Join us as we celebrate our 40th anniversary of bringing you great community theatre from our home at the Old Town Hall in Cookstown! While costs are spiralling everywhere else, SST is pleased to announce that there will be no price increases for this season. Follow us on social media (Facebook, Instagram & TikTok), or sign up for our periodic emails to find out when subscription and single ticket sales will begin, as well as calls for creative teams and auditions! Subscriptions will remain at $57 for our 3 main season shows (You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, our March play (see below) & Honeymoon in Vegas). Tickets for That December Show! remain at $18.
*Please note that due to the ongoing slow economic recovery for theatres, our main shows for 2023-24 will have 9 performances over three weeks on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm (*note NEW earlier start time*), and Sundays at 2pm
**That December Show! will run for 8 shows over two weeks on Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, and Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (revised)
Based on The Comic Strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer; Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directors - Archie Ballantyne & Sabrina Merks
Music Director - Ernesto De Luca
Choreographer - Sabrina Merks
Producers - Mel Hinch
November 3 - 19, 2023
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm*
Tickets: $26
This multi-award winning, heart-warming musical features the entire Peanuts gang, as they explore life’s great questions. Reacquaint yourself with Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder and Snoopy as they play baseball, struggle with homework, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joys of friendship - while Charlie Brown tries to realize his self-worth and find the true meaning of happiness.
Appropriate for audiences 5 and up
That December Show! Snow White & The Seven Aliens
Written by Judith Dixon and Adapted by Mareka Martin
Director - Mareka Martin
Music Director - Jay Rothenburg
Choreography - Sandi LaPlante
Producer - Kathy Simpson
December 8 - 17, 2023
Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm**
Tickets: $18
Please join us for the 10th season of our family-friendly traditional panto.
Our annual holiday favourite is sure to please both children and the young at heart.
Appropriate for audiences of all ages
**NEW** God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
Director - Richard Varty
Producer - Mel Hinch
March 1 - 17, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm*
Tickets: $22
Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, this dark comedy is about two sets of parents, living in an upscale area of Brooklyn, who meet to discuss an incident where the son of one couple has hurt the son of the other. The four of them agree to discuss the incident civilly, but, as the night wears on and drinks flow, the polite veneer breaks down and the meeting devolves into chaos. “A rancidly funny account of two couples tiptoeing around their mutual dislike” - The Guardian
Recommended for 14+: Strong language and adult themes.
Honeymoon in Vegas
Book by Andrew Bergman, Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Director - Sandi LaPlante
Music Director - Ernesto De Luca
Choreographer- Sandi LaPlante
Producer - Mel Hinch
Stage Manager - Judi Erickson
May 3 - 19, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm*
Tickets: $26
Based on the hit 1992 film, this hilarious musical features an unusual love triangle. Mild-mannered Brooklynite, Jack, promised his dying mother that he would never get married, but that was before he met his sweet and beautiful girlfriend, Betsy. Haunted by his fear of Mom's retribution, Jack avoids proposing but, when he finally summons the nerve to whisk oh-so-patient Betsy off to Las Vegas to get hitched, a dashing gambler threatens to sweep his fiancée away to a life of luxury in Hawaii. Realizing what he's about to lose, Jack is determined to do anything to give his love story a happy ending. It all adds up to an action-packed honeymoon that no one will ever forget!
Some mature themes and language - 13+
Four Play: A Showcase of Play Readings
Producers - Dan Galea, Sandy Bishop, Ros Nacarado & Mel Hinch
May 30 - June 2, 2024
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, and Sunday at 2pm
Pay-What-You-Wish
Every day a different play! Audiences will be treated to a showcase of lightly rehearsed readings of plays by local playwrights. Playwrights are invited to submit plays for consideration - sketches, monologues or full-length plays are accepted. Deadline for submission is November 30, 2023 to FourPlay@TheSouthSimcoeTheatre.com Call for Directors - March 2024 & Auditions - April 2024
Wing Ding Tea Room
Saturday, June 1, 2024 ONLY!
10am - 2pm
Join us for our annual fundraiser as part of the Cookstown Wing Ding. Enjoy our scrumptious strawberry shortcake and other sweet treats, while learning more about our upcoming season!