecting on the memories that live inside you, then we will have succeeded.
Lastly, I leave you with these questions: how can we allow love to define survival? How can we insist on triumph in the face of ancestral severance?
Sincerely,
cast + crew + creative team
Makram Ayache // playwright + director
Hiba Sleiman // translation
Waseem Alzer, Oshen Aoun, Basma Baydoun, Zaynna
Khalife // performers
Anahita Dehbonehie // set + costume design
Jareth Li + Kit Norman // lighting design
Chris Pereira + Heidi Chan // sound design
Anita Nittoly // fight + intimacy director
Laura Baxter // stage manager
Honey Hoseiny // lead scenic painter + head construction + assitant set design
Antel Kollenberg, Zoe Daca, Brawk Hessel, Stephanie Taylor, Nate Gurarie, Diamond Srey, Mike Dowdall, Lindsay McDonald, June Lytle, steph raposo, Julie M. Li, Rian Tran, River Oliveira,
thaNk yous
Team Thank yous
Anonymous Benefactors
Georgetown Little Theatre
Cirque Ouellette
JTP Show Services
Nick Brownlee
Delara Brownlee-Dehbonehie
Ellie Koffman
Chris Malkowski
Guild Festival Theatre
Pwiddy Pwincess and an Anonymous Benefactor
Mary Hanna
Susan Heslop
MAKRAM’S THANK YOUS
Santiago Guzman
Mitchell Cushman
Josh Ricci
Kevin Saccucci
Brent Saccucci
Randa and Riad Ayache
artIst BIos
Makram Ayache // playwright + director – Makram Ayache is a Governor General’s Award finalist and Dora Award–winning playwright, director, and performer based in Toronto. His plays explore queer Arab voices with a commitment for marrying political resistance to intimate desire. His The Hooves Belonged to the Deer (Tarragon Theatre in association with Buddies) was named one of The Globe and Mail’s 10 best productions of 2023 and won Edmonton’s Sterling Award for Outstanding Independent Production. His Governor General–nominated The Green Line won two Betty Mitchell Awards and is a 2025 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Makram likes his theatre like his lovers: bold, tender, and impossible to forget. Learn more at www.makramayache.com.
Laura Baxter (she/her) // stage manager – Baxter began her stage management career at Buddies. Her work here includes: Neon Nightz, Beauty Salon, Silicone Diaries, Breakfast, The Maids, Obaaberima, Arigato Tokyo, The 20th of November, Black Boys, Roberto Zucco, and Shedding a Skin, along with many a Rhubarb! Festival, Cheap Queers, ArtAttack!, and Hysteria Festival. Laura has worked at theatres across the country, is a specialist in outdoor theatre of all seasons, and is particularly passionate about bringing Queer stories to our stages. Thank you to my wife and our child, your unwavering love is my light.
Waseem Alzer (he/him) // performer – Fifi/Zidan – Waseem Alzer is a Palestinian performing and Dabka teaching artist based in NYC. Off-Broadway World Premieres: On That Day In Amsterdam and Eh Dah? Questions for my Father by Aya Aziz. Regional World Premieres: Layalina by Yousif Zebari, Last Ward by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. Follow the Freedom Theater in Jenin, Palestine.
Oshen Aoun [he/him] // performer – Naseeb/Rami – Oshen Aoun is a Lebanese-Canadian actor, creator, and musician. Pursuing the constant deepening of his process, he finds fulfillment as an actor by diving into as many different worldviews as possible — thus, exploring the complexities of the human experience. Oshen is a recent graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada — it is there that he had the pleasure of portraying a wide range of characters, including the title role in Richard III and Mr. Rochester in Jillian Keiley’s production of Jane Eyre. Oshen is a percussionist, centering around the drum kit and the African Djembe, and is one of the rare Duduk (woodwind) players in Canada. He is also trained in both armed and unarmed stage combat under the guidance of Anita Nitolly. This is Oshen’s Buddies debut.
Basma Baydoun (she/her) // performer – Yara – Basma Baydoun is a Lebanese-Canadian performer and cultural practitioner whose work moves between creative projects and cultural program management. She’s collaborated with artists between Canada and Lebanon, notably Sahar Assaf, Robert Reid, Moe Sabbah, Chelsea Dab Hilke, Tahaab Rais, and Doyle Avant, and is excited to be performing at Buddies for the first time! Off stage, she works with organizations and initiatives that support Arab artists and aim to build creative bridges across borders, such as Ettijahat — Independent Culture, Director’s Lab Mediterranean, and Yaraqa. Left unsupervised, she’ll probably be dancing, exploring, or chasing cats.
