Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Segal Centre for Performing Arts

Centre Segal des arts de la scène
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
Location	5170, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3W 1M7
Coordinates	45°29′19″N 73°38′08″W / 45.488729°N 73.635674°W / 45.488729; -73.635674Coordinates: 45°29′19″N 73°38′08″W / 45.488729°N 73.635674°W / 45.488729; -73.635674
Public transit	Côte-Sainte-Catherine and Snowdon
Capacity	Theatre -306 Studio - 186 CinemaSpace - 77
Construction
Opened	1967
Architect	Phyllis Lambert
Tenants
Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, formerly the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, is a theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 5170 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.^[1]

The building that houses the theatre was designed by Montreal architect Phyllis Lambert,^[2] a daughter of Saidye Bronfman. It is home to the Segal Theatre, the Academy of Performing Arts, CinemaSpace, Studio, and the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.

About

In 2007 the Saidye Bronfman Centre was renamed the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in acknowledgement of the financial support of Leanor and Alvin Segal in partnership with the Bronfman family. Uniting theatre, music, dance, cinema and arts education under one roof, its mission is to promote the creation, production and presentation of professional artistic work, support emerging artists and foster intercultural understanding through the arts.

The Segal Theatre is now a world-class English-language theatre. It has expanded to become a nationally recognized venue for the performing arts with a focus on creation, innovation, diversity, and cross-cultural collaborations. Driven by a belief in the power of the arts to strengthen and connect communities, the Segal's programming emphasizes original interpretations of popular classics and contemporary works, new Canadian musicals, and engaging productions with universal appeal.

In 2008, the Segal Theatre co-produced the original musical Houdini with the Montreal Highlights Festival (dir. Bryna Wasserman). It was remounted later that year by the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the first play ever to be featured at the Festival. It was wildly successful with both French and English audiences as well as critics.

Other highlights include Sam Shepard’s Buried Child (2009) which was co-produced with theNational Arts Centre (NAC) and directed byPeter Hinton, Artistic Director of English Theatre at the NAC. Old Wicked Songs (2010, dir. Bryna Wasserman) by Jon Marans was co-produced with Théâtre du Rideau Vert and played in French as Une musique inquiétante before the original cast and crew moved to the Segal to perform the production in English.

The Segal Centre has become a major player in the development and production of new Canadian musicals. In June 2015, the Centre premiered Belles Soeurs: The Musical based on the play by Michel Tremblay with book and lyrics by René Richard Cyr, music by Daniel Bélanger, English adaptation of book and lyrics by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, and directed by René Richard Cyr. A co-production with Copa de Oro, Belles Soeurs went on a national tour and won the Capital Critics Circle Award for Best Production after its stop at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

In June, 2015, the Segal Centre launched a world premiere of a musical adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, with book and lyrics by David Spencer, music by Alan Menken, directed by Austin Pendleton, starring Alberta-born Kenneth James Stewart as the infamous Duddy, who follows his grandfather's advice to own some land, regardless of the personal consequences. An original cast recording was released on Sh-k-boom and Ghostlights Records on December 2, 2016.

In October 2016, the Segal Centre premiered Prom Queen: The Musical based on the true story of Marc Hall, the Ontario teenager who took his Catholic School Board to court when it refused to let him attend prom with his boyfriend. Produced by Marcia Kash with book by Kent Staines, lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal, music by Colleen Dauncey, musical direction by Mark Camilleri, choreography by Sean Cheesman, Prom Queen: The Musicalwon the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Stage West Pechet Family Musical Award at theTom Hendry Awards in 2016.

Upcoming projects include a musical adaptation of Roch Carrier’s beloved story The Hockey Sweater. The production will pay homage to this treasured Quebec story by reinventing the classic tale into a modern musical for the whole family. The Hockey Sweater: A Musical will premiere at the Segal in the fall of 2017 as part of the official program of Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations.

