Seana McKenna News

Stratford Festival Announces 2022 Casting

by Stephi Wild — February 2, 2022

February marks a new beginning at the Stratford Festival with members of the 2022 acting company set to start rehearsals.

A.C.T. Announces 2021 Honorary Master of Fine Arts Honorees

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 30, 2021

American Conservatory Theater Director of the Master of Fine Arts program Danyon Davis announced today that honorary Master of Fine Arts degrees will be conferred upon actress, director, and playwright Seret Scott and sound designer and composer Jake Rodriguez.

2021 New Works Festival to be Presented by Here For Now Theatre Company

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 26, 2021

Here For Now Theatre Company has announced their 2021 New Works Festival, which features eight world premiere one-act plays and a reading series, centred around the timely theme of connection and relationship.

VIDEO: Geraint Wyn Davies Interviews Seana McKenna and Scott Wentworth For the Stratford Festival

by Stephi Wild — May 11, 2020

Stratford Festival has released a new video in its In Good Company series!

American Conservatory Theater Announces 2020 Honorary Master Of Fine Arts Degrees

by A.A. Cristi — April 30, 2020

American Conservatory Theater (A.

Stratford's RICHARD III With Colm Feore Extended For Three Weeks

by Stephi Wild — February 27, 2020

Thanks to overwhelming demand, the Stratford Festival's 2020 production of Richard III will be extended for another three weeks, giving theatregoers more opportunities to see Colm Feore bring this iconic role to life in the Festival's brand new Tom Patterson Theatre, which opens this spring after mo

& JULIET, OKLAHOMA!, and More Announced For the 2020-21 Mirvish Theatre Season

by Stephi Wild — February 26, 2020

The 2020/21 Mirvish Theatre Season has been announced, featuring 13 shows, including the North American premiere of & Juliet!

Stratford Festival's 2020 Season Goes on Sale Today

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 3, 2020

After a Members advance sale so busy it prompted the early extension of two productions, tickets for the Stratford Festival's groundbreaking new season go on sale to the public today.

Stratford Festival Announces Casting For 2020 Season

by A.A. Cristi — October 17, 2019

With the new Tom Patterson Theatre taking shape on the banks of the Avon River, the Stratford Festival is thrilled to announce key casting as it builds the acting company for its monumental 2020 season.

BWW Review: Follow the Dark Winding Path to YAGA at Tarragon Theatre

by Louis Train — September 27, 2019

Kat Sandler's new play, YAGA, is breezy and dark; goofy and mournful; bleak, gothic, shadowy, and really damn funny.

MICE AT CENTRE ICE Announced At The Toronto Fringe Festival

by A.A. Cristi — June 14, 2019

Benny the Bullet Productions presents Mice at Centre Ice by Kerri Salata in The Toronto Fringe Festival KidsFest, July 3rd-July 13th at the George Ignatieff Theatre.

BWW Review: PRIVATE LIVES at the Stratford Festival Offers a Fun Night Out for Audiences

by Lauren Gienow — June 1, 2019

PRIVATE LIVES is one of Noel Coward's greatest works.

Stratford Festival Launches Free Multimedia Study Tool For ROMEO AND JULIET

by Stephi Wild — April 27, 2019

The Stratford Festival is expanding its educational offerings with the release of a unique study tool based on the film of its acclaimed 2017 production of Romeo and Juliet.

Margaret Atwood's THE PENELOPIAD Comes to the Grand Theatre

by Stephi Wild — January 9, 2019

Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace) brings her acerbic wit and inspired originality to the Spriet Stage this January with the Grand Theatre production of THE PENELOPIAD, her sly spin on Homer's The Odyssey.

The Grand Theatre Announces 2018/19 Season Principal Casting Preview

by Julie Musbach — September 25, 2018

Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum has announced principal casting for the 2018/19 season including Seana McKenna as Penelope in MARGARET ATWOOD'S THE PENELOPIAD, Jan Alexandra Smith as Scrooge in this season's gender-flipping A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Nigel Shawn Williams as Troy Maxson and E.

BWW Review: You 'Will Be Satisfied' with JULIUS CAESAR at the Stratford Festival

by Lauren Gienow — August 17, 2018

We are in the Ides of August and the final few openings of the 66th season at the Stratford Festival have begun.

Seana McKenna-Led JULIUS CAESAR Comes to Stratford

by Stephi Wild — July 31, 2018

Previews begin today for Scott Wentworth's production of Julius Caesar, starring Seana McKenna in the title role.

Seana McKenna Named To The Order Of Canada

by Marianka Swain — July 4, 2018

BWW Review: The Stratford Festival's Production of LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT is Captivating from Start to Finish

by Lauren Gienow — May 31, 2018

The latest production to open at the Stratford Festival, is the Eugene O'Neill classic LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT.

Nominations Announced for the 39th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards!

by Alan Henry — May 31, 2018

At a press conference held May 31 in the lobby of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) announced 237 nominations for the 39th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which recognize excellence in the performing arts in Toronto.