Zaynna Khalife (she/her) // performer – Mona – Yeehaw, my name is Zaynna Khalife, I’m a Lebanese-Canadian actor, singer, performer, dancer, and up and coming playwright. This is my Buddies Debut, but I’m known for my work as Fatima in the New Canadian Curling Club (Neptune Theatre/ Drayton Entertainment/Theatre Orangeville) and my work with Pleiades Theatre. I hold a Bachelor of Arts from UofT, an Advanced Diploma in Acting from Sheridan, and an Acting Certificate from Lee Strasberg NYC! I’m a silly little guy who loves to boogie. I’ve been told I am a breath of fresh air and sincere in my work. Enjoy the show! @zaynnak
Anahita Dehbonehie // set + costume design – Anahita Dehbonehie is an Iranian artist currently based in Toronto. Her practice extends across design, direction, and playwriting. Her award-winning design work in performance has been featured across Canada and internationally. As a playwright she has received support from Nightwood Theatre, Outside the March, Driftwood Theatre, Factory Theatre, and the Urjo Kareda residency at Tarragon Theatre, where her first play will premiere in the coming season. She is committed to work that challenges positions of power and creates space for incendiary conversation. It has been a privilege to bring this beautiful story to life under the shelter of Buddies in Bad Times. When everything else crumbles, community is all we have.
Jareth Li (he/him) // co-lighting design – Previously at Buddies: Distant Early Warning (Pearle Harbour Presents), Black Boys (Saga Collectif). Recently — Sense and Sensibility, Every Little Nookie (Stratford Festival); Prince Caspian, The Orphan of Chao (Shaw Festival); Frozen, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire (Citadel Theatre); Peter’s Final Flight (Ross Petty Productions); The Last Timbit (GUT Creative); Top Dog/ Underdog (Canadian Stage); Access Me. Other: Instructor at York University –AMPD Theatre Department.
Kit
Norman (they/them) // co-lighting design – Kit is a technician and designer near the start of their career. They have worked at Buddies as a head technician for the past three years on shows including Angels in America, Speaking of Sneaking, and the Rhubarb! Festival. They have also worked as a lighting designer outside of Buddies on shows such as Red, The Bees Knees, and numerous productions at TYT.
Chris Pereira (he/him) // co-sound design – Chris is an actor and sound designer from Edmonton, now based in Vancouver. He originally designed The Green Line for its 2019 Fringe debut, using Lebanese music to craft a soundscape that captured the play’s emotional core. He’s thrilled that essence lives on in this new version. Notable theatre credits include The Hooves Belonged to the Deer by Makram Ayache at Tarragon Theatre in association with Buddies in Bad Times. Chris now works primarily in film and TV, with recent credits including Tracker (20th TV/CBC), The Irrational (NBC), Alaska Daily (ABC), and Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix).
Heidi Chan (any pronouns) // co-sound design – Heidi Chan creates music and sound for theatre and dance. Heidi has a background in music performance and has toured as a live musician with UK’s Shakespeare’s Globe and Hong Kong’s Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio. Heidi performed at Buddies years ago as drummer for The Cliks, but this is their debut at Buddies as sound designer. Recent theatre credits: Anahita’s Republic (Bustle & Beast); A Number (That Arts Group); Waterfall (Theatre Gargantua); A Public Reading… Death of Walt Disney, Performance Review (Outside the March); The Trials of Maggie Pollock (Blyth); The Orphan of Chao (Shaw).
Anita Nittoly // fight + intimacy direction – For Buddies: Roberto Zucco, Angels in America. Other theatre: Stratford Festival 2024 + 2025 seasons; The Welkin, Kim’s Convenience, WildWoman, Virgin Trial (SoulPepper); Fairview, Hamlet, Fat Ham, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fall on Your Knees (CanStage); Bad Roads, Wights, The Bidding War, Prodigal (Crow’s); Powers and Gloria (Blyth); The Retreat (Imago); Truth (YPT), Goodnight Desdemona (Perchance Theatre). Film/TV: Law & Order: Toronto, SEE, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Pretty Hard Cases, Titans, The Boys, The Handmaid’s Tale. Upcoming: Stratford Festival 2026 season; Slave Play, Robin Hood (CanStage); The Comeuppance, Witch (SoulPepper); Moonlight Schooner (Necessary Angel).
Honey Hoseiny // lead scenic painter + head of construction + assistant set design – Honey is a Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist, director, designer, actor, and puppeteer originally from Iran. He has over two decades of experience in theatre and performance. Honey is the 2025 Toronto Newcomer Artist Award recipient. He holds a BA in Puppet Theatre and an MA in Dramatic Literature from the University of Art in Tehran. Since moving to Canada in 2023, he has collaborated with leading companies, including Outside the March, Modern Times Stage, the Aga Khan Museum, and Crow’s Theatre, on the Doranominated Earworm. As co-founder of Simiya Group, he explores immersive art, interactive installations, and innovative storytelling that bridges performance and visual arts.
Aidan Hammond (she/they] // production manager – Aidan Hammond works in collaborative production. Trained in theatre creation and health care assistance, she is interested in supporting artistic work that explores access, abilities, and diversity. Having worked with companies from so-called Vancouver to Kjipuktuk, they’re stoked to be working with both Buddies and friends in Tkaronto. Some favourite management credits across this land mass include: Buzz’n’Bumble (Theatre Passe Muraille), Multipocalypse Livestream (Tricksters Media), Untitled Peter Tripp Project (Curtain Razors), culture.capital (Milton Lim and Patrick Blenkarn), The Huns (One Four One Collective), and Movements No. 1&2 (Babelle Theatre).
Chris Holtkamp (he/him) // associate producer – Chris Holtkamp is a Saskatchewan-born actor, director, writer, and producer based in Toronto. Buddies in Bad Times debut! Theatre: acting in Lesson for the Future (Lincoln Center), assistant directing What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (MCC Theater), directing Merry Love Happy Joy (Patrons Theatre). Film: The Same Storm. BFA: UNCSA. Chris is excited to be a part of bringing this beautiful story to the stage!
Morvarid (Pearl) Alinejad // scenic paint assistant – Morvarid (Pearl) Alinejad is an actress, set designer, and costume designer with a deep love for storytelling in all its forms. A graduate of Toronto Film School, she has worked both on stage and behind the scenes, bringing characters and worlds to life through performance, design, and visual detail. Her passion lies in weaving art into every corner of theatre, whether through acting, creating costumes, or building sets.
Christopher-Elizabeth // surtitle designer – ChristopherElizabeth is an Afro-Indigenous designer and artist with an interest in our ever-evolving relationship to technology, control, and play. Some cool projects I’ve worked on that fit within my remaining word count are: Lighting Designer for Sanguine (Cahoots), Lighting Designer for Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner (Obsidian/Crows), Associate Video Designer for Fat Ham (Canadian Stage) and the Creator of the Untitled Video Game Project (Tarragon/Pickles). I’m the Artistic Director of Pickles Theatre Co.
Dina Saleem // surtitle operator – Dina is a writer and performer with over a decade of experience in theatre and storytelling, focusing on memory, mental health, and its relationship with socio-politics in Lebanon and Palestine. In 2024, she was selected for Zoukak Theatre’s advanced programs What Works? and Dramaturgy of the Actor, developing scenes through writing, body movement, emotions and intentions. Her work includes assistant writer/ dramaturgy for We Are the Ones Who Live Here, a participatory play turning real stories of marginalized communities in Lebanon into performance. She has also performed in over seven plays across Beirut’s stages.
Hiba Sleiman (she/her) // translation – Hiba Sleiman is an actor, playwright, and scriptwriter. She’s played, written, and translated with companies from Beirut to New York, Calgary, Ontario, and Montreal. Her love for Arabic finds its way, playfully and intentionally, into the multilingual worlds she builds. Her translation and dramaturgical work extend across film, theatre, and music, including a poetic narrative for the Canadian Arabic Orchestra. On screen, she’s written and directed shorts like Between Here and There and Dounia, and is now developing her first full-length play with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Montreal audiences may have caught her in Keffiyeh/Made in China, right after she starred in her first feature film in March ‘25.
Matthew Romantini // production assistant – I am an interdisciplinary performer and director, working in theatre, dance, and with orchestral musicians, the Artistic Director of Omnivore Performance, and a faculty member at Randolph College. Notable productions include Don Pasquale with the COC, The Rage of Narcissus (Expandido Theatre Group), The Boys In The Band (Ghostlight Projects), April 14, 1912 (Theatre Rusticle), co-creating Gorey Story (4 Dora nominations), and playing everyone but Peer in Peer Gynt starring Susan Coyne (both with The Thistle Project), 10 Nights of Dream (TomoeArts - Director) and directing four productions at Randolph College.
