Short Play Festival

Short Play Festival

River and Main Theatre CompanyRiver and Main Theatre Company
30 Bridge Street East

River & Main Theatre Company at Theatre in The Wings is excited to announce the lineup for our First Annual Summer Short Play Festival

Sixteen short plays. Nine World Premieres. Plays by local writers and award-winning playwrights from across Ontario.


(WP) Denotes World Premiere  

(LP) Denotes Local Playwright

Set One: June 1-4 & 8-11

“How Not to Write a Play”, written and directed by Bill Petch (WP) (LP)

“Sweaters”, written and directed by Lisa Morris (LP)

“Molson, Molson! Wherefore Art Thou?”, written by Beth Milligan, directed by Teresa Marie Allen (WP) (LP)

“Alexa the Liar”, written by Guy Newsham, directed by the River & Main Theatre Workshop

“Tea with Roger”, written by Peter Paylor, directed by Kathryn Dalmer & Judie Preece (LP)

Set Two: June 28-30 & July 6-9

“Lil”, written by Judie Preece, directed by the River & Main Theatre Workshop (LP)

“En Garde”, written and directed by Ian C Feltham (WP) (LP)

“Last Rites”, written by Guy Newsham, directed by the River & Main Theatre Workshop

“Maybe Flowers”, written by Peter Paylor, directed by Mark Lesage (LP)

Set Three: July 20-23 & 27-30

“Nelson and Barbara”, written by Ian C Feltham, directed by the River & Main Theatre Workshop (WP) (LP)

“About Her”, written by David Allen, directed by Alexandra Bell (WP) (LP)

“Going Down”, written by Mary Schultz, directed by Teresa Marie Allen

“Skip”, written by Guy Newsham, directed by Serafima Ostrovskaya (WP)

Set Four: August 10-13 & 17-20

“One Shift at a Time”, written by Trudee Romanek, directed by Lisa Guthro (WP)

“We’ll Always Have PARIS”, written by Marc Coyle, directed by David Allen (WP) (LP)

“A Room for Rent”, written by Peter Paylor, directed by Lisa Morris (WP) (LP)

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