We write to you today at a crossroads in our company’s history. After more than 30 years in our beloved alley-style theatre, located in the historic Chalmers Heritage Building, Pacific Theatre has made the difficult decision to leave our long-time home and to pause programming at the end of December 2025.
While we cherish our relationship with the Holy Trinity Anglican Church – who own and operate the Chalmers Heritage Building – the venue is not currently viable for our long-term, sustainable operations.
The building requires a major structural upgrade (estimated at more than $500,000) alongside water ingress remediation. In addition, the intimate size of the theatre, coupled with restrictions around the number of permitted performances per week, has hampered PT’s ability to increase revenue in what has been a challenging recovery period following the pandemic.
Our operational model remains as lean as possible, producing a full season of shows and concerts – many of them world premieres – with a small team who predominantly work part-time. Truthfully, it’s thanks to each of you, our incredible donors and loyal patrons, that we have been able to keep operations going, producing theatre that rigorously explores the spiritual aspects of the human experience.
We continue to discuss the necessary changes with our landlords and hope to come to a resolution. In the interim, we have decided to pause programming at the end of December 2025 and vacate our home while we plan for the future.
What Happens Next?
In the fall of 2025 we will produce a smaller, scaled-down season at our venue. After our exit in January 2026, the PT leadership and its Board of Directors will engage in internal strategic planning. We will focus on identifying a sustainable operational model for PT with feedback and support from our beloved community, while exploring potential options for a new home. This hiatus will provide us with time and space to reimagine our future at PT, and – hopefully – to allow our landlords the opportunity to enact the changes required for our future growth and success. Although leaving our venue will significantly impact our operations, we believe the steps we are taking are necessary to build the sustainable and thriving future Pacific Theatre and its loyal community deserves.
How can you help?
We invite you to join us on this journey of reinvention. Please keep an eye out for details about PT’s community engagement gatherings, beginning in September 2025, where we hope you will contribute to the discussion about PT’s future. These moderated gatherings will allow patrons, donors, artists, and community members to ask questions, share ideas, and provide invaluable feedback about what the next chapter of PT might look like.
News, updates and ways to get involved will be regularly shared via PT’s website, newsletters, and social media platforms. We are committed to transparency throughout this process. Please ensure you are signed up for our e-newsletter HERE.
Please also consider donating to Pacific Theatre. Your sustaining support is more important than ever as we pause and reimagine, in the hope of returning with greater resilience and an enhanced capacity to serve our community.
Pacific Theatre’s 2025 Season Announcement
Stay tuned for an announcement on ticket sales for our 2025 season – featuring a film screening + panel discussion, a mainstage production, and our cherished annual holiday event, Christmas Presence – in the weeks to come.
We thank you for your ongoing support, and look forward to partnering with you as we move into PT’s next unwritten chapter.
For further information, including a list of answers to FAQs, please visit pacifictheatre.org or contact info@pacifictheatre.org.
Sincerely, on behalf of the Board and leadership of Pacific Theatre,
Lilac Bosma, Board Chair
Kaitlin Williams, Artistic Director
Jennie George, Executive Director