About In Arms tHEAtrE ComPAnY
In Arms Theatre Company is a creative studio for art born from rupture. Dedicated to bold, heart-led theatre that centres the margins, holds space for care, and imagines spiritual and political transformation through resistance.
About tHE mEnA CoLLECtIVE
The MENA Collective is led by Makram Ayache, Nabil Traboulsi, and Anahita Dehbonehie. We arose out of a need to create a platform for Middle Eastern and North African theatre artists. We are a producing company, an advocacy group, and an educational initiative aspiring to uplift MENA voices in the Canadian theatre ecology.
BuDDIes IN BaD tImes theatre
Artistic Director
TED WITZEL
Director of Finance and Development KRISTINA LEMIEUX
Rhubarb Festival Director LUDMYLLA REIS
Operations Coordinator MASON MCDONALD
Production Manager REBECCA VANDEVELDE
Technical Director ANTHONY ALLAN
Producer AIDAN MORISHITA-MIKI
Marketing Manager KATIE CLARKE
Social Media Coordinator OLYA GLOTKA
Social Media Assistant ELM REYES
Facility Manager PAUL THERRIEN
Senior Manager of Bar and Nightlife AL THOMAS-HALL
ArtAttack! Coordinator CHRIS IRONSIDE
Tallulah’s Event Producer KATHERINE TEED-ARTHUR
Chamber Coordinator AMBER PATTISON
Publicity
KATIE SAUNORIS | KSPR
Hosting Lead SEBASTIAN URMOM
Custodian KEVIN NICOL
Hosting Team
CONI AGURTO, MAXWELL COWAN, HANNAH KENNEDY, DIVINE MARKSOWUSU, MACKENZIE MCCALLUM, LESLEY NICHOLLS, ASHER ROSE, SARAH ROWE, SIWAR SORIA, MAIREAD STEWART, DANNY SYLVAN
Head of Security AIDAN MCKENDRICK
Security Team MARY RUMBAWA
Bar Personnel
RICHARD BELL, CHARLEE BOYES, DANIEL HOANG, RONNIE LÉGÈRE, ASHER ROSE
Emerging Creators Unit Director AMANDA CORDNER
Board of Directors
SEDINA FIATI JESSE GRIFFITHS
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON MICHAEL MAN ANU RADHA VERMA ALEX RAND
BuDDIes’ commuNIty oF DoNors
LEGACY CIRCLE
Jim Robertson + Jim Scott
Ed Cabell + Roy Forrester
Russell Mathew + Scott Ferguson
Richard McLellan
Adam Morrison + James Owen
Brian Sambourne + Richard Isaac
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Joseph Callaghan
House of Beida
Sarah Kaplan and Anita McGahan
Gregory Kim
Stephen McGregor + Tony de Franco
Martha McCain
Russell Mathew + Scott Ferguson
ted witzel
RENAISSANCE CIRCLE
Geoff + Nancy Browne
Ed Cabell + Roy Forrester
Peter Caldwell
Carol Dilworth
Alan Dingle
Andrew Gillespie
Beverly Harris
Paul Hartwick
Brendan Healy
Christopher + Cindy Hill
Karim Karsan + John Rider
Ron Lalonde + Jane Humphreys
Jim Lawrence + David Salak
Lydia Leatherdale in memory of Calvin Cox
Richard McLellan
Dan Morin
Adam Morrison + James Owen
Janet + Doug Newlands
Chris Oldfield
Brian Sambourne + Richard Isaac
Kris + Mark Schumacher
James Tennyson
Michael Trent
ADVOCATES
Mark Aikman + Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea
Kate Bishop + Doug Gerhart
Fran + John Brunton
Caleb Buys
Shawn Daudlin
Philip Gazaleh
Jesse Griffiths
Paul Halferty
Sean Hillier
Montana Kimel
Michael Man
Amanda McNeil
Alex Rand + Craig Ruttan
Jim Robertson + Jim Scott
Anu Radha Verma
Lucinda Wallace
Andrea + Ted Witzel
Gordon + Michelle Young
PARTNERS
Alia Ahmed
Ian Anderson
Doug Arcand + Alnoor Karmali
BIPOC Executive Search
Mark Brodsky
Suzanne Brunelle
Lawrence Campbell
Robert Gordon Coates
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Philip Doiron
Dennis Findlay
Susanna Fournier
Sherri Gault
Tyler Gledhill
Taashi Gupta
Neil Guthrie
Raymond Helkio
Erika Hennebury
William Hodge + Robert Wiley
Chanti Zoelene Laliberte
Caryn Leocha
Ben Louie
Gilles Marchildon
Marcus McCann + Paul Sutton
Mathew McKenzie
Susan Moellers
Aidan Morishita-Miki
Bernadette + Gene Morishita-Miki
Dennie Park
Thomas Pfanner
Rui Pires
Ingrid Randoja
Vivek Shraya
