- Soulpepper Theatre Company
Soulpepper Theatre Company is a
Toronto ,Ontario -based theatre company dedicated to presenting classic plays.History
Soulpepper was founded in
1998 by twelve Toronto artists who dreamed of a company that would produce lesser known theatrical classics. Soulpepper has since become an important part of Toronto's theatre scene. Its plays have seen rave reviews for its Canadian interpretations of works by such notedplaywright s asHarold Pinter ,Thornton Wilder ,Samuel Beckett ,Tom Stoppard andAnton Chekhov . The current artistic director isAlbert Schultz .László Marton , artistic director of the [http://www.vigszinhaz.hu/ Vígszínház] inBudapest ,Hungary and one of the most important contemporary theatre directors, has had numerous productions over the years at Soulpepper: Molnár'sThe Play’s the Thing (1999, 2003), Chekhov's Platonov (1999, 2000), Chekhov'sUncle Vanya (2001, 2002), Feydeau'sA Flea in Her Ear (2001), and Ibsen'sThe Wild Duck (2005).Soulpepper's founding members are
Martha Burns ,Susan Coyne ,Ted Dykstra ,Michael Hanrahan ,Stuart Hughes ,Diana Leblanc ,Diego Matamoros ,Nancy Palk ,Albert Schultz ,Robyn Stevan , William Webster,Joseph Ziegler In 2005, the Soulpepper Theatre Company moved into its permanent building, the
Young Centre for the Performing Arts . The joint project with theGeorge Brown College theatre school was designed by local firm KPMB and is located in Toronto's historicDistillery District .Artistic Directors
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Albert Schultz (1998-present)2008 Season
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Salt Water Moon - byDavid French
*The Odd Couple - byNeil Simon
*As You Like It - byWilliam Shakespeare
*'Night Mother - byMarsha Norman
*Under Milk Wood - byDylan Thomas
*Uncle Vanya - byAnton Chekhov
*The Way of the World - byWilliam Congreve
*Black Comedy byPeter Shaffer &The Real Inspector Hound byTom Stoppard
*Ring Round the Moon - byJean Anouilh , adapted byChristopher Fry
*A Raisin in the Sun - byLorraine Hansberry
*Top Girls - byCaryl Churchill
*A Christmas Carol - byCharles Dickens External links
* [http://www.soulpepper.ca Soulpepper Theatre Company official site]
* [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Soulpepper%20Theatre%20Company Soulpepper Theatre Company at the Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia]
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