Play Archive

  • "Village Players" "Bloor West Village Players" "Village Playhouse" "Runnymede theatre" theatre theater "community theatre" "The Fighting Days" "Wendy Lill" "Valary Cook" “Avery MacDonald” “Frances Beynon”; “Carling Tedesco” “Lily”; “Julie Kern” “Nellie McClung”; “David Borwick” “George McNair” “Letter Readers”: “Victoria Stark”, “Jennifer Monteith”, “Louise Da Re”, “Karen Drybrough”
  • "Village Players" "Bloor West Village Players" "Village Playhouse" "Runnymede theatre" theatre theater "community theatre" "The 39 Steps" "Patrick Barlow" "John Buchan" "Alfred Hitchcock" "Michael Hiller" "Ethan Ryckman" "Dee Dee de Kenessey" "Jane Hunter" "Mark Dallas"
  • "village playhouse toronto" “village playhouse” "village players" "bloor west" theatre theater Runnymede “Stag And Doe” “Mark Crawford” "Meg Gibson" "Jenna Dotzert" Bonnie "Melinda Jordan" Dee "Maxwell Lantz" Brad "T.C. Gibbs" Mandi "Daryl Ledwon" Rob "Ethan Ryckman" Jay
  • "village playhouse toronto" “village playhouse” "village players" "bloor west" theatre theater Runnymede "Late Company" "Jordan Tannahill" "Valary Cook" "Lydia Kiselyk" "Rob Candy" "Andrea Lyons" "Andrew Horbatuik" " Dylan Mills"
  • "village playhouse toronto" “village playhouse” "village players" "bloor west" theatre theater Runnymede "Evelyn Strange" "theatre noir" “Stewart Lemoine” “Barbara Larose” “Trevor Marlatt” “Mahtab Sabet” “Marisa King” “Perry Spangler” “Nina Ferrer”
  • "village playhouse toronto" "village players" "bloor west" theatre theater "Belles-soeurs" "Michel Tremblay" "John Van Burek" "Bill Glassco" "Katherine Bignell-Jones"
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre" Mauritius
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre" "Lady Windermere's Fan" "Oscar Wilde"
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre" "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" "Oscar Wilde"
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre"
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre" "Bus Stop"
  • "Village Players" "Bloor west" theatre theater "Toronto theatre" "Agnes of God"

That’s just a handful … below is a listing of every show Village Players have ever done. 

We’re currently searching our archives (cardboard boxes) for photos and detailed information on them all.

Clicking on a show title below will lead you either to our Web page, or to a Flickr page with a photo album , photo or poster along with names of playwright, director, cast and production team. 

 2023-24/ The Importance of Being EarnestA Sting in the TaleSocial SecurityMarjorie PrimeThe Book of Will

2022-23/ The Prisoner of Second AvenueSilver DaggerThe Fighting Days – Dead AccountsMending Fences

2021-2022/ Love LettersThe Impossibility of NowThe 39 StepsGloria’s Guy

2020-2021/ What we did during the pandemic.


2019-2020/ The Glass MenagerieMurder WeaponStag and DoeGood PeopleMending Fences

2018-2019/ Crimes of the HeartAnybody for MurderExtra Ho-Ho Holiday Radio Plays Moonlight and MagnoliasLate CompanyUnnecessary Farce 

2017-2018/ Theft Evelyn StrangeThe LiarTainted Justice Perfect WeddingExtra-Radio Plays

2016-2017/ Les Belles-SoeursA Party to Murder Cake-WalkPowers and GloriaThe Melville Boys 

2015-2016/ Mr. Pim Passes ByMurder in Green MeadowsMauritiusFoxfinder Fox on the Fairway
2014-2015/ Lady Windermere’s FanStrictly MurderQuartet The Mouse HouseMaggie’s Getting Married
2013-2014/ Les Liaisons DangereusesMurder MistakenWillow QuartetMarion BridgeBlithe Spirit
2012-2013/ Murder on the NileDangerous ObsessionQueen Milli of GaltThe Drawer BoyAbsurd Person Singular.
2011-2012/ Tartuffe Lord Arthur Savile’s CrimeBeyond TherapyDoubt, A ParableLend Me A Tenor.
2010-2011/ Present LaughterLauraReal EstateNuts The Long Weekend.


2009-2010/ Cyprienne Cliffhanger The Golden AgeThe PriceKey for Two.
2008-2009/ The HeiressDangerous CornerRavenscroftHumble BoyHay Fever.
2007-2008/ The Winslow BoyNight WatchThe KingfisherEnchanted AprilRelatively Speaking.
2006-2007/ Our TownDeathtrapPrivate LivesPainting ChurchesDon’t Dress for Dinner.
2005-06/ An Ideal HusbandThe Unexpected GuestTalley’s FollyOf the Fields, LatelyNed Durango Comes to Big Oak – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie VII.
2004-05/ Cause CelebreGreetingsThe Woman in BlackIf We Are WomenHow the Other Half Loves – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie VI.
2003-04/ All My SonsWho Killed Santa ClausSalt Water MoonThe Cocktail HourOver the River and through the Woods. Two Plays and a Slice of Pie V.
2002-03/ Table MannersThe Real Inspector Hound/After MagritteBoiler Room SuiteThe Memory of WaterMy Darling Judith – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie IV.
2001-02/ 84, Charing Cross RdForty CaratsThe UninvitedYesterday, the Children Were DancingChapter Two – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie III.
2000-01/ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Alone Together – The Kind LadyJacob’s Wake – Office Hours – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie II.


1999-2000/ How Could You, Mrs. Dick? – HarveySea MarksTrue WestJake’s Women – Two Plays and a Slice of Pie I.
1998-99/ Opening Night – Sweeney Todd the Barber – A Murder is Announced – Someone Who’ll Watch Over MeArsenic and Old Lace.
1997-98/ Inherit the WindMy Three AngelsThe Gin GameDeath and the MaidenRumors – The Griffin and the Minor Canon.
1996-97/ RebeccaThe Affections of MayLettice and LovageBus StopI Hate HamletThe Princess and the Frog.
1995-96/ Witness for the ProsecutionThe Odd CoupleThe Cat and the CanaryPack of LiesSteel MagnoliasThe Elves and the ShoemakerMass Appeal – No Exit.
1994-95/ The Madwoman of ChaillotNo Sex Please, We’re BritishThe GazeboThe Glass Menagerie Charley’s AuntAlice in Wonderland – ‘Night Mother – Love Letters.
1993-94/ The Incredible Murder of Cardinal ToscaThere Goes the BrideLes Belles SoeursRopeBarefoot in the ParkBeauty and the BeastSeascape.
1992-93/ Night Must Fall Bullshot Crummond – The Tomorrow Box – EquusThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Wizard of Oz – Salt-Water Moon.
1991-92/ The Lady’s Not For BurningPure as the Driven SnowSinners – The Elephant Man – On Golden Pond.
1990-91/ It’s Later Than You Think – Waiting for the Parade – Saving GraceAbsent FriendsDial “M” for Murder.


1989-90/ AntigoneMumberly Inheritance – Last of the Red Hot Lovers – Melville BoysThe Women.
1988-89/ The Lark – The Hound of the BaskervillesRomantic ComedyCrimes of the HeartWait Until Dark.
1987-88/ A Man for All SeasonsSeason’s GreetingsHand That Cradles the RockOne Night Stand – Enter a Free Man.
1986-87/ AmadeusDeathtrapThe Prisoner of Second AvenueAgnes of GodArsenic and Old Lace.
1985-86/ The Comedy of ErrorsBy the Pricking of My ThumbsYour Own ThingRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead – The Dresser.
1984-85/ June GroomWho Killed Santa Claus?Lunch HourWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Shut Your Eyes and Think of England.
1983-84/ I’ll Be Back Before Midnight – The Lion in WinterThe Night of January 16th – Exit the Body – Of Mice and Men.
1982-83/ Norman Is That You? – GaslightThe RivalsTributeHay Fever.
1981-82/ Whose Life is it Anyway?The MiserTwigsSee How They RunThe Last Time I Danced with Harry.
1980-81/ Bedroom FarceCome Back, Little ShebaSweeney Todd, the BarberBlithe Spirit – Murder on the Nile.


1979-80/ A View from the Bridge – Anne of a Thousand Days – Play It Again, SamSleuthComic Strip.
1978-79/ Spring and Port Wine – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestA Thousand ClownsThe Children’s Hour – Count Dracula.
1977-78/ Plaza Suite The Miracle WorkerBlack ComedyAll My Sons – (“Summer season: 6 RMS RIV VU – The Latent Heterosexual.)
1976-77/ The Haunting of Hill HouseThe Good Doctor – Of Mice and Men – Relatively Speaking.
1975-76/ Suddenly Last Summer – Bell, Book and Candle – An Inspector Calls – I Am A Camera.
1974-75/ The Rainmaker – Leaving Home – Lysistrata – You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running.


Co-Productions Staged at The Village Playhouse

1997 (Scylla & Charibdis Co) Under Milkwood – Norbury – The Valiant.
1998 (Scylla & Charibdis Co) Exiles – Private Ear/Public Eye.
2001 (Old Factory Theatre and Onizone Productions) Scrooge.
2002 (Cabbagetown Players) No Sweetheart Required I – (Cabbagetown Players) The Reluctant Dragon.
2003 (Cabbagetown Players) No Sweetheart Required II – (Cabbagetown Players) kid’s show.
2004 (Cabbagetown Players) No Sweetheart Required III.
2005 (Cabbagetown Players) No Sweetheart Required IV