[Image description: A photo of a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln wearing a black top hat, tailcoat, vest, pants, and black bow-tie. He holds a picture frame to the right covering half of his face. Inside the frame is the same image of him holding a frame covering the right half of his face. This is repeated four times within the frame he holds. The man’s image gets gradually smaller as it is repeated. There is a light grey backdrop behind him.]
Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre
October 28 to November 9, 2025
written by Larry Tremblay
translated by Chantal Bilodeau
If America is a show, then John Wilkes Booth was its first star.
A well-known stage actor, Booth shot Abraham Lincoln during a performance on April 14, 1865. In that moment, he kidnapped reality and transformed it into theatre.
Generations later, Mark Killman – a feared but much-admired director – hires two actors to stage Lincoln's assassination. The actors play comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, while Killman plays Lincoln as a wax figure.
Absurd, hilarious and haunting, Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre is an unforgettable mystery.
A darkly funny puzzle box of a show about celebrity, theatre, reality, impossible love and the true face of America.
This dark comedy by French Canadian playwright Larry Tremblay is a wild ride! If you saw his Dragonfly of Chicoutimi in our Studio Theatre in 23-24, in partnership with Fâcheux Théâtre, then you’ve had a taste of this writer’s rowdy and astonishing world.
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Tuesday-Friday: 7:30pm
Saturday: 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Sunday: 2:00pm
Responding to audience feedback, we’ve changed our evening showtimes to 7:30pm. Matinees are still at 2:00pm. |
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Calendar
Performance Dates: October 28 - November 9, 2025
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