the 2021-22 season is here!
We are welcoming you back home with plays that feel like pure Pacific Theatre. The season offers something for everyone, contemporary drama, comedy, lots of music, and plenty of stage magic. Above all, this season is marked by the essence of what has made Pacific Theatre endure for almost four decades – good stories, well told that provoke and delight. Studies have shown that when we sit together in an audience, our heartbeats sync up. We can’t wait to have you safely back in the theatre, syncing up with us once again.
– Kaitlin
Single tickets for Part One of the 2021-22 season are available now!
Read our safety and health policy for the fall 2021 season.
WAKEY, WAKEY
by Will Eno
OCT 1-23
Guy thought there would be more time. But there’s enough for him to remind us of a few things. As the world’s minutiae flicker to life on the walls around him, the mundane and the divine collide in this funny, transportive celebration of life. (Party favours included.)
“A glowingly dark, profoundly moving new play.” – The New York Times
Featuring Craig Erickson and Agnes Tong. Directed by Kaitlin Williams. Set Design by Amir Ofek. Lighting Design by Chengyan Boon. Sound Design & Composition by Mary Jane Coomber. Projection Design by Wladimiro A. Woyno R. Costume Design by Jessica Oostergo. Assistant Direction by Karthik Kadam. Stage Management by April Starr Land.
MUSIC AT PACIFIC
Jenny Banai, Cheryl Bear, and Infinitus
NOV 18-20
Three evenings of live concerts, with a new performer each night. For the first time, Pacific Theatre welcomes indie-folk artist Jenny Banai, Nadleh Whut’en musician and storyteller Cheryl Bear, and critically acclaimed beatboxing string trio Infinitus.
Featuring Jenny Banai, Cheryl Bear, and Infinitus.
CHRISTMAS PRESENCE
DEC 8 – DEC 22
Christmas Presence LIVE is back! With two full weeks of songs and stories, and a rotating cast of faces old and new, Pacific Theatre lights up to welcome the spirit of the season. A favourite holiday tradition returns to Hemlock and 12th.
A digital version of Christmas Presence will also be available for remote viewing.
LOVE/SICK
by John Cariani
JAN 27 – FEB 13
a guest production from Jalen Saip
It’s Friday night at the SuperCenter, and love is in the air. This darker companion piece to Almost, Maine brings nine slightly twisted and completely hilarious short stories of love and loss set in an alternate suburban reality. An unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone directed by Jamie King (The Wolves).
“Light, bright, anti-romantic, and engaging.”
– Chicago Reader
Featuring Carlen Escarraga, Matthew MacDonald-Bain, Anjela Magpantay, Lucy McNulty, Jalen Saip, and Sean Sonier. Directed by Jamie King. Stage Management by Victoria Snashall.
HOW THE WORLD BEGAN
by Catherine Trieschmann
MAR 25 – APR 10
Susan Pierce is a transplant in her rural portable-turned-classroom, teaching science to high schoolers. But when conflict over an offhand comment to her strong-willed student Micah erupts, Susan and the wider community of Plainview find themselves unable to bridge the chasm between their beliefs.
“Delicately balanced and stirring. Rare and refreshing intelligence.”
– The New Yorker
Featuring Ron Reed. Additional cast members TBA. Directed by Sarah Rodgers. Set Design by Jessica Oostergo. Lighting Design by Harika Xu. Sound Design by Rick Colhoun. Costume Design by Mel Zaini.
THE MOUNTAINTOP
by Katori Hall
MAY 20 – JUN 5
April 3, 1968. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. retires to the Lorraine Motel, desperate for a pack of smokes and a good night’s sleep after exhorting America to ‘be true to what you said on paper’. Enter Camae, an enigmatic hotel maid with a great deal of information about Doctor King’s future – and the future of the movement he champions.
“Crackles with theatricality and a humanity more moving than sainthood.”
– Newsday
Featuring Kwesi Ameyaw and Shayna Jones. Directed by Omari Newton. Set Design by Brian Ball. Costume Design by Carmen Alatorre. Lighting by Jonathan Kim. Stage Management by Jenny Kim.
THE NEW ROOTS FESTIVAL
JUNE 16 – 19
The second annual New Roots Festival is a three-day event featuring fresh work in progress by Pacific Theatre artists. Experience live workshops, readings, and interdisciplinary work from commissioned playwrights and performers, and celebrate the development of new stories.
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