David Steinberg
Richard Sutton
Misha Teramura
Ayse Turak
Belinda Wildenboer
Elaine Wong
FRIENDS
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Rick Archbold
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Cherry Bayne
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Neil Betteridge
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Robin Crombie
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Denise Fujiwara
Santiago Guzmán
Ronald Haynes
Brawk Holland Charles Hessel
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Andrea Houston
Tom Hutchinson
Alex Hutchison
Kishwar Iqbal
Mina Jalali
Rosalind Jeffery
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Shawn Kerwin
Lily Kingsley
Shivakumar Kodali
Brent Kopfensteiner
Kristina Lemieux
Ellen + Stephen Levine
Sandy Liu
Julian Liurette
Ally Lu
Signy Lynch
Jonathan MacArthur in memory of Stuart
Hamilton
Cameron MacLeod
Mason McDonald
Joseph McLean
Sushrhth Mehan
Jordan Merkur
Jason Murray
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Vural Ozdemir
John Pariselli
Nik Redman
Beth Rennie
Adriana Rizzi
Gary Rogers
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Sophia Salad
Blair Swann
Scout Swartz
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Lionel Tona
Richard Verrette
Jayeden Walker
Cecelia White
Tim Witzel
Factory theatre
Factory Theatre’s mission is to enthrall audiences with the imagination of Canadian playwrights and develop the next generation of diverse theatre artists. Since its founding in 1970, Factory has committed to exclusively produce Canadian plays. Factory has made it an artistic priority to invest in, and showcase Canadian artists who bring their stories to our theatre in Toronto. This has made Factory the home of the Canadian playwright and for over five decades, developing and producing some of the finest theatrical works in our national canon and giving space to some of the most gifted and prolific playwrights in Canada.
Artistic Director
MEL HAGUE
Managing Director MARK AIKMAN
Associate Artistic Director
KALALE DALTON-LUTALE
Fundraising + Development Manager
MOLLIE GARRETT
Development Associate
CAITIE GRAHAM
Creative Director – Communications
CLAREN GROSZ
Production Manager
PATRICK LYNN
Patron Services Manager
SUSANNAH MACKAY
Senior Producer
RACHEL PENNY
Foundation + Corporate Development
Associate MARK WILLETT
Head Technicians
MAKIAH BAUTIS (Mainspace Theatre), \
KI KARL TILANDER (Studio Theatre)
Patron Services Representatives DAN AUDET, COREY BROWN, BENJAMIN CALDWELL, EMMA, NEHA PODUVAL, MEGHAN SALMON, JOBINA SITOH, MARK WILLETT, ANITA YUNG, KERRY ZENTNER
Board of Directors Chair
LEN RACIOPPO
Vice Chair
STEWART ADAMS
Treasurer
LAURA FRITH
Secretary
EBONY ROSE
Directors
MARK AIKMAN
KAILA BASILIJ
JOSEPH BOROWIEC
ALEX BOULOS
MEL HAGUE
GRAZYNA KRUPA
Factory’s commuNIty oF DoNors
VISIONARY PATRONS ($10,000 +)
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CREATOR’S CIRCLE ($5,000 – $9,999)
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JoIN the Factory 55!
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In celebration of our 55-year commitment to Canadian plays and artists, we’re launching a Factory 55 campaign! We’re hoping that 55 of you will join us in building the next chapter of Factory Theatre by becoming a Factory 55 Monthly Donor. We are setting a goal of 55 new monthly donors between May 2025 and May 2026. Factory 55 Monthly Donors will be commemorated on a plaque that will live in Factory’s Studio Bar at the end of this year long initiative. Sign up to be a Factory 55 Monthly Donor today and leave your mark on the history of Factory Theatre’s tomorrow.
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