The Segal Centre is also an artistic resource and hub for Montreal’s diverse theatre community of independent and emerging artists to create explore and grow. Its second stage, The Studio, has been a venue for SideMart Theatrical Grocery; the Power Jazz series; and the Segal’s popular Broadway Café events, as well as guest programming.

In addition, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts houses the world-renowned Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, celebrating almost sixty years of dramatizing the Jewish experience.

The current Artistic Director is Lisa Rubin^[3].

• Over 75,000 visitors a year
• Home to the esteemed Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre (est. 1958), Canada’s only and oldest Yiddish-language theatre
• Provide employment for and advance the artistic practice of over 200 artists from Montreal and across the country, year-round
• Multi-space venue includes a 306-seat Theatre, a 186 seat Studio, ArtLounge and 77-seat CinemaSpace along with 5 rehearsal spaces, a costume shop and scenic shop

Mandate

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is a not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to nurturing, producing and presenting world-class English-language theatre, and to showcasing professional artists from Montreal and around the world. 

Founded in 1967, the Segal Centre has expanded to become a nationally recognized venue for the performing arts, a training ground for emerging artists and a one-of-a-kind destination for the best of jazz concerts, dance, cinema and Jewish arts and culture. 

Production history

2017-18 season

• The Hockey Sweater: A Musical (Oct 19, 2017 - Nov 12, 2017) Book and lyrics by Emil Sher - Music and lyrics by Jonathan Monro. Based on the short story The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, Translated into English by Sheila Fischman, Published by House of Anansi Press, Directed and Choreographed by Donna Feore
• Bad Jews (Nov 08, 2017 - Nov 26, 2017) Written by Joshua Harmon, Directed by Lisa Rubin
• A Century Songbook (Nov 26, 2017 - Nov 29, 2017) In honour of the centennial anniversary of Federation CJA, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre brings you a multilingual celebration through song as they look back on a hundred years of Jewish life in Montreal
• "Master Harold" ... and the Boys (Jan 21, 2018 - Feb 11, 2018) Written by Athol Fugard, Directed by Philip Akin. The Segal, in association with Black Theatre Workshop, presents the Shaw Festival Production in association with Obsidian Theatre.
• Marjorie Prime (Feb 25, 2018 - Mar 18, 2018) 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Written by Jordan Harrison, Directed by Lisa Rubin
• The Angel & The Sparrow (Apr 15, 2018 - May 06, 2018) By Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry, English translation by Sam Madwar, Based on a concept by David Winterberg
• Golda's Balcony (May 22, 2018 - Jun 10, 2018) 2004 Tony nomination for Best Actress, Montreal Premiere. Written by William Gibson, Strarring Tovah Feldshuh

2016-17 season

• My Name Is Asher Lev, by Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok, directed by Steven Schipper, a co-production with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
• Prom Queen: The Musical, book by Kent Staines, lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal, music by Colleen Dauncey, produced by Mary Young Leckie, based on the true life story of Marc Hall, directed by Marcia Kash, musical Direction by Mark Camilleri, choreography by Sean Cheesman
• Noises Off, by Michael Frayn, directed by Jacob Tierney
• Million Dollar Quartet, book by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux, original Concept & Direction by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Lisa Rubin
• How to Disappear Completely, a Chop Theatre production, written and performed by Itai Erdal, written in collaboration with James Long, Anita Rochon & Emelia Symington Fedy, directed by James Long
• It Shoulda Been You, book & Lyrics by Brian Hargrove, Music & Concept by Barbara Anselmi, Directed & Choreographed by Jim White
• What's in a Name? By Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière, Adapted by Jeremy Sams, A co-production with Just For Laughs, In partnership with Montreal 375

2015-16 season

• Funny Girl Music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, book by Isobel Lennart, original story by Miss Lennart, directed by Peter Hinton
• Tribes by Nina Raine, directed by Sarna Lapine
• The Secret Annex by Alix Sobler, directed by