by Robert Morgan, Martha Ross & Leah Cherniak
directed by Geoff McBride
starring Maryse Fernandes & Drew Moore
Ernest and Ernestine are in puppy love.
Then they move into a tiny basement apartment together. Can their love sustain cohabitation? A hometown team of Ottawa’s finest take on this Canadian comedy classic.
COming to GCTC this Holiday Season
A holiday Phantom-ime from Ottawa Musicals!
by Robert Morgan, Martha Ross & Leah Cherniak
directed by Geoff McBride
starring Maryse Fernandes & Drew Moore
Ernest and Ernestine are in puppy love.
Then they move into a tiny basement apartment together. Can their love sustain cohabitation? A hometown team of Ottawa’s finest take on this Canadian comedy classic.
a World Premiere by Laurie Fyffe
directed by Kate Smith
A Canadian soldier harnesses the medieval Anglo-Saxon text of Beowulf as a life raft through the clash of conflict, and after.
A world premiere, supported by GCTC’s Tributary Project.
by Ron Pederson & Alan Kliffer
directed by Alan Kliffer
starring Rob Baker, Jan Caruana & Ron Pederson
a Klif Entertainment production
The playwright quit, there’s no sheet music, the choreographer was cancelled and the director went into rehab. World-class performers scramble to create a miraculous new musical in this highwire act of skill, comedy, and desperation.
co-created by Sophia Fabiilli & Zoë Sweet
written by Sophia Fabiilli
directed by Evalyn Parry
starring Zoë Sweet
a SweetnFab Collective production
Beth is struggling to stay afloat as a single parent, a working professional, and the 45-year-old resident of her mother’s basement.
As her child explores their gender, Beth confronts her idea of what a ‘good mom’ looks like, balancing the urge to protect her child with the desire to support her kid as their authentic self. Why It’s imPossible explores
the complex relationship between mother and child, life’s transitions, and parenting in precarious times.
by Rachel Mutombo
directed by Dian Marie Bridge
a GCTC co-production with Black Theatre Workshop
Sixteen-year-old Divine’s only real friend is Jesus. When her family joins a new church she learns that the world around her is not as it seems. With heart and humour, Vierge follows four Congolese-Canadian girls as they navigate Christianity, virginity, and teenage hormones.
