Highlights from our first forty years
A trip down memory lane
2023/24
- Pacific Celebrates 40th anniversary season with first full year of programing since Covid 19
2022
- 21/ 22 season nominated for 8 Jessie Awards
- Ron Reed wins Jessie for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role
2020
- Founding Artistic Director Ron Reed retires
- Kaitlin Williams named as the next AD
- Jennifer Milley hired as new Executive Director
2018/ 19
- Kim’s Convenience (Ins Choi) sells out its run | 6 Jessie Nominations
- Picked up by the Arts Club and tours across Western Canada
2016/ 17
- Outside Mullingar (John Patrick Shanley) wins the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Production, Large Theatre Category
2014/15
- The Seafarer (Conor McPherson) wins the Jessie Richardson award for Outstanding Production, Large Theatre Category
2012
- BC Gaming Commission funding begins
- Pacific Theatre joins Arts Club and Bard On The Beach in bid to develop Cultural Amenities Space, Olympic Village
2010/11
- Season nominated for 21 Jessie Richardson Awards wins Significant Artistic Achievement Award: Curation & Execution of an Outstanding Season of Theatre
2008
- Canada Council annual operating funding begins
2006/07
- Canadian Premiere of Grace (Craig Wright) wins the Jessie Richardson award for Outstanding Production, small theatre category
2005/06
- World Premiere of Prodigal Son | co-production with Touchstone Theatre
- Season nominated for 22 Jessie Richardson Awards
2004
- BC Arts Council annual operating funding begins
2003/04
- The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe draws 22,000 to offsite production at Norman Rothstein Theatre
2002/03
- World Premiere of Espresso | 7 Jessie Richardson nominations
1997/98
- City Of Vancouver annual operating funding begins
1994/95
- Pacific Theatre opens new 120-seat theatre at Chalmers Heritage Building
- Admitted to Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance
- First season of eligibility for Jessie Richardson Awards | 7 nominations
1989/90
- First subscription season, Richmond Gateway Studio Theatre
1987
- The Dragons Project begins five-year tour of a repertoire of plays on chemical dependency to schools and community venues throughout British Columbia
1985
- First mainstage production: Fish Tales Chinook Theatre, Edmonton | Presentation House, Vancouver
1984
- Pacific Theatre founded by four actors who believed their faith worthy of artistic representation
- First touring production: First Christmas