What’s the use of loving someone when it isn’t nearly enough to save them?

The Busy World is Hushed
Sept 24 – Oct 16

By Keith Bunin

When a widowed Episcopal minister hires an agnostic gay man as her scholarly assistant she may have found the missing link in an estranged relationship with her wayward son. Mixing sexual politics with spiritual contradictions, her motivations are called into question when secrets from the past begin to surface. A powerful exploration of faith and fear, The Busy World is Hushed probes the passions and distortions of religion, relationships, and the human heart.

Director: Richard Wolfe.
Cast: Gina Chiarelli, Sebastian Kroon, Adam Bergquist.

Five Stars...Searching, perceptive and absorbing...
[ Time Out New York ]
Hearts and souls are tangled and torn, God is abused and praised, and the audience is left in a state of contemplation. [ Theatredogs ]

Adult Content

A Guest Production by one2theatre

Forgive me or kill me.
That's the choice you have.

Playland
Nov 5 – 27

By Athol Fugard

New Years Eve, 1989. Two South Africans, a black security guard and a white soldier, meet at a travelling amusement park. A powerful exploration of guilt and damnation, truth and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa. From the author of Master Harold...
and the Boys.

Director: Anthony F. Ingram.
Cast: Tom Pickett, Michael Kopsa.

Cathartic. Soul-cleansing. [ British Theatre Guide ]
Intense and eloquent. [ Los Angeles Times ]

Strong Language

A Pacific Theatre Production

Snuggle up to the fire,
sit back and listen...

Christmas on the Air
Dec 10 – Jan 1

By Lucia Frangione

Journey back to the days when radio was king, as
Philomena and Percival B. Frank present their annual Christmas show before a live studio audience. On-air magic and off-stage romance combine for a show as comfy as a cup of mulled cider and a plate of sugar cookies. Comedy, music and good cheer from the author of Cariboo Magi, Chickens, Holy Mo and Espresso.

Director: Ian Farthing.
Cast: Damon Calderwood, Seana-Lee Wood, Lalainia Lindbjerg, Tracy Neff, and Ben Elliott.

Frangione's merry little Christmas show overflows
with the warmest sentiments of the holiday season.
A family-friendly, nostalgic romp. [ Canoe.ca ]

A Guest Production by
Midnight Theatre Collective

It is absurd to apologize
for a Mystery.

My Name is Asher Lev
Jan 28 – Feb 26

Adapted by Aaron Posner
From the novel by Chaim Potok

When a young Jewish prodigy paints The Brooklyn Crucifixions, the reaction of his Orthodox community forces a terrible decision – between family and vocation, between his love for God and his desperate need to make art. A poignant coming of age story, as intimate as a family dinner and as vast as a young man's dreams. Heartbreaking, triumphant.

Director: Morris Ertman.

A truly beautiful theatrical experience.
Ninety fast-moving minutes that sparkle with life.
[ Talkin' Broadway ]

A marvelous evening of theatre: intimate, sincere, magical. [ Philadelphia City Paper ]

A Pacific Theatre Production

How many sons of god you
know drive a Lexus?

Jesus Hopped the “A” Train
Mar 11 – Apr 2

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Rikers Island. Two men sit in solitary confinement,
23 hours a day. Lucius Jenkins is a serial killer who awaits execution, Angel Cruz stands accused of a
murder he doesn't believe was a crime. One has
found God, the other needs to find himself. Visceral, gritty, harrowing – an uncompromising drama about contradiction, contrition and hypocrisy by the author of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.

Director: Angela Konrad.

Fire-breathing. A probing, intense portrait of lives
behind bars, it has the courage of its intellectual
restlessness. Written in flame. [ New York Times ]

Ventures into the terra incognita of contemporary theatre – theatrical and intellectual waters for which others lack the temerity or strength to tread.
Layered with humor and passion. [ Curtain Up ]

Strongest Possible Language

A Guest Production by
Glass City Theatre

We joined 'cause we'd get hot meals, a trip to Europe and a shiny pair of boots.

Jake’s Gift
Apr 6 – 16

Written and performed by
Julia Mackey

When a crusty, down-on-his-luck WW2 veteran
reluctantly makes the trip to Juno Beach to honour his brother Chester, his encounter with a precocious ten-year-old challenges the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghosts. Born at Pacific Theatre in 2002, Jake has spent the past three years playing to standing ovations all across Canada – and now he's coming home! The most charming, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud-funny one-woman-shows you'll ever see.

The most theatrically pure show I have ever seen.
A stunning performance. [ CBC ]

I never did nothin’ special,' grunts Jake during an overdue visit to his brother’s grave. Mackey’s gift of remembrance is a powerful rebuttal. Don’t miss it. [ Winnipeg Free Press ]

Best Drama, Best Solo Show, Best Female Performer: [ Victoria Fringe ]

Best of Fest: [ Edmonton Fringe Festival ]
[ Winnipeg Fringe Festival ]

Some Language

Pacific Theatre Presents
a Juno Production

If there is one wee spark under all these ashes, we'll blow it till the whole pile is red and clear.

The Great Divorce
May 20 – Jun 18

Adapted by George Drance &
The Magis Theatre
from the novel by C.S. Lewis

Hell resembles nothing so much as a dreary industrial city in the north of England, its denizens free to leave whenever they like – aboard a bus bound for a heaven that's like nothing you've ever imagined. A theologically daz- zling journey studded with memorable characters, mind-spinning dialogue and images of human folly and sublime hope that will forever change the way you see eternity.

Director: Scott D. Campbell. Cast: Phillip Miguel, Evan Frayne, Moriah Ophardt, Bria Crouch.

Narnia for adults! Beatific, bright-clad, incorruptible spirits are pitted against flawed, monochromatic ghosts. It's not a fair fight. [ Seattle Weekly ]

Challenges not only the ear and the brain but the heart and the soul. [ Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]

Emerging artist showcase: A Pacific Theatre Production

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