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Albert Schultz, General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts and Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced The Word Festival, a celebration of the works of Charles Dickens in the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company and General Director of the Young Centre for the Performing Arts today announced a full year's slate of artistic and community-based activity for Soulpepper and the Young Centre in 2013. Over 700 performances representing the remarkable artistic and cultural diversity of the city will happen under the Young Centre's roof next year, including festivals, cabarets, and community partnerships. Soulpepper Theatre Company's repertory season features fifteen plays including two marathon-style theatrical events to be staged in their entirety: Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America (Part One: Millennium Approaches & Part Two: Perestroika) and Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests (Table Manners, Living Together & Round and Round the Garden). Soulpepper's season includes adaptations of plays from the classical canon (Beaumarchais/Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Schnitzler's La Ronde, and Dickens' Great Expectations) alongside twentieth-century gems by Tom Stoppard, Joe Orton, Sam Shepard and Canada's John Murrell.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced the 12 plays comprising Soulpepper's 15th anniversary season, including ten new productions, two remounts, and a revisit, to run in repertory from January to December, 2012. The season includes plays from Canada, Ireland, England, the United States and Russia, and brings Soulpepper to 107 original productions over 15 seasons. The season opens with Soulpepper's very first original full-length play, continuing the company's commitment to new works about the city of Toronto as seen in this year's Window on Toronto and 2009's Civil Elegies.

Soulpepper brings back their Dora Award Winning Production of Our Town this year at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. With an all-star cast of top-notch Canadian talent, this show is sure to please audiences of all ages. BWW spoke with Oliver Dennis about the history of the show, the audience reaction this time around and what the piece means to him.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Our Town will preview on April 7 and open on April 13, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Our Town will preview on April 7 and open on April 13, 2011 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that due to popular demand‚ the critically acclaimed production of Death of a Salesman currently on stage will be extended to November 20, 2010.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman will run October 16 - November 13, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced Soulpepper's annual fundraiser, Soulpepper at Play, will take place on October 27, 2010 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Soulpepper at Play provides a special sneak peak inside Soulpepper - complete with a Gala Dinner, Silent and Live Auctions and original Soulpepper performances.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that due to popular demand‚ the critically acclaimed production of Death of a Salesman currently on stage will be extended to November 20, 2010.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman will run October 16 - November 13, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced Soulpepper's annual fundraiser, Soulpepper at Play, will take place on October 27, 2010 at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Soulpepper at Play provides a special sneak peak inside Soulpepper - complete with a Gala Dinner, Silent and Live Auctions and original Soulpepper performances.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman will run October 16 - November 13, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of A Month in the Country will run July 6 - August 7, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of A Month in the Country will run July 6 - August 7, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of A Month in the Country will run July 6 - August 7, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Waiting for the Parade will run May 1 - May 29, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Soulpepper's newest production, Waiting for the Parade, opened on May 5th to rave reviews. John Murrel's Canadian play about the lives and loves of five Canadian women on the home front during WWII has had many successful incarnations over the years, and the latest exploration from Soulpepper is proving to be no exception. Krystin Pellerin (of The Republic of Doyle) is one of the five women featured in the production, and she sat down to talk with BWW about her return to the stage and her role in the Soulpepper family.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Waiting for the Parade will run May 1 - May 29, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced that the company's production of Waiting for the Parade will run May 1 - May 29, 2010, at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts.