The Canadian Stage Company is based in Toronto, and is Canada's third-largest not-for-profit contemporary theatre company. Founded in 1987 with the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre, Canadian Stage is dedicated to programming international contemporary theatre and to developing and producing Canadian works.
, the following is a chronological list of the productions which have been staged as part of Canadian Stage since its inception.
1987–1988 Glengarry Glen Ross – by David Mamet B-Movie, the play – by Nothing Sacred – by George F. Walker Jitters – by David French The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
1988–1989 Woyzeck – by Georg Büchner A Map of the World – by David Hare Donut City – by Douglas Rodger Odd Jobs – by Frank Moher Hunting Cockroaches – by Janusz Glowacki The Threepenny Opera – by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill 1949 – by David French Yesteryear – by Joanna McClelland Glass The Bourgeois Gentlemen – by Molière What the Butler Saw – by Joe Orton Incognito Blood Brothers – by Willy Russell Kiss of the Spider Woman – by Manuel Puig Valentine Brown – by Susan Cox
1989–1990 Our Country's Good – by Timberlake Wertenbaker The Trial of Judith K. – by Sally Clark The Show-Off – by George Kelly The Legend of Avro Arrow – by Clinton Bomphrey Fire – by Paul Ledoux and David Young Breaking the Code – by Hugh Whitemore The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare I.D. – by Antony Sher Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) – by Ann-Marie MacDonald Almost A Comedy The Invention of Poetry – by Paul Quarrington The Recruiting Officer – by George Farquhar
1990–1991 Divided We Stand Possible Worlds – by John Mighton Of the Fields, Lately – by David French Speed the Plow – by David Mamet The Passion of Narcisse – by Mondoux The Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde The Dreamland – by Raymond Storey and John Roby The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare La Maison Suspendue – by Michel Tremblay
1991–1992 Avant La Guerre A L'Anse a Gille – by Marie Laberge Suits – by Richard Green and Peter Wildman Awful Manors – by Ronnie Burkett Not Wanted on the Voyage – by Timothy Findley, adapted by D.D. Kugler and Richard Rose The Wingfield Trilogy – by Dan Needles Singer – by Peter Flannery To Grandmother's House We Go – by Joanna Glass Tartuffe – by Molière Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell As You Like It – by William Shakespeare
1992–1993 Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell Flowers – by Deb Porter Blue Dragons – by Gordon Armstrong The Queens – by Normand Chaurette Wingfield Trilogy – by Dan Needles Silver Dagger – by David French La Bete – by David Hirson Rat Bag – by Martha Ross and John Millard Fallen Angels – by Noël Coward Richard III – by William Shakespeare Edward IV – by William Shakespeare Henry VI – by William Shakespeare Hour Company – by Collective
1993–1994 Once on This Island – book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty Rough Crossing – by Tom Stoppard Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Death and the Maiden – by Ariel Dorfman Dancing at Lughnasa – by Brian Friel Homeward Bound – by Elliott Hayes If We Are Women – by Joanna McClelland Glass
1994–1995 Oleanna – by David Mamet The Wooden Hill – by Don Hannah Twelfth Night – by William Shakespeare Hay Fever – by Noël Coward Poor Superman – by Brad Fraser Six Degrees of Separation – by John Guare The Monument – by Colleen Wagner Transit of Venus – by Maureen Hunter Into the Woods – by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
1995–1996 Keely and Du – by Jane Martin Tinka's New Dress – by Ronnie Burkett Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - A Love Story – by James W. Nichol The Glorious 12th – by Raymond Storey Lips Together, Teeth Apart – by Terrence McNally A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare Hard Hearts – by Elliott Hayes Later Life – by A. R. Gurney A Little Night Music – lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
1996–1997 Arcadia – by Tom Stoppard Angels in America – by Tony Kushner Thirteen Hands – by Carol Shields Atlantis – by Maureen Hunter Private Lives – by Noël Coward Passion – by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
1997–1998 Trainspotting – by Irvine Welsh, adapted by Harry Gibson A Delicate Balance – by Edward Albee The House of Martin Guerre – by Leslie Arden Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare Harlem Duet – by Djanet Sears Molly Sweeney – by Brian Friel Wingfield Bound – by Dan Needles Claptrap – by
1998–1999 Mump and Smoot – by Michael Kennard and John Turner A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women – by Andrew Moodie Stone Angel – by Margaret Laurence How I Learned to Drive – by Paula Vogel Les Belles Souers – by Michel Tremblay Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare The Norbals – by Brian Drader Billy Bishop Goes to War – by John Gray and Eric Peterson
1999–2000 Heaven – by George F Walker Leslie Arden and Friends in Concert – by Leslie Arden Street of Blood – by Ronnie Burkett Communicating Doors – by Alan Ayckbourn Patience – by Jason Sherman The Beauty Queen of Leenane – by Martin McDonagh For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again – by Michel Tremblay The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling Rock 'n' Roll – by John Gray
2000–2001 Outrageous – by Brad Fraser and Joey Miller Hysteria – by Terry Johnson The Weir – by Conor McPherson Larry's Party – by Carol Shields, adapted by Richard Ouzounian and Marek Norman Happy – by Ronnie Burkett Wit – by Margaret Edson Closer – by Patrick Marber Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) – by Ann-Marie MacDonald The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
2001–2002 Habitat – by Judith Thompson Tillsonburg – by Malachy McKenna Picasso at Lapin Agile – by Steve Martin The Lonesome West – by Martin McDonagh Lost Boys – by R. H. Thompson The Edible Woman – novel by Margaret Atwood, adapted by Dave Carley Adam Baum and the Jew Movie – by Daniel Goldfarb Indian Ink – by Tom Stoppard The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
2002–2003 The Shape of Things – by Neil LaBute Proof – by David Auburn The Beard of Avon – by Amy Freed Sunday Father – by Adam Pettle Vinci – by Maureen Hunter Boy Gets Girl – by Rebecca Gilman Sweeney Todd – by Stephen Sondheim Rice Boy – by Sunil Kuruvilla A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2003–2004 Blue/Orange – by Joe Penhall Amadeus – by Peter Shaffer Cookin' at the Cookery – by Marion J. Caffey Provenance – by Ronnie Burkett Written on Water – by Michel Marc Bouchard The Syringa Tree – by Pélagie – by Vincent de Tourdonnet and Allen Cole The Last 5 Years – by Jason Robert Brown Urinetown – music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis Twelfth Night, or What You Will – by William Shakespeare The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling Mosley and Me – by Adam Pettle
2004–2005 Omnium Gatherum – by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros Vigil – by Morris Panych Side by Side by Sondheim – by Stephen Sondheim The Glass Menagerie – by Tennessee Williams Take Me Out – by Richard Greenberg Unless – by Carol Shields and Sara Cassidy My Mother's Feet – by Gina Wilkinson Ain't Misbehavin' – by Richard Maltby, Jr. Trying – by Joanna Glass As You Like It – by William Shakespeare
2005–2006 Habeas Corpus – by Alan Bennett The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? – by Edward Albee Crowns – by Regina Taylor Homechild – by Joan MacLeod A Number – by Caryl Churchill Letters From Lehrer – by Richard Greenblatt I Am My Own Wife – by Doug Wright Hair – book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, music by Galt MacDermot 10 Days on Earth – by Ronnie Burkett Much Ado About Nothing – by William Shakespeare
2006–2007 Of Mice and Men – by John Steinbeck The Story of My Life – music and lyrics by Neil Bartram, book by Brian Hill Glorious! – by Peter Quilter Half Life – by John Mighton What Lies Before Us – by Morris Panych The Overcoat – by Morris Panych and Wendy Gorling Lucy – by Damien Atkins The Rocky Horror Show – by Richard O'Brien The Comedy of Errors – by William Shakespeare
2007–2008 The Pillowman – by Martin McDonagh The Elephant Man – by Bernard Pomerance Little Shop of Horrors – by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken The Palace of the End – by Judith Thomson The Clean House – by Sarah Ruhl Fire – by Paul Ledoux and David Young Misery – by Stephen King The December Man – by Colleen Murphy A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2008–2009 Wild Dogs – by Anne Hardcastle Frost/Nixon – by Peter Morgan It's a Wonderful Life – by Philip Grecian Miss Julie: Freedom Summer – by Stephen Sachs Blackbird – by David Harrower Shirley Valentine – by Willy Russell Hardsell – by Daniel Brooks and Rick Miller Doubt: A Parable – by John Patrick Shanley A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2009–2010 Rock'N'Roll – by Tom Stoppard 7 Stories – by Morris Panych Intimate Apparel – by Lynn Nottage 'Art' – by Yasmina Reza Frankenstein – by Mary Shelley, adapted by Jonathan Christenson That Face – by Polly Stenham The Overwhelming – by J. T. Rogers This Is What Happens Next – by Daniel MacIvor and Daniel Brooks The Tempest – by William Shakespeare
2010–11 Fernando Krapp Wrote Me This Letter – by Tankred Dorst The List – by Jennifer Tremblay, translated by Shelley Tepperman The Andersen Project – written and directed by Robert Lepage Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge – by Kevin Kerr Saint Carmen of the Main – by Michel Tremblay, translated by Linda Gaboriau The Middle Place – by Andrew Kushnir Spotlight: Italy Our Class – by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, English version by Ryan Craig The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union – by David Greig Untitled – by Édouard Lock Romeo and Juliet – by William Shakespeare
2011–2012 Another Africa: plays from Volcano Theatre's the Africa Trilogy – by Binyavanga Wainaina and Roland Schimmelpfennig I Send You This Cadmium Red – music by Gavin Bryars, texts by John Berger and John Christie The Test – by Lukas Barfuss Orpheus and Eurydice – choreography and direction by Marie Chouinard Red – by John Logan Cruel and Tender – by Martin Crimp Beckett: Feck It! – music directors Dáirine ní Mheadhra and John Hess The You Show – by Crystal Pite Clybourne Park – by Bruce Norris The Game of Love and Chance – by Pierre de Marivaux adapted by Nicolas Billon The Winter's Tale – by William Shakespeare
2012–2013 Tear the Curtain! – by Jonathon Young and Kevin Kerr Political Mother – choreography, direction and original music by Hofesh Shechter Speaking in Tongues – by Andrew Bovell The Arsonists – by Max Frisch, translated by Alistair Beaton Ignorance – by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop Someone Else – by Kristen Thomson Spotlight Japan: A Celebration of High-Tech, Contemporary Japanese Theatre and Dance This – by Melissa James Gibson Race – by David Mamet The Golden Mean (Live) – choreographed by Marie Chouinard A Midsummer Night's Dream – by William Shakespeare
2013–2014 The Flood Thereafter – by Sarah Berthiaume, translated by Nadine Desrochers Venus in Fur – by David Ives Yukonstyle – by Sarah Berthiaume, translated by Nadine Desrochers DESH – choreographed and performed by Akram Khan Winners and Losers – written and performed by Marcus Youssef and James Long Needles and Opium – written and directed by Robert Lepage London Road – by Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork Tribes – by Nina Raine Belleville – by Amy Herzog The Tempest Replica – choreographed and directed by Crystal Pite Macbeth – by William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew – by William Shakespeare
2014–2015 Kiss and Cry – by Michele Anne De Mey and Jaco Van Dormael What Makes A Man – by Jennifer Tarver based on the music of Charles Aznavour Helen Lawrence – by Chris Haddock Older and Reckless – conceived and curated by Claudia Moore Opus – choreographed and staged by Yaron Lifschitz Venus in Fur – by David Ives The Seagull – by Anton Chekhov The Other Place – by Sharr White Harper Regan – by Simon Stephens Nongogo – by Athol Fugard