In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022, all the directors of our Mainstage season sat down to talk about their exciting upcoming work, their journeys into directing, and their aspirations for the industry. Join Jani Lauzon, Kim Senklip Harvey, Kim Collier, Meg Roe, and Weyni Mengesha for an intimate and inspiring conversation.

Community Conversations - How She Leads, Directors(2022)

The Mighty Peace River - Sheldon Elter

Casey House founder and secular saint June Callwood passes away. With massive shoes to fill, the new team is tasked with moving the immense history and legacy to a new building.

Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. In this episode, we hear from Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Bree Fitzgerald, Guy Bethell, Joanne Simons.

With Dignity

Part 4: June to Now

Princess Diana visits Casey House. As the Diana Effect lifts spirits and changes perception, the Casey House team reaches out into the community as the millennium approaches.

Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. In this episode, we hear from Nancy Roe-Lucier, Bree Fitzgerald, Michael Oscars, and the incredible casts of DQ ’92 and ‘95.

Part 3: Diana and The Reach

They had the team. They had the house. Now they just had one thing left to do: open a hospice for people with AIDS, something that had never been done before in Canada. 

Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. In this episode, we hear from Nancy Roe-Lucier, Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Michael Oscars, and the cast of DQ ’88.

Part 2: The People

At the height of the AIDS crisis, journalist, activist, and mother June Callwood saw that something had to be done. She took her immense energy and impressive network, and pulled together a team of volunteers. The result? A home where people with AIDS could die with dignity: Casey House. 

Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. Original music by Nathan Howe. In this episode, we hear from Bree Fitzgerald, Nancy Roe-Lucier, Guy Bethell, Linda Rapson, Jim Donovan, Michael Oscars, and the cast of DQ ’87.

Part 1: Casey and June

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E01 - Eric Peterson's Desert Island Cabaret
To launch Soulpepper's 2015 Cabaret Series, Canadian icon Eric Peterson reveals the songs that he'd take with him if he was suck on a desert island. As performed by Mike Ross, Miranda Mulholland, Colleen Allen, Denzal Sinclaire, Frank Cox-O'Connell, and Kristen Szasza. (Recorded live Feb. 28, 2015)

Cabaret Podcast - S01E01 - Eric Peterson's Desert Island Cabaret

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E03 – Star-Crossed Lovers
Featuring talented young artists from the Soulpepper Academy, this Song/Book cabaret explores popular music’s fascination with Romeo & Juliet, from Sondheim to Radiohead. (Recorded live May 2, 2015)


Cabaret Podcast - S01E03 - Star-Crossed Lovers

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E05 - Autorickshaw: Under the Hood
Join the core trio of Toronto-based, Indo-fusion ensemble, Autorickshaw, as they take you behind the scenes of arranging and composing their unique brand of fusion music.

Cabaret Podcast - S01E05 - Autorickshaw: Under the Hood

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E09 - Tom Allen & Joey Wright
Soulpepper Resident Artist Tom Allen has found a fellow musical adventurer in the mandolin wild man and composer Joey Wright. Hear new songs from both Tom and Joey as well as special guests Joe Phillips (bass) Lori Gemmell (harp) John Jowett (trombone) and Pete Gemmell (saxes). 

Cabaret Podcast - S01E09 - Tom Allen and Joey Wright

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E10 - An Evening with Kevin Fox
'Canada’s most ubiquitous side guy' and Music NS 'Musician of the Year' Nominee Kevin Fox captivates audiences with his unique musical tapestry of cello-driven pop songs. Whether performing on his signature instrument, which he plucks, taps and loops, or with his guitar; this evening with Kevin Fox is one not to be missed and not soon forgotten.

Cabaret Podcast - S01E10 - An Evening with Kevin Fox

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E12 - Denzal Sinclaire's Look What They've Done to My Song Vol. 5, Rock On!
Denzal Sinclaire rocks out with some unexpected sounds in his genre-bending cabaret series. (Recorded live, July 4, 2015)

Cabaret Podcast - S01E12 - Denzal Sinclaire's Look What They've Done to My Song Vol. 5

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E15 - The Guitar Summit
An evening of music from four of Canada's finest masters of the guitar. Featuring the innovative and soulful Don Ross, jazz legend Ted Quinlan, lap steel auteur Christine Bougie and the emergent unique voice of Nick Tateishi. Soulpepper Resident Artist Colleen Allen hosts. (Recorded live, March 7, 2015)

Cabaret Podcast - S01E15 - The Guitar Summit

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

Cabaret Podcast - S01E16 - Harrow Fair
Harrow Fair is Miranda Mulholland (Great Lake Swimmers, Belle Starr) and Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players).

Cabaret Podcast - S01E16 - Harrow Fair

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E20 - Raoul's Blues Interviews
Toronto actor and musician Raoul Bhaneja interviews and performs with notable Canadian blues performers in an intimate cabaret setting. Building on a component of his Dora nominated musical Life, Death and The Blues, the evening intersects autobiography, story telling, and song. (Recorded live, Sept 5, 2015). 

Cabaret Podcast - S01E20 - Raoul's Blues Interviews

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

S01E23 - Bryce Kulak Revue
Award-winning artist Bryce Kulak presents this evening of original songs, stories, and instrumental piano pieces. The Bryce Kulak Revue is an updated version of his solo show, including some of his most popular songs while incorporating new work from his award-winning score for the play Bears. (Recorded live, Sept 26, 2015)

Cabaret Podcast - S01E23 - Bryce Kulak Revue

Soulpepper presents highlights from its weekly Cabaret Series, featuring intimate musical performances from established artists, exciting talent, as well as unexpected collaborations from Toronto's diverse musical community.

Award-winning composer and performer Bryce Kulak’s new cabaret features his music from the film The Man That Got Away and the stage works Bears, Bohemians in Brooklyn, The Judgment of Paris, From Weimar to Vaudeville, and his most recent piece La Casati, which premiered as part of Reframed at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Bryce incorporates more of his solo piano material and updates a selection of cover songs from his old 78-speed record collection. Eccentric, inventive, and thought-provoking songs conjure early theatre music, the jazz age, and vaudeville. Featuring Tom Allen on trombone, plus some surprise guests. It's a fresh bouquet of cabaret; won’t you join us?

Cabaret Podcast - S02E03 - Bryce Kulak Spring Fling

Join Suzanne McKenney, Steve Hunter and special guest Colleen Allen on saxophone as they explore Kansas City's hotspots, history and the raucous energy that seemed to ooze from that era as they deliver a passionate show with a lot of heart and force. "Kansas (Sin) City" is a ninety minute "knock on the back door" filled with classic 1930's boogie-woogie tunes, stories, history, and how the jump blues era evolved into rock n’ roll. 

Cabaret Podcast - S02E04 - Kansas Sin City

Inspired by the seminal environmental novel by the Canadian naturalist Fred Bodsworth, The Last Curlew follows the 10,000 km migration of the critically endangered Eskimo Curlew. This timeless, powerful and heart-breaking story is told with music by Alexina Louie, Ralph Vaughan-Williams and R. Murray Schafer, and features harpist Lori Gemmell, TSO Violinist Etsuko Kimura and Dancer/Choreographer Julia Aplin, along with actors Jenny Young (Dearie) and Deborah Drakeford (Grandma).

Cabaret Podcast - S02E06 - The Last Curlew

Toronto actor and musician Raoul Bhaneja interviews and performs with notable Canadian blues performers in an intimate cabaret setting. Building on a component of his Dora nominated musical Life, Death and The Blues, the evening intersects autobiography, story telling, and song.

After a successful evening in September 2015 with Danny Marks, Raoul is joined this evening by Canadian roots and blues legend Ken Whiteley, accompanied long time Toronto musician and member of Raoul and The Big Time Terry Wilkins on the upright bass.

Cabaret Podcast - S02E08 - Raoul's Blues Interviews II

In 1968 a grand experiment in co-operative living, alternative education and pan-libertarian Hippie idealism was birthed right here in the heart of Toronto. A seven-year experiment in counterculture, free love, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Actor, Raconteur, and former Rochdale College resident Robert (Bob) Nasmith with Musician, Actor, and ‘60s music-enthusiast Brendan Wall explore the songs and stories of Toronto the Good's very own Haight/Ashbury with the music of Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Band, and Downchild Blues Band. 

Cabaret Podcast - S02E10 - Rochdale College: Peace, Love, Sex, Drugs And Rock And Roll

Patricia O’Callaghan, Robert Kortgaard, and Andrew Downing are back, and promise another intimate, eclectic, and powerful evening of song. Combining originals with old favourites…the nostalgia of Newman, the tragic heroines of Weill…with a bunch of new repertoire; from Brel to Bizet to Bowie, they’ll have you tapping your toes and drying your eyes…well, maybe not at the same time.

Cabaret Podcast - S02E11 - Patricia O'Callaghan: Sweet Songs Of Sin And Sorrow

Tom Allen and John Millard (CPR Salon) bring you a fascinating exploration of songs we know but didn’t know were composed by Canadians. The Lost Book of Canadian Songs reunites some of the CPR singers (John Millard, Anna Atkinson, Mark Rainey, Tom Allen and Suba Sankaran) to take a look at Canadian songs from the far corners of the 20th century and beyond - including such classics as My Way, Aquarius, Something to Talk About, Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens, I’ll Never Smile Again, K-k-k Katy, Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds, Peg o’ My Heart, Oh What a Feelin’!, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Sugar Sugar, Darktown Strutter’s Ball and more!

Cabaret Podcast - S02E13 - The Lost Book Of Canadian Songs With John Millard & Tom Allen

An old friend visits Rick and tries to convince him to accept the film in China. Meanwhile, the team hears some very bad news about the mascot.
 
The Complete 150 is Soulpepper’s debut audio-drama series. It’s a satirical podcast created and written by Jason Sherman, produced, directed and edited by Gregory J. Sinclair. Featuring: Rick Roberts, Raquel Duffy, Grace Lynn Kung, Matthew Edison, Stuart Hughes and Gregory Prest.
 
Advisory: Mature language.

The Complete 150 - Part 06

When a wild snow storm surrounds the family homestead, will Santa still find his way? Christmas in the Territory, a reimagined new holiday tale from Soulpepper Resident Artist Paula Wing, was adapted from the beloved novel Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Featuring Ghazal Azarbad as Laura, Alice Snaden as Mary, Dan Mousseau as Pa, Nicole Power as Ma, Marcel Stewart as Edwards and Christef Desir as Santa. Special thanks to Liesl Low, Samantha Semczyszyn and Chris Scholey.  Christmas in the Territory was produced, directed and sound edited by Gregory J. Sinclair.  The Soulpepper Family Festival is made possible by CIBC.  Thanks as well to the Government of Ontario. Soulpepper audio programs are generously supported by Richard Wernham and Julia West.

Holiday Podcast: Christmas in the Territory

In a little cabin in the woods, an old woman is waiting for her husband to return with wood for the fire. When an unusual cold wind begin to blow, she is visited by animals trying to escape the weather. Winter Feast was written by Soulpepper Academy playwright Sina Gilani.

Featuring Ghazal Azarbad as The Old Woman, Marcel Stewart as The Old Man, Alice Snaden as The Nightingale, Nicole Power as The French Hen, Christef Dezir as The Milk Cow, Dan Mousseau as The Baby Wolf, James Smith as The Wind, and Leah Cherniak as The Narrator.

Winter Feast was produced, directed and sound edited by Gregory J. Sinclair. The Soulpepper Family Festival is made possible by CIBC. Thanks as well to the Government of Ontario. Soulpepper audio programs are generously supported by Richard Wernham and Julia West.

Holiday Podcast: Winter Feast

Solange and Laurent hide in the woods to live a forbidden love and need to fight wolves and the weather after an accident.

Adapted by Soulpepper Resident Artist Guillermo Verdecchia from a XIX Century French story. Featuring Alice Snaden as Solange, Christef Desir as Laurent, Derek Boyes as Papa, Leah Cherniak as Maman, Dan Mousseau as Dr. Leclerc and Marcel Stewart as Four Fingers. Special thanks to Liesl Low, Samantha Semczyszyn and Chris Scholey.

Solange was produced, directed and sound edited by Gregory J. Sinclair. The Soulpepper Family Festival is made possible by CIBC. Thanks as well to the Government of Ontario. Soulpepper audio programs are generously supported by Richard Wernham and Julia West.

Holiday Podcast: Solange

One of Canada’s most in-demand directors, Jackie Maxwell collaborates with Soulpepper for the first time on Innocence Lost: A Play about Steven Truscott.  In this extended interview, she talks about this true-crime story, and her approach to bringing it to life on stage for today.

Innocence Lost: A Play about Steve Truscott, by Bev Cooper, is playing at the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto, Ontario.

For more information, visit: Soulpepper.ca

Innocence Lost: Behind the Scenes with Jackie Maxwell

The actors from the hilarious play Bed and Breakfast talk about playing several characters and the importance of queer representation in the play.

Bed and Breakfast: Behind the Scenes with Paolo Santalucia and Gregory Prest

Crazy in Love (feat. Troy Adams)

At the height of the AIDS crisis a group of Torontonians took action and built Casey House - to give compassion a home. Playwright Nick Green (Casey & Diana) talks to generations of staff, clients and volunteers at Canada’s First AIDS Hospice. With Dignity tells the story of how it came to be, who visited it (a Princess), and what it’s doing now.
 
From Soulpepper, with the support of Casey House. Hosted by Nick Green. Written and produced by Pippa Johnstone. Original music by Nathan Howe.

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