Season 2023 Announcement
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Friday Dec 16th 8PM
Snow coming down! But lights still going up on A Christmas Carol tonight! So bundle up and add a little JOY to those Yuletide flakes!
Lights-up
on some great Theatre & Music!
Enjoy hilarious Summer comedies, sensational Spring and Fall concerts and a magical, musical Christmas show. All performed by the finest talent in the country on a stage where everyone’s close to the action. We’ve got 7 great shows to keep you laughing, engaged, surprised & singing all year long.
Now Playing!
Wally's Cafe
by Sam Bobrick & Ron Clark
AUGUST 4 - 28
Wally and Louise’s marriage is in for a rocky ride after he coaxes her to buy an abandoned diner in the desert. When Jeannette Cheshire, a star-struck hitchhiker, drops in on her way to Hollywood, the gag-filled comedy kicks into high gear! We join all three over thirty years of ups and downs as Wally’s hopes and dreams bite the dust.
Starring Sweeney MacArthur, Mellisa Morris and Kate Veinotte
Stage Managed by Liz Free
Set Design by Sean Free
''Lots of laughter on order at Wally's Cafe. To spend time with the characters in this show involves an audience enjoying life to the fullest. And sharing in laugh, after laugh, after laugh. The energy and the laughter never flag. Great one-liners and much physical comedy. The cast is uniformly superb. Don't miss this opportunity to take in this hilarious, splendidly acted production.''
Morrisburg Leader
Wally and Louise’s marriage is in for a rocky ride after he coaxes her to buy an abandoned diner in the desert. When Jeannette Cheshire, a star-struck hitchhiker, drops in on her way to Hollywood, the gag-filled comedy kicks into high gear! We join all three over thirty years of ups and downs as Wally’s hopes and dreams bite the dust.
Now Playing!
World Premiere - Now Playing!
Retired prison guard Doris Mooney has just moved in to Paradise Village, a retirement home in Canmore, Alberta. She quickly befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former champion skier who’s taken aback by Doris’s cheerful brashness.
Rounding out the trio is dapper Arthur Beech who has designs on Ivy. Love, gossip and sex behind the compost heap, this is Foster at his hilarious best. Be the first audience ever to enjoy it!
Starring Terry Cherniack, Debbie Collins and Daniel Michael Karpenchuk
'Sometimes a cast scares me with how good they are. I think “They can’t possibly keep this up, can they? Are they that good?” As a writer, when you hear a cast say the lines exactly as you heard them in your head when you wrote them, it’s a beautiful thing.'
Norm Foster, after the first rehearsal of Doris & Ivy in the Home at Upper Canada Playhouse
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Retired prison guard Doris Mooney has just moved in to Paradise Village, a retirement home in Canmore, Alberta. She quickly befriends Ivy Hoffbauer, a former champion skier who’s taken aback by Doris’s cheerful brashness.
Rounding out the trio is dapper Arthur Beech who has designs on Ivy. Love, gossip and sex behind the compost heap, this is Foster at his hilarious best. Be the first audience ever to enjoy it!
Coming Up!
Come Down From Up River
by Norm Foster
September 8 to October 2
Shaver Bennett has lived a rather solitary life as a logger in Northern New Brunswick. One day he arrives in Saint John at the doorstep of his estranged niece, Bonnie Doyle and her wife Liv Arsenault. Bonnie and Shaver haven’t seen each other in 20 years, so welcoming him into their home has its ups and downs with a big dose of humour and heart in this new Foster comedy that has already wowed audiences across the country.
Starring Marshall Button, Cassandra Guthrie & Alison MacKay
Stage Managed by Jackie McCormick
''Norm Foster is at his best here. His writing is so persistently funny that you hardly notice the serious questions he’s grappling with – it’s the kind of play that will leave a smile playing about your lips but have you still thinking about the characters days later.''
Andrew Wagner-Chazalon
Shaver Bennett has lived a rather solitary life as a logger in Northern New Brunswick. One day he arrives in Saint John at the doorstep of his estranged niece, Bonnie Doyle and her wife Liv Arsenault. Bonnie and Shaver haven’t seen each other in 20 years, so welcoming him into their home has its ups and downs with a big dose of humour and heart in this new Foster comedy that has already wowed audiences across the country.
Our Summer Season
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June 2 - 26
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July 7 - 31
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Aug 4 - 28
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Sep 8 - Oct 2
Our Fall Concert in October...
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Fall Show: October 18 - 30
Starring Karen Coughlin & Jay Davis
with John Minnis, Glenn Bladon, Rich Levesque and Bob Gasson
Created by Jesse Collins
When four young musicians were hired to be the backing band for an aspiring singer, who knew they would become a supergroup and a pop diva. What would it have been like to witness the birth of the Eagles playing for Linda Ronstadt in 1971 before both acts became hit machines with platinum records and sold-out concerts?
Relive the beginning of the California country rock sound with hits like Take It Easy, New Kid in Town, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Hotel California, Witchy Woman and Desperado and of course Linda Ronstadt’s own journey through Desperado, Silver Threads & Golden Needles, Blue Bayou, Poor Poor Pitiful Me and You’re No Good. A band, a singer, and all the hits …
what might have been!
Community Living Annual Christmas Show!
Community Living Players are performing their annual Christmas show at Upper Canada Playhouse on Monday, December 19 at 1:00 pm. The show is titled "A Merry
Medley of Christmas Show Tunes” and features songs, characters, jokes and sing-alongs from your favourite Christmas TV and Motion Picture shows.
Santa and his
reindeer, Christmas angels and even the Grinch will be on stage to stir up some real Christmas spirit. The Community Living Players have been working on their show for several months and are very excited about sharing their talents with the audience.
Admission is free!
Donations to the local food bank and/or South Dundas Cat Rescue will be accepted with appreciation.
Christmas Show: December 7 - 18
'A Christmas Carol at Upper Canada Playhouse is brilliantly staged and acted. The cast is uniformly outstanding! Playing to packed houses, full of music and dance and performed on an extraordinary revolving stage, there are miracles aplenty in this show!'
Morrisburg Leader
Including Public & School Shows
Scrooge's search for the true meaning of Christmas unfolds in a musical, magical production on an exciting revolving stage.
Dickens’ legendary characters come alive with joyful song, dance and special effects culminating in a fabulous concert of your favourite Christmas songs. A wonderful addition to everyone’s Christmas!
'Visually stunning production!!' –Morrisburg Leader
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