Annoucing Nightwood’s 2025-26 Season

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17th, 2025 ANNOUNCING NIGHTWOOD THEATRE’S 2025-26 SEASON (Toronto)—Nightwood Theatre is proud to announce its 2025-26 season. For our 46th season as Canada’s preeminent feminist theatre company we have curated an electric lineup that bravely and playfully examine politics, persistence, and progress. This season offers two stellar productions from creative collaboration with …

Annie: the 16th Annal Lawyer Show

Nightwood Theatre presents the 16th annual Lawyer Show Annie Book by Thomas MeehanLyrics by Charles StrouseMusic by Martin CharninOriginal Broadway Production Directed by Martin CharninBased on “Little Orphan Annie”® By Permission of Tribune Content Agency, LLCat the Jane Mallett Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the ArtsJune 5–7, 2025 (Toronto, ON)—Nightwood Theatre is proud to be …

Announcing the 2025 OAC RGTC Recipients!

Every year we are thrilled to be take part in the Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grants for Theatre Creators program to cheers on artists from our community as they craft their future plays! This year we were honoured to recommend: Anahita Dehbonehie Alexandra Simpson and Morgan Brie Johnson of Animacy Theatre Collective breton lalama Diana …

Meet the 2025 WFTH Playwrights!

This new year we are delighted to announce our new 2025 Write From The Hip cohort! Please meet: Beck Lloyd Mason McDonald Tanvi Vyas Renée Wong Brianna Wright We are so excited to be working with them this year with the generous support of  RBC Emerging Artists. Stay tuned to hear their pieces at Groundswell in …

Meet the Team Behind WFTH 2025!

We have been so honoured to have Keshia Palm with us this past year leading Write From The Hip as our Interim Program Director. They brilliantly stepped up to cover the maternity leave of Intisar Awisse who will be coming in as our new 2025 WFTH Program Director! By her side we are pleased to …

Meet the first-ever Nightwood Shadows!

We are proud to announce our first-ever cohort of the Nightwood Shadow Residencies! This group of artists will each undergo a placement in their area of interest within a Nightwood production or within our staff. Throughout the season, they will get hands-on experiences, one-on-one mentorship, and access to Nightwood ongoings. Please welcome our shadows and …

Photo of Isa Chiu

Our Team is Growing: Meet Isa!

It is out pleasure to announce the newest member of our team, Isa Chiu! Isa Chiu (she/her) is a HongKongese actor, multi-disciplinary artist, creator, writer and social media marketing specialist with experience performing in theatre, film and television. Having just moved to Toronto to pursue an acting career, she was Marketing Coordinator for SummerWorks 2024 …