A Season of Hope
Thank you for joining us for our very first winter season at the Rose McQueen stage.
In a time when it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the weight of the world, our winter season offers something quietly radical: hope. Not the glossy kind that promises escape or resolution, but the kind that comes from staying with the trouble (as scholar Donna Haraway writes) and learning to work with what’s right in front of us.
Here For Now Theatre gratefully acknowledges the support of:
Foundation Sponsor: The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
Season Sponsor:
Each play in this season invites us into that practice. Pandora weaves myth and quantum theory into a deeply personal search for meaning in the face of uncertainty. Reproduktion imbues the painful, often unspoken realities of infertility with dark humour and unflinching honesty. And Ruby and the Reindeer reminds us—through memory, laughter, and a bit of Christmas magic—that healing doesn’t come from forgetting the past, but from carrying it differently.
These stories remind us that hope is something we make—not by avoiding the mess, but by moving through it with our eyes wide open.
Fiona Mongillo, Artistic Director
“...often hilarious, otherworldly in its wisdom, and affirming of life on earth as both an eons-long epic and a momentary blip in a grand, ongoing experiment…”
- Winnipeg Free Press
Lead Sponsor: DJ Anderson
Co-sponsors: Karen Fleming and Kathryn Fleming | Tricia O’Malley and Ron Hikel Dr. Lee Myers
This production is a presentation of the world premiere, which was co-produced by Prairie Theatre Exchange and Shakespeare in the Ruins in 2023.
You remember Pandora, right?
She who opened the box, unleashed all the evils of mankind … that whole thing?
Well, she’s really sorry. But the more questions Pandora asks, the more she learns about the actual nature of the universe, quantum entanglement and all. As the worlds collide, the strangest things begin to connect across space and time …
November 5 - 16 | Opens November 7
Pandora
WRITTEN BY Jessica B. Hill
DIRECTED BY Rodrigo Beilfuss
CAST
PANDORA: Jessica B. Hill
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Beilfuss
DESIGNER: jaymez
STAGE MANAGER: Elizabeth McDermott
Lead Sponsor: Frances O’Malley
Co-sponsors: Wills and Prior | Relic Lobby Bar Bettianne Hedges, BA, Broker, Sotheby’s International Realty
Dramatic comedy
Flora, desperate to become pregnant, travels to her homeland of Sweden to undergo an alternative fertility treatment “guaranteed to reproduce.” As a result of this procedure, a surprising and dangerous transformation occurs, throwing everything Flora thought she knew about herself and the world into question.
By turns funny and moving, Reproduktion examines the ancient imperative to procreate, and how to find meaning in our lives when that primal call goes unanswered.
CAST
NURSE SVOBODA: Maggie Huculak
FLORA: Fiona Mongillo
NEIL: Tyrone Savage
DR. KULT: Rylan Wilkie
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Marie Farsi
SET/COSTUME: Patricia Reilly
LIGHTING: Louise Guinand
SOUND: Adam Campbell
PROJECTION: Jonah Luscombe
November 19 - 30 | Opens November 21 Reproducktion is
Reproduktion
WRITTEN BY Amy Rutherford
DIRECTED BY Marie Farsi
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Aidan Ware
STAGE MANAGER: Renate Hanson
Lead Sponsor: Perth County Inn
Co-sponsor: Jim Cressman | Deanna Horton | The Three Houses Inn
The Reindeer Play was commissioned, developed and first produced by Here For Now Theatre Company in 2025.
Christmas Comedy
Twelve-year-old Ruby lives on a Perth County dairy farm with her single dad Dave. When an unruly reindeer appears in their barn one December day, it sets Ruby on a path to uncover family secrets, play holiday matchmaker, and save Christmas, 1989!
A world premiere from one of Canada’s most popular playwrights, Ruby and the Reindeer is a family-friendly holiday show set right in our own backyard.
Best suited for those age 10 and older.
“A newborn reindeer? And I’m the midwife?! This is gonna be the best Christmas ever!”
December 10 - 24 | Opens December 12
CAST
ADULT RUBY: Maev Beaty
WRITTEN BY Mark Crawford DIRECTED BY Irene Poole World Premiere
Ruby and the Reindeer
GERALD: Benedict Campbell
RUBY: Tabitha Campbell
KATHY: Ijeoma Emesowum
DAVE: Gordon Miller
CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTOR: Irene Poole
SET/COSTUME: Francesca Callow
LIGHTING: Louise Guinand
SOUND: Verne Good
STAGE MANAGER: Bona Duncan
The Reindeer Play is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca
2025 Winter Season Calendar
Ticket Information
SINGLE TICKET PRICES
We keep our tickets affordable and accessible, because we want you to feel comfortable and welcome in our theatre, no matter your age or income bracket!
Regular shows:
$32.50+tax
Previews (marked “P” in calendar): $25.00+tax
WAYS TO SAVE
Under-29 Discount:
Arts-Worker Discount:
Patrons under 29 save 15% on single tickets. Proof of eligibility will be required at the box office.
Professional theatre artists save 15% on single tickets. Proof of eligibility will be required at the box office.
Pay-what-you-can Thursdays: A limited number of PWYC tickets are available at the door for any Thursday performance. First come, first served.
ALL SEATS ARE GENERAL ADMISSION
HOW TO ORDER
Order online any time at herefornowtheatre.com
For more information or to order by phone, call Box Office: 519-272-4368
Exchange/Refund Policy
Please call our box office or email boxoffice@herefornowtheatre.com with the date and time of the tickets you wish to exchange, along with the performance you’d like to choose instead.
Such requests can only be accepted up to 24 hours prior to performance time of the tickets you are holding. Thank you for understanding.
Audience Information
VENUE/ACCESSIBILITY
Our theatre is at 24 St. Andrew Street, Stratford, Ontario.
The performance space seats 58, and is fully accessible. Public areas include a cozy lobby with a small bar, and two all-gender washrooms. One of these is fully accessible.
Doors open 30 minutes before show time.
The Pazzo Bar is open before each performance, during Talkbacks, and after opening-night performances. You are welcome to take your drinks into the theatre.
“Will call” tickets may be picked up at the bar.
PARKING
A limited number of metered parking spaces sit directly in front of the theatre. Further metered parking is available on Ontario Street, with paid lots on York Street, Erie Street, and at the corner of St. Patrick and Church Streets. Most locations are a 5-10 minute walk from the theatre.
Some free street parking exists in the neighbourhood, but please pay attention to signs as it is not permitted on all streets.
Metering is enforced by the City of Stratford until 6 p.m. The meters take quarters, loonies and toonies, or you may download the Hot Spot Parking app and use your credit card.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge that our theatre stands on the traditional territory of the Anishnabek, Haudenosaunee, and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples. We recognize the enduring presence and deep artistic traditions of Indigenous communities in this space and across Turtle Island.
As storytellers, we honour the generations of knowledge keepers, artists, and caretakers who have shaped this land’s history. We commit to listening, learning, and building meaningful relationships as we share and celebrate the power of theatre, and invite you to do the same.
Maev Beaty
“Adult Ruby,” Ruby and the Reindeer
Maev is thrilled to join Here for Now’s illustrious list of actors, having played theatres across Turtle Island e.g.
Soulpepper, Canadian Stage, Tarragon, LaMama in NYC, and nine seasons at the Stratford Festival - most recently with Irene in Ransacking Troy. She has starred in many classics and has originated roles in more than two dozen Canadian premieres: Hannah Moscovitch’s Bunny, Michael Healey’s Proud, Kate Hennig’s The Last Wife, and her co-creation Secret Life of a Mother, and is a multiple Dora Award winner and 14-time nominee. Films: Mouthpiece (Patricia Rozema); Beau is Afraid (Ari Aster), Dream Scenario (Kristoffer Borgli) and Black Phone 2 (Scott Derrickson).
Benedict Campbell
“Gerald,” Ruby and the Reindeer
Ben returned to his native Stratford in 2018. Most of his professional life has been in theatre with the odd foray into film and television, this being his 50th year as a professional actor. Half of his acting life has been part of an ‘acting company’, playing leading roles at the Shaw Festival (14 seasons), Stratford Festival (11 seasons), National Arts Centre (4 seasons). There’s a long list of Toronto shows and many appearances right across the country in many varying roles including shows close to Stratford with Drayton Entertainment (Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men and On Golden Pond).
Tabitha Campbell
“Ruby,” Ruby and the Reindeer
Tabitha is very excited to be making her Here for Now debut. Previous theatre credits include Child Future in What If If Only (Stratford Festival DWP), Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables (Kiwanis), and Lady Blanche in Robin Hood and the Queen’s Spy (Playmakers.) Tabitha lives in Stratford with her mom, dad, brother and dog. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everybody!
Ijeoma Ewesowum
“Kathy,” Ruby and the Reindeer
Based in Stratford since 2014, Ijeoma has appeared in over 30 productions between The Stratford Festival and The Shaw Festival. This summer she can be seen in the premier production of Ransacking Troy at the Stratford Festival. Other past productions include A Christmas Carol (Theatre New Brunswick), The Aftermath (Nightwood), Romeo & Juliet (Spontaneous Theatre), Host of Showstarters (STRATFEST@ home). As always, love and gratitude to my love J and the ones who made me a mama, Z and S.
Jessica B. Hill
“Pandora,” Pandora
Acting @ Stratford Festival: Merteuil, Dangerous Liaisons; Elinor, Sense and Sensibility; Phoebe, As You Like It; Viola, Twelfth Night; Helen, All’s Well That Ends Well; Lady Anne, Richard III.
Playwriting: The Dark Lady (SIR-SotS), (Lunchbox Theatre-The Shakespeare Company), (Synchronicity Theatre, Atlanta GA), (Staged reading with Red Bull Theatre, NYC). The Dark Lady has won six awards across three provinces. Pandora first premiered at PTE in 2023, a coproduction with SIR. First drafts of both The Dark Lady and Pandora were originally commissioned for staged readings by Here for Now Theatre. Jessica is currently playwrightin-residence with Necessary Angel Theatre in Toronto. She teaches Chekhov at the National Theatre School. Instagram: @jessicabhill
Maggie Huculak
“Nurse Svoboda,” Reproduktion
Maggie Huculak has performed on Canadian stages for 45 years. Cherished artistic collaborations include Necessary Angel (with Canadian writers Michael Ondaatje, Colleen Murphy and John Mighton/ directors Richard Rose and Daniel Brooks), the late, great Theatre Columbus (Martha Ross/Leah Cherniak), Soulpepper Theatre, Quote Unquote Collective, and Globe Theatre. She’s premiered scores of Canadian plays, and is the coauthor of five collectively created plays produced in Toronto: Mein, Hysterica, The Betrayal, Lonely Nights and Other Stories, and Now You See Her (published by Coach House Press). She’s worked extensively in film, television, radio and audiobooks, and was the sole narrator of the epic CBC documentary series Canada: A People’s History. Maggie is a seven-time Dora Award nominee and is the recipient of a Dora Award for Mein and a Chalmers Award for The Betrayal
Gordon Miller
“Dave,” Ruby and the Reindeer
Gordon is thrilled to be making his Here For Now debut in this beautiful new space with this incredible team of artists, especially for the holiday season.
A graduate of the National Theatre School, the Birmingham Conservatory (David Latham) and a member of the Stratford Festival’s acting company for 15 seasons, Gordon is grateful to be a part of this community.
Select credits: Grand Magic, Hedda Gabler, Othello, Merry Wives of Windsor, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bakkhai, Timon of Athens, Fargo, and BOTS.
Thank you for coming to the theatre and I wish you all of the very best this holiday season!
Fiona Mongillo
“Flora,” Reproduktion
Fiona is the Founding Artistic Director of Here For Now Theatre Company (HFN). Selected credits include The Farm Show: Then & Now and Resort to Murder at The Blyth Festival, the Canadian Premiere of Girls & Boys as part of the HFN 2022 season and the Crow’s Theatre 2023 season, Angelina in Whack! (HFN), Senta von Schrader in Framed (Lighthouse), Louise in The Enchantment (HERE Arts, NYC); Bessie in The Young Ladies of Baddeck (Theatre Baddeck); Rose in Eigengrau, and Elisabeth in Laundry and Bourbon (HFN). Selected Film Credits: Constance Weatherly/Madeline Tomkins in Murdoch Mysteries (CBC); Donald’s Secretary in The Apprentice (Ali Abbasi/Apprentice Productions).
Directing: Post Alice (HFN). Training: BFA in Acting, UBC; MA in Classical Acting, LAMDA. Awards: 2022 Best Actress in a Play (Ontario Stage).
“Neil,” Reproduktion
This is Tyrone’s Here for Now debut. Recent credits: Much Ado, Sherlock Holmes (St Lawrence Shakespeare Fest) Halfway There (Drayton) Fifteen Dogs (Mirvish/Crow’s/NAC), Cymbeline; The Diviners (Stratford). Elsewhere: Nine seasons at the Stratford Festival in productions including Love’s Labour’s Lost, Hamlet, Death and the King’s Horseman, Grand Magic, Richard II, School for Scandal, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and The Grapes of Wrath. His work has taken him to theatres across the country from St John’s to Vancouver, including roles at The Arts Club, The Mayfield Theatre and Neptune. Film/TV: Law and Order, Reign, Hallmark, Wind at my Back. Voice: Caillou, Redwall, Assassin’s Creed, Immortals: Phoenix Rising. Tyrone is a proud dog dad and gardener, and dedicates this production to the memory of his mentor Marti Maraden.
Rylan Wilkie
“Dr. Kult,” Reproduktion
Rylan has performed at theatre companies across Canada for the past two decades and has been in the Stratford Festival acting company since 2014. Recent theatre credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Canadian Stage), The Art of War, London Assurance, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Crucible, Timon of Athens and Shakespeare in Love; La Bete (Talk is Free Theatre), Lion in Winter (Grand Theatre), East of Berlin, The December Man (ATP), Beyond the Farm Show (Blyth), Enron (Theatre Calgary), Macbeth (Caravan Farm), A Doll’s House (Globe Theatre), Three Tall Women (RMTC). Film/TV credits include Law and Order: Toronto, Murdoch Mysteries, Wilfrid, The Secret of the Nutcracker. He won a Betty Mitchell award for his portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent in Brixton and he was the recipient of the John Hirsch Award at the Stratford Festival Guthrie Awards. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and the University of Manitoba.
Creative Team
Rodrigo Beilfuss Director, Pandora
Rodrigo Beilfuss is a theatre director, actor, and educator. Since 2019, he has been the Artistic Director of Winnipeg’s Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR). Former member of the Stratford Festival (2015-2019), Rodrigo has trained at the University of Winnipeg, the Birmingham Conservatory, and LAMDA in the UK. He has participated in over 20 Shakespeare productions and dozens of premieres of brand-new Canadian works, and he is a graduate of Stratford’s Michael Langham Workshop in Directing. Rodrigo has taught at Canada’s National Theatre School and has led workshops across Canada, in the US, and in his native Brazil. His work focuses on language as a sonic and sensual experience, with a passion for translations and cultural adaptations.
Francesca Callow Set and Costume Design, Ruby and the Reindeer
Francesca has spent 18 years working as a design assistant and designer at the Stratford Festival, including her work as designer on London Assurance, Grand Magic, Twelfth Night (costume); Richard III, Three Tall Women, Birds of a Kind, Henry VIII, Oscar Remembered (set and costume); and Three Musketeers (set). Elsewhere: Francesca has worked as a designer and design assistant in Canada, the U.S. and U.K. While working in England as an art director for film and television (BBC/Channel 4), she also studied Architectural History at Oxford University and Historic Conservation at Oxford Brookes University. She has worked for English Heritage, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (founded by William Morris), and for Condé Nast at The World of Interiors magazine.
Adam Campbell Sound Designer, Reproduktion
Adam Campbell is a Dora-nominated composer, sound designer and musician. Originally from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Adam has worked as sound designer/composer with Stratford Festival, Blyth Festival, Human Body Expression, Tarragon Theatre, Here For Now Theatre, Edmonton Opera, Capitol Theatre and more. Adam has toured and performed throughout North America as a percussionist with TorQ Percussion Quartet and Ladom Ensemble, and regularly plays in the pit for musical theatre productions with companies such as Mirvish Productions and Stratford Festival. In 2019, Adam released his debut solo singer-songwriter album, Guess I’m A People Too, featuring a mix of folk, rock and 90’s-tinged original music. Adam currently lives in Stratford, Ontario, with his wife Alice and their cats Ninja and Nazca.
Mark Crawford Playwright, Ruby and the Reindeer
One of Canada’s most popular playwrights, Mark has had his work produced across the country and internationally. He is the author of Stag and Doe; Bed and Breakfast; The Birds and the Bees; Boys, Girls, and Other Mythological Creatures; The New Canadian Curling Club; Chase the Ace; The Gig; and The Golden Anniversaries. Several of these titles are published by Scirocco Drama. Also an actor, Mark has performed at theatres from coast to coast. Up next, The Golden Anniversaries runs at the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver and on tour around BC. Mark grew up on his family’s farm near Glencoe, and now lives here in Stratford. www.markcrawfordplays.com
Creative Team
Bona Duncan
Stage Manager, Ruby and the Reindeer
Bona has stage managed in many venues across the country including 25 seasons at the Stratford Festival. She is very pleased to stage manage at Here For Now with a wonderful company on a lovely play. This is what dreams are made of!
Bona holds a B.A. from Bishop’s University and is a graduate of the Technical Production Programme at the National Theatre School of Canada.
Marie Farsi Director, Reproduktion
Marie Farsi is a boundary-pushing director and theatre maker recognized for her bold visual language and inventive interpretations of text. Deeply committed to the creation of new work, she has become a soughtafter collaborator for some of Canada’s most dynamic theatre companies, including Crow’s Theatre, Canadian Stage, the Segal Centre, Tarragon Theatre, Musical Stage Company, YES Theatre, and Théâtre La Seizième, among others. Her recent adaptation and direction of Fifteen Dogs, based on André Alexis’ acclaimed novel, drew critical praise for its theatrical ambition and emotional depth, playing to soldout houses at Crow’s, the Segal Centre, Mirvish Productions, and the NAC. More at mariefarsi.com
Verne Good (she/her)
Sound Designer, Ruby and the Reindeer
Previously at Here For Now: Forget About Tomorrow. Other theatre: 12th Night, Othello, Pericles, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julius Caesar, Long Day’s Journey Into Night (Stratford); Fully Committed, The Mountaintop, Art, Honour Beat (The Grand); Birds of a Feather, Ladies and Gentlemen Boys and Girls, In This World (Roseneath); New Canadian Curling Club, Pigeon King (Blyth); The Normal Heart (Studio 180); The Other Side of the Game (Cahoots); 39 Steps [Dora Nomination] (Soulpepper); Free as Injuns (Native Earth); The Virgin Trial (GCTC); Was Spring, Communion (Tarragon); Bingo, Bang Bang (Factory); Up The Garden Path (Obsidian).
Film/TV: Stratford Festival’s 2019 production of Othello, broadcast on CBC-TV. Training: Bishop’s University, National Theatre School.
Louise Guinand
Lighting, Reproduktion, Ruby and the Reindeer
Louise Guinand has designed lighting for over 600 shows. Her work has been seen on stages across Canada. She delights in the everchanging nature of the theatre and the discoveries every new space and production brings.
Louise is pleased to be part of Here For Now’s first indoor season in a brand new theatre.
Renate Hanson Stage Manager, Reproduktion
Renate is from Montreal where she attended National Theatre School. She started in dance and circus before nestling into theatre arts where she has worked with Mirvish Productions, National Arts Centre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Manitoba Opera, Rainbow Stage, Theatre Calgary, Richmond Gateway Theatre, Le Théâtre Français de Toronto, Stratford Festival, Neptune Theatre, Grand Theatre and Blyth Festival. Along the way she discovered the exceptional work of taking care of people’s stories and now landing at Here For Now Theatre. Quelle cadeau.
jaymez Designer, Pandora
With a diverse background in visual art, dance, theatre, opera, and music, jaymez brings a unique and multifaceted approach to design, refined over two decades of professional practice. He has worked as a production designer, crafting dozens of lighting, video, and sound designs for a wide array of directors, choreographers, artists, and musicians. His artwork and designs have garnered international recognition across multiple continents, and two Winnipeg Theatre Awards back home. Currently based in Winnipeg, he is a proud member and sits on the board of IATSE Local ADC659. jaymez is excited to be returning to Stratford! Website: ifitmoves.net
Jonah Luscombe
Projection Designer, Reproduktion
Jonah has a deep background in technical video production working in professional theatre, concerts, large corporate events and broadcast studios. Recent work on theatrical productions includes McNeal (Lincoln Center Theater), Beaches The Musical (Theatre Calgary), Super Freak: The Rick James Story (USA Tour), and VIZION by Cirque Du Soleil (Jeddah).
Elizabeth McDermott Stage Manager, Pandora
Elizabeth is very pleased to be joining Here for Now Theatre this season! Twelve seasons with the Stratford Festival. Elsewhere (selected): King Lear, Twelfth Night (SiHP); A City, Divisadero (Necessary Angel); Cracked: new light on dementia (UW/Collective Disruption); Comfort (Red Snow Collective); The Road to Paradise, Night (Human Cargo); Miracle on 34th Street (STC); Bella (HGJTC); Anne of Green Gables, Canada Rocks! (Charlottetown); Falling: A Wake (Blyth); The Barber of Seville (Soulpepper); Binti’s Journey, Head à Tête, Old Man and the River (Theatre Direct); Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath).
Creative Team
Irene Poole
Director, Ruby and the Reindeer
Irene Poole has worked across the country in film and television and has spent 12 seasons at the Stratford Festival, playing leading roles in Ransacking Troy, The Diviners, Cymbeline, Les Belles Sœurs, Little Women, Henry Vlll, Julius Caesar, To Kill A Mockingbird, Mother’s Daughter, Breath of Kings, The Little Years, Three Sisters, and The Taming of the Shrew. Her time at the Festival has also led her to teaching, and moderating events for the Meighen Forum.
In Toronto she directed David Mamet’s Romance at CanStage for Brou Haha, and is the recipient of three Dora Mavor Moore awards for Outstanding Performance in The Little Years (Tarragon), The Leisure Society (Factory), and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Birdland Productions); as well as Dora nominations for How Do I Love Thee (Canadian Rep) and Happy Place (Soulpepper).
Irene has been dreaming of creating a Christmas show in Stratford for several years, and is beyond grateful to Here For Now and Mark Crawford for Ruby and the Reindeer.
Patricia Reilly Set/Costume Designer, Reproduktion
Patricia Reilly (she/her) is an Ontario-born, B.C. and Albertaraised theatre artist. Patricia holds theatre art degrees from Red Deer College, the University of Victoria, and the University of the Arts, London. Past work includes costume designs for The Art of War at the Stratford Festival, and Chemainus Theatre Festival’s winter production of Elf: The Musical Reproduktion is Patricia’s third production with Here For Now, and her first in the new indoor venue! Online at www.patriciareilly.com
Amy Rutherford
Playwright, Reproduktion
Since graduating from The National Theatre School of Canada and Stratford’s Birmingham Conservatory, Amy has worked in theatre, film, and television with some of Canada’s leading directors and playwrights.
Playwriting Credits include: The Public Servant (The Great Canadian Theatre Company, Nightwood, Canstage) and Mortified (Studio 58, Touchstone Theatre) which won The Playwright Guild of Canada’s Carol Bolt Award in 2019. Amy is also a celebrated performer. Recently she performed in Heidi Shrek’s Pulitzer-Prize nominated play What the Constitution Means to Me and reprised her award-winning turn as Blanche Dubois in Soulpepper’s production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Aiden Ware
Technical Director, Reproduktion
Aidan Ware is a technical director and lighting designer from Calgary, Alberta. After obtaining a BFA in technical theatre from the University of Alberta and completing an intensive 18-month lighting practicum at the Banff Centre, Aidan relocated to Toronto. There his expertise in integrating new technologies into live performance has led to collaborations with creative houses such as Solotech, Moment Factory, Carbon Arc Projects, and Level Productions. Aidan was the Assistant Technical Director at Canadian Stage for multiple seasons before becoming the Director of Production for Fall for Dance North. Currently, Aidan is heavily involved in the design and implementation of a new cutting-edge space for the BMO Lab at the University of Toronto. This lab provides artists with stateof-the-art resources, such as motioncapture, interactive video and lighting systems, and other AI-driven tools to push the boundaries of theatrical expression. Upcoming projects include Rick Miller’s BOOM Trilogy (Technical Director/Lighting Designer), HANS: My Life In Fairytales (Technical Director/Lighting Designer), and MONEY (Technical Director/Lighting Designer).
aidanware.ca | @aidanware
Corporate Sponsorship
Corporate support is essential to a strong theatre ecosystem
Thank you to our generous donors and sponsors
Government Partner
($30,000)
A program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation
Winter Season Development Partner
Winter Season Business Sponsors
Perth County Inn
Relic Lobby Bar
The Three Houses
Wills & Prior
Tech Sponsors
Horizon Solutions
2025 Business Sponsors
Government of Canada
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Tourism Growth Program
Building Sponsors
Government of Ontario Rural Economic Development Fund
Perth County Inn
Thank you
to our amazing donor family!
Here For Now Theatre simply wouldn’t exist without these kind, generous souls. Every one of you is precious. Thank you.
2025 WINTER SEASON SUPPORTERS 2025 SUMMER SEASON SUPPORTERS
Foundation Sponsor ($15,000)
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
Lead Production Sponsors ($3,000 to $9,999)
DJ Anderson | Frances O’Malley
Perth County Inn
Season Sponsors ($10,000)
Destination Stratford
Production Co-Sponsors ($1,500 to $2,999)
Bettianne Hedges, BA, Broker, Sotheby’s International Realty
Jim Cressman | Deanna Horton
Relic Lobby Bar
Karen Fleming and Kathryn Fleming
Tricia O’Malley and Ron Hikel
Dr. Lee Myers
The Three Houses | Wills & Prior
Technical Equipment Sponsors ($10,000)
Robert Lott & Dr. Anne Robinson
Lead Sponsors ($3,000) Pazzo Co.
Paulie Leslie Toner
Dr. Patrick Smith & Peter Coleridge
Robert Lott & Dr. Anne Robinson
Co - Sponsors ($1,500 to $2,500)
Karen Fleming & Kathryn Fleming
Lucille Roch
Jean Anne McLeod & David Stones
Ann Stasiuk & Rick Matthews
Lee Myers
Kim & Dave Thompson
REGULAR SEASON SUPPORTERS ($50 TO $1,499)
Karen and Andy Abrams
Lois Adamson
Jeff Atchison
Lynn Atkin-Phillips
Ms. Carolyn Atkin-Phillips
Amanda Barker
Carolynn Bart-Riedstra
Tom & Jo Belton
Claire Bickley
Laurie Blackley
Ted and Michele Boniface
Mandy Cole and Walter Buckle
Wendy Buckner
Jo-Dee Burbach
Cousin Susan
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Brenda Cameron Couch
Benedict Campbell
Guy Chadsey
Elizabeth and Steve Cooper
Jane Cowan
Jim Cressman
L&R Cuthbert
Gary & Linda De Kock
Ms. Paula Deering
Patrick Donohue
Marian Doucette
Paul and Phyllis Farrell
Barbara Fingerote
Grant Fleming &
Jacques Webster
Susan Fox
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Laurie Giles
John and Susan Goddard
Mr. John Gray
Barbara Green
Susan Green
James Grimaldi
Catherine Hardwick
Natalie Hayward
Mr. & Mrs. Barb Ann Hebert
Maureen Henderson
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Mark Hertzberger
Jean Hillen
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Martin Jacobs
Marthe Jocelyn
David Jones
Leslie Jost
S.Hunt & R. Kirk
Carol & Jim @ Murray & Cathy
Rosemary Kropf
Janet and Bill L’Heureux
Margaret Lamb
Erin Lawson
David and Jennifer Leaney
Stuart Lender
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Gerry and Kay Love
Linda MacDonald & Thomas Gray
Vivian Macdonald
R. A. MacInnes
Anna MacKay-Smith
Kimberley MacKenzie and Robert McGeachy
Kamryn Marck
Ms. Heather Anne Martin
Neil & Judy Matheson
Sheena Matheson
Jackie Maxwell
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REGULAR SEASON SUPPORTERS ($50
TO $1,499) CONTINUED
Kandice McKee
Seana McKenna C.M.
Beverley Meyer
Lu Anne Million-Kelly
Scott and Kelly Morrison
Bruce Murray
David Nairn
Robert Nally
Amanda and Geoffrey Nawn
Alison Noble
April & Kevin Turner
Leanne Perreault
Laura Pogson
Miss Nora Polley
Nora Polley
Chris J Price
David Prosser & Barbara
Dunn-Prosser
2 Slugs
Ms Katharine Rajczak
Dyanne Ratner
Judy Reynolds
Margaret Riggin
Carol Ritchie
Steven Ross
Heidi Sander
Sonia and Paul Parlee
Yva Santini
Dawn Marie Schlegel
Andishe Sedig
Kim Shuit
Cheryl & Paul Simpson
Donna & Jim Simpson
Jim & Donna Simpson
Paul Simpson
Lynn Slotkin
Dr Patrick Smith & Peter Coleridge
Megan Smith-Harris
Maria Soulis
Apollonia Steele
Andrea and Norm Steinhauser
Bonnie Steinman
Bonnie Steinman
… and the many lovely people who choose to remain anonymous.
Christine Teeple
Kimberly A Thompson
Josephine Timmerman
Douglas Tindal
Andrew Torres
Ms. Grace Untucht
Virginia and Rick Walker
David Walther
Jane Watson
Andy Werner/ Barb Hoyle Werner
Heather Wolf
Doug Woods
Gerald Wootton
Richard and Susan Young
The Youngs
In
Honour
Lutzen H. Riedstra
Marlene Marleau
Willow Robin Hanley
* If you’ve shared a gift with us after Aug 19th 2025, our print deadline will have passed before your name could be included. Please know you are every bit as cherished as our other angels, and we will definitely mention you on our website.
ROSE MCQUEEN STAGE SUPPORTERS
Government Partners
Government of Canada
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
Tourism Growth Program
Government of Ontario Rural Economic Development Fund
Naming Sponsors
The Rose McQueen Stage: Our performance space has been named after a long-unsung pioneer of Stratford’s cultural and theatrical heritage, Miss Rose McQueen.
Many thanks to Laura Dinner and Richard Rooney for their vision and generosity in making this possible.
You can read more about Rose McQueen on our website.
Technical Equipment Sponsor: Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson
Sylvia Chrominska (The Sylvia Chrominska Lobby)
Pazzo Company (The Pazzo Bar)
DJ Anderson (The DJ Anderson Greenroom)
Hunter Agnew (The Hunter Agnew Vestibule)
Deanna Horton (The Lily Delina Stinson Ghostlight)
ROSE MCQUEEN STAGE SUPPORTERS
Super Star Supporters
($15,000)
Larry Beare
The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation
Janet and Bill L’Heureux
Robert Lott and Dr. Anne Robinson
Orr Insurance & Investment
Ann Marie Stasiuk and Rick Matthews
Beverley and Doug Valentine
In Honour
Philip Edwards
Dawn Mongillo
Arthur and Joan O’Malley
Founding Star Supporters
($3,000)
Andy and Karen Abrams
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario: Stratford-Perth County Branch
Karen Fleming & Kathryn Fleming
Katie Ford and Laura de Carteret
Kim Foster and Kevin Gormley (The Old Rectory)
Thomas Gray and Linda MacDonald
Deanna Horton
Arlene Jillard
Eleanor Kane
Kimberley MacKenzie and Robert McGeachy
The Maranger Family
Susan Moffat
Lee Myers
Roy Norton
Frances O’Malley
Perth Community Futures
Development Corporation
Perth County Inn
Mark C. Russom
Martie and Bob Sachs
Daniel Shoag
Dr. Patrick Smith and Peter Coleridge
SRM Architects
Kim and Dave Thompson
Paulie Toner
Edith and Marcel Van Hulle
Chip and Barb Vallis
Jeremy and Carrie Wreford –
Bradshaws
Mark Yakabuski
In Memory
Margaret and Brian Reid
Bob Harris
Gail Tolley
Audience Chair Supporters
($250)
DJ Anderson
Carolyn Atkin-Phillips
Elin and Barry Becker
Martine Becu
Suzanne Bennett & Ralph Small
Peter Berkeley
Claire Bickley
Clare Booker
Mandy and Walter Buckle
Guy Chadsey
William Chapin-Melady and Vanessa Chapin-Melady
Peter Coleridge
David DeVeau
Rosemary Dunsmore
Verne Good
Lynn and Robert Gould
Sandra Graff
Thomas Gray and Linda MacDonald
A. A. & T. Grice
Kate Hennig
Ron Hikel
Warren Holmes
Sarah Hunt
Darlene Irwin
Kelly & Phil Iver
Arlene Jillard
Marthe Joceyln
Bob Kirk
Stuart Lender
David James Lester and Uku Vastopä
Christie A Lewis
James MacDougall
Stephen and Carol MacDougall
Philip McCabe
Yanna McIntosh
Anne Melady
Kelly Monaghan
Louise Morfitt Hall
Jay Mowat
Tricia O’Malley
Paul Parlee and Sonia Sanio-Parlee
Nora Polley
David Prosser and Barbara Dunn-Prosser
Margaret Riggin
Lucille Roch
Martin Rohn
Steve Ross
Howard and Rachelle Shubert
Karen Scales
Dr. Patrick Smith
Lauren Snell
Dr. Thomas Verny
Lynn and Bill Whittemore
Bruce G Wilkinson
In Memory
Jerry Doiron
Sally Monaghan
Susanne O’Higgins
Other Special
Friends ($50 - $249)
Marion Adler and Scott Wentworth
Dariel Bateman
Angela Brayham and Phil Bigelow
Mandy and Walter Buckle
Elizabeth Chandler
Ann Fairhurst and Mark Cipra
Anne and Fabrizio Fontana
Bob Hanke
Gary and Brenda Horst
Archie and Jean Hunter
Philip D Kerr
Dianne Leighton Mummery
James MacDougall
Dyanne Ratner
Katherine Seredynska
Christine St. Lawrence
Apollonia Steele
Ann and Ross Stuart
Lyman and Deana Welch
In
Honour
Dariel Bateman
Would you like to be part of this?
Easy. We have the world’s best donors!
HFN simply wouldn’t exist without the kindness and generosity of our sponsors and donors.
They lifted us up when we were just a few crazy actors performing under a tree during a pandemic. And they continue to support us to this day.
Words fail to express how grateful we are. Obviously we need financial support. But these gifts provide something else that’s just as important.
When you support us, you tell us loud and clear that you believe in what we’re doing. And that you value the place of independent art in your community.
If this sounds like you, please get in touch.
Season Sponsor
$10,000
Production Lead Sponsor
$3,000 - $9,999
Production Co-Sponsor
$1,500 - $2,999
Regular Season Supporters
$50 - $1,499
Special perks include private dinners with our Artistic Director, season artwork prints, public recognition (or not, if you prefer to remain anonymous), complimentary tickets, charitable tax receipts, and more.
But we know most of you don’t do this for the perks. You do it because you love theatre and find something of value in our work. Which is why every gift receives our undying gratitude. ❤
For more information, or to make your gift, contact Joanne Wallace at joanne@herefornowtheatre.com.