We at Here FOR NOW THEATRE are SO PROUD to announce our 2024 SEASON of Self-Acceptance.

An inspired 5-play Season running

June 19th - September 28th, 2024.

Venue Location: Stratford Perth Museum

4275 Huron Road - Stratford, ON

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 • PAUL AND LINDA PLAN A THREESOME • 

by Jane Cooper Ford

WORLD PREMIERE

June 19th - July 6th, 2024

Location: Stratford Perth Museum

An uptight Rosedale couple encounter a hilariously disastrous night when they try to open-mindedly plan a threesome to save their marriage.

Starring

Laura de Carteret as Linda

David Keeley as Paul

Stacy Smith as Gwen

Shannon Taylor as Sienna

Directed by Megan Watson

Set & Costume Design by Rebecca Chaikin

“Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome was developed and first produced by Here For Now Theatre Company, 2024”

“The play received a workshop production at Buddies in Bad Times in 2013.”

 • 12 DINNERS • 

by Steve Ross

WORLD PREMIERE

July 10th – July 27th

Location: Stratford Perth Museum

Starring Ben Skipper as Steve

Jane Spidell as Bettye & Geoffrey Pounsett as Jim

Directed by Jan Alexandra Smith

Set Design by Darren Burkett

Costume Design by Monique Lund

Steve has come for the monthly family dinner at the old homestead. It’s always nice to see his parents. There are plenty of laughs and lively conversation but...it’s never without conflict. His relationship with Bettye, his mother, has never been easy and his father Jim isn’t quite sure how to help.

A heartfelt, funny and poignant look into one family’s journey towards understanding each other and perhaps even becoming friends along the way.

 • THE SAVIOUR • 

by Deirdre Kinahan

CANADIAN PREMIERE

July 31st – August 16th, 2024

Location: Stratford Perth Museum

Starring

Rosemary Dunsmore as Máire

Robert Gerow as Mel

Directed by Brenda Bazinet

Sound design by Dhanish Qumar Chinniah

Set Design by Fiona Mongillo

There’s a new man in Máire’s life. But some people aren’t happy. On the morning of her 67th birthday, Máire sits up in bed enjoying a cigarette. There’s a man downstairs.

She is blooming.

“The Saviour is produced by permission of The Agency (London) Ltd”.

“The Saviour was first produced by Landmark Productions at the Irish Repertory Theatre, New York on 1st July 2023”

 • WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN • 

by Julia Lederer

Canadian Premiere

Location Stratford Perth Museum

August 21st - September 7th, 2024

During her morning commute, a young woman falls in love with a total stranger she meets on the subway. After giving the man her actual beating heart, he disappears -leading this unlikely heroine on a quest to retrieve her heart, accidentally cracking open those of others she meets along the way. An eccentric, edgy comedy about what it costs to give your heart away, and what happens when you discover you actually have one.

Starring

Kate Lynch

Nicholas Santillo

& Loretta Yu

Directed by Marie Farsi

Costume and Design by Patricia Reilly

Sound Design by Dhanish Qumar Chinniah

*With Love and a Major Organ is produced by permission of Julia Lederer

 • DINNER WITH THE DUCHESS • 

by Nick Green

WORLD PREMIERE

September 11th – September 28th, 2024

Starring

Jan Alexandra Smith

Rosie Simon

& David Keeley

Directed by Kelli Fox

Dramaturgy by Marjorie Chan

Costume Design by Monique Lund

Set Design by Darren Burkett

Location: Stratford Perth Museum

At the end of a storied career, violin virtuoso Margaret gives her final interview to a young, savvy reporter. Aided by her ever-charming husband, Margaret must confront secrets and ghosts of the past to face the impossible question: how will she be remembered?

 • The Limited Engagement Series •

An expansion of our Season these performance will be sprinkled throughout the Summer. (to be announced at later date).

“This season, all the main plays feature characters who are being asked to grapple with self-acceptance. So why, at this moment, has thistheme emerged? Maybe it is because we live in atime where shame slinging seems to be a strong social currency. And the work of self-acceptance is the ultimate antidote to this. If we work towards anchoring our self-worth internally, by accepting all the bits of ourselves and bringing them all along for the ride, we take the power out of this shame because nothing that is said about us can rock the bone-deep relationship that we have cultivated with ourselves. Ambitious, but why not give it a go?”

- Fiona Mongillo, Artistic Director

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