Vern Thiessen

TAPA Reveals 2026 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 1, 2026

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) today revealed all nominations for the 46th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards. This year’s Doras celebrate 221 nominations across 44 gender-inclusive award categories.

National Arts Centre Unveils 2026–2027 Season Across Music, Theatre, Dance, and Popular Music
by A.A. Cristi - May 7, 2026

The National Arts Centre in Ottawa announced its upcoming season, featuring new NAC Orchestra Music Director John Storgårds, dance, theatre, and performances by Bruce Cockburn, Hilary Hahn, and Zadie Smith.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Spring FIRST LIGHT FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 8, 2025

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the line-up for the Spring 2025 First Light Festival. Since 1998, the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project has developed over 300 plays that challenge and broaden the view of science in the popular imagination. 

Review: NEXT STAGE FESTIVAL: PART 1 at Buddies In Bad Times
by Ilana Lucas - Oct 20, 2024

Read our critics coverage of the first three shows in Toronto Fringe's annual curated festival.

The 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival Reveals 2024 Programming and Casts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2024

Toronto Fringe has revealed the programming and casting for the 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival with six compelling shows from Toronto, Edmonton, and Halifax including solo shows, musicals, and dramatic theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

New Adaptation of Margaret Laurence's THE DIVINERS Comes to Stratford Festival
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2024

A new adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s classic Canadian novel The Diviners comes to the Tom Patterson Theatre for its world première. Directed by Krista Jackson with Geneviève Pelletier and with text by Vern Thiessen and Yvette Nolan, this production offers a bold adaptation, epic in scope, spanning centuries of this land’s past.

Shakespearean Comedies & More Set for Theater At Monmouth 55th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2024

Theater at Monmouth will celebrate 55 years with the 'Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight' season, featuring Shakespearean comedies, Moliere's THE SCHOOL FOR HUSBANDS, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Stratford Festival Unveils 2024 Casts and Creative Teams
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 7, 2023

Get all the latest updates on the highly anticipated 2024 season at the Stratford Festival. Find out which talented actors have been cast in which productions, and get ready to experience the magic of live theater at one of the world's most renowned festivals.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces Sloan Project Commissions
by Stephi Wild - Feb 9, 2023

Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced new EST/Sloan Project commissions for the 2022-2023 season.

WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN World Premiere to be Presented at Bruka Theatre in March 2023
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 25, 2022

The newest celebrated Hamlet sequel is slated for a world premiere at Bruka Theatre in Reno next March.

SHAKESPEARE'S WILL Comes to the Gladstone This Month; New Dates Announced!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2022

Best-laid plans! The dates for Bear & Co.'s production of Vern Thiessen's Shakespeare's Will starring Ottawa's own Eleanor Crowder at The Gladstone have shifted. The production will open in the newly reroofed Gladstone a week later than planned.

SHAKESPEARE'S WILL Comes to The Gladstone This Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 1, 2022

Revered Ottawa actor Eleanor Crowder reveals Shakespeare's Will by Vern Thiessen at The Gladstone April 13–30.

Oldcastle Theatre Company Announces its 49th Season
by Stephi Wild - May 18, 2021

Oldcastle Theatre Company, the professional theatre company in residence at the Bennington Performing Arts Center has announced their 49th season of professional theatre with presenting sponsor Bennington Tennis Center!

Nilaja Sun Performs Her Acclaimed Solo Show PIKE ST. At Hartford Stage In January
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 12, 2019

Obie Award-winning playwright and actor Nilaja Sun will perform her acclaimed solo show, Pike St., at Hartford Stage Thursday, January 9, to Sunday, February 2, 2020. Pike St. will be directed by Ron Russell, who also serves as Sound Designer.

One Yellow Rabbit's HIGH PERFORMANCE RODEO Reveals Lineup for 34th Festival
by Vicki Trask - Nov 5, 2019

'Cultural Rocketfuel' Vivek Shraya (Vanity Fair), legendary Canadian theatre artist Daniel MacIvor, and the rare return of a One Yellow Rabbit hit to be included in 34th Annual International Festival of the Arts

Quantum Theatre Explores The Universe Of One Woman With SHAKESPEARE'S WILL
by Julie Musbach - Oct 7, 2019

Quantum Theatre presents Canadian writer Vern Thiessen's poetic and modern play that gives voice to Anne Hathaway, the enigmatic wife of William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE'S WILL Comes to Lost Nation Theater
by Julie Musbach - Aug 23, 2019

Lost Nation Theater continues its 31st Season as central Vermont's resident professional theater with Shakespeare's Will, a solo show written by Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen, performed by Vermont-based actor Margo Whitcomb, and running September 5 a?"15. Playwright Thiessen has created a poetic, humorous masterful solo in which The Bard's widow gets the last word.

Lost Nation Theater Continues Season with SHAKESPEARE'S WILL
by Julie Musbach - Aug 20, 2019

Lost Nation Theater continues its 2019 Season at Montpelier City Hall Arts Center with the New England premiere of Shakespeare's Will Thursdays a?" Sundays, September 5 - 15 2019.

LENIN'S EMBALMERS Opens At Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 30, 2019

Coming to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in August is Vern Thiessen's dark comedy, Lenin's Embalmers. running August 9-31, with performances at 8:00 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Two preview performances, August 7 and 8, begin at 7:30 p.m. Opening night is August 9, at 8 p.m.

Alberta Theatre Projects Announces Their 2019/2020 Season
by Vicki Trask - Feb 5, 2019

The new season includes a world premiere, two hot-button dramas, a classic children's fantasy, a rock concert/music-theatre mash-up, and a party you won't want to miss. Alberta Theatre Projects announced their 48th season line-up that will run from September 2019 to May 2020. With a return to a six-play season and longer show runs, the season is the first programmed by ATP's Executive and Artistic Director Darcy Evans.