Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre are thrilled to share a sneak peek at their yet to be announced 26-27 seasons today, announcing the World Premiere adaptation of CanLit star Mona Awad’s celebrated national bestseller, ALL’S WELL, on stage at the Streetcar Crowsnest beginning November 24, 2026. in what will be the venue’s 10th anniversary season.

Published in 2021, on the heels of Awad’s runaway cult-hit BUNNY, ALL’S WELL tells the story of actor-cum-college professor Miranda Fitch, who teaches Shakespeare after a stage accident left her living with excruciating chronic pain, a failed marriage, and a worsening dependence on pain killers. Her mutinous students would rather stage Macbeth than her beloved All’s Well That Ends Well, but Miranda is determined to prove that the so-called “problem play,” and herself, deserve a second chance. When Miranda meets three mysterious strangers who offer her relief from her suffering, she is pulled into a surreal and unsettling journey that promises restoration but pushes her to the edge of her sanity. A razor-sharp comedy about ambition, pain, power, and the cost of a cure, in Awad’s ALL’S WELL - happy endings come with wicked fine print.

Produced under the mantle of Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre’s strategic partnership, ALL’S WELL is a Crow’s Theatre Commission developed through the Crow’s Theatre Canadian Literature Adaptation Fund, which supports the adaptation of major works of Canadian literature and platforming Canadian storytellers. Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Erin Shields was tapped to write the adaptation with her longtime collaborator Jackie Maxwell directing, following their work together on Ransacking Troy for the 2025 Stratford Festival season. They are joined by acclaimed Canadian stage actor Maev Beaty (also a frequent collaborator of Shields and Maxwell’s) in the lead role of Miranda. It was dedicated reader Maxwell, who first brought the book to Crow’s’ attention.

“At Crow’s we have seen time and time again that our audiences have a deep and eager appetite for stories by their favourite Canadian authors and for stories that reflect, poke fun at, and that re-imagine Canadian identity,” comments Crow’s Theatre Artistic Director Chris Abraham. “Fifteen Dogs, The Master Plan and Rogers V Rogers have been some of the biggest successes we’ve had in our 40+ history, and as a company that has always prioritized developing Canadian playwrights–extending that relationship to include CanLit adaptations feels natural, and our audiences are clearly asking for it.”

He continues, “When I read ALL’S WELL at Jackie’s request, and discovered the deliriously dark, sharp, and wildly funny imagination of Mona Awad - in the context of a college Shakespeare production no less–I couldn’t have said yes faster.”

“I fell in love with Mona Awad’s ALL’S WELL from the moment I began reading it,” shares Shields. “It’s razor sharp, darkly funny, and completely unpredictable. Miranda is a brilliant and difficult heroine, quick to judge the world around her yet unable to see her own entanglements. As reality begins to tilt and magic enters the frame, the story becomes deliciously theatrical, blurring revenge, fantasy, and reinvention. It has been a thrilling and mischievous journey to bring this wild, genre bending novel to the stage.”

“ALL’S WELL is a really hilarious and heartfelt love letter to the theatre nerds in all of us,” adds Soulpepper Artistic Director Paolo Santalucia. “It is about the relationships we have to the great plays that have changed our lives and a celebration of artmaking as a vocation. The play feels like a beautiful way to mark the second year of our partnership, as an acknowledgement of the artform we are all so deeply dedicated to.”

The Crow’s Theatre Canadian Literature Adaptation Fund was launched in 2022 with the visionary support of the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation. The Fund was conceived as a bold cultural intervention: to support major works of Canadian literature finding enduring life on Canada’s stages. In just a few short years, the Fund has enabled Crow’s to option, develop, and produce some of its most successful productions in recent memory — including FIFTEEN DOGS (based on André Alexis’s Giller Prize-winning novel), THE MASTER PLAN (adapted from Josh O’Kane’s Sideways), and ROGERS V ROGERS (based on Alexandra Posadzki’s award-winning book). These works have not only galvanized audiences in Toronto but travelled nationally and internationally, demonstrating that Canadian literary voices can anchor theatrical productions of commercial vitality and artistic consequence. Through this Fund, Crow’s has emerged as a national leader in literary adaptation — a company building a repertoire rooted in Canadian authorship while expanding the scale and reach of homegrown storytelling.

The New York Times bestselling author of the novels Bunny, All’s Well and Rouge, Awad first emerged as a major literary figure with her 2016 debut novel 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl – which was nominated for a Giller Prize and won the 2016 Amazon Best First Novel Award. Garnering immediate critical attention, her follow-up novel Bunny was a run-away cult-hit – a finalist for a New England Book Award, named a Best Book of 2019 by Time, Vogue, and the New York Public Library, and is currently being developed for film with Bad Robot Productions.

Distinguished by her unique brand of whip-smart, surreal and at times gothic feminist satire, in 2023 Canada’s reigning CanLit Queen Margaret Atwood – herself an adoring Bunny fan – anointed Awad her “literary heir” in a New York Times’s T Magazine feature. Her latest novel, We Love You, Bunny, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Giller Prize.

A prolific playwright, actor, and educator, Erin Shields is best known for radical adaptations of classical texts which bring neglected female characters centre stage and a distinctly lyrical and wryly poetic writing style. In addition to the Ransacking Troy, Shields has adapted Shakespeare’s King Lear and Milton’s Paradise Lost, to foreground the stories of the female characters. Her harrowing tragedy about sexual violence, If We Were Birds– a re-imagining of Ovid’s myth Philomela, Procne and Tereus–won the 2011 Governor General’s Award for playwriting.

Director Jackie Maxwell’s stage career in Canada spans four decades and includes helming the Factory Theatre from 1987 to 1995 as well as acting as Artistic Director of one of Canada’s leading arts institutions – the Shaw Festival – from 2002 to 2016. She has directed for most major stages in the country.

A critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning stage and screen actor, Maev Beaty may be most recognized for her leading roles at the Stratford Festival including playing Beatrice in the festival’s 2023 hit production of Much Ado About Nothing. She has originated roles in over 20 Canadian premieres and is a three-time Dora Award winner and ten-time nominee in both performing and writing. In addition to her stage work, she has appeared in acclaimed independent films including the 2019 TIFF Special Presentation MOUTHPIECE and in Ari Aster’s 2023 film Beau Is Afraid.

ALL’S WELL builds on the momentum of Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre's creative partnership. Over 65,000 ticket buyers have seen THE MASTER PLAN, A STRANGE LOOP, THE WELKIN, OCTET, NARNIA and SUMMER & SMOKE. The two companies have amplified impact and audience reach earning strong critical acclaim and meaningful audience crossover and growth. With ALL’S WELL, the organizations enter another season which continues to reflect the scale and shared artistic ambition of the alliance to build an audience of theatre lovers, with additional projects to be revealed in the coming months.

Both producing companies will announce the full scope of their 26-27 seasons in the weeks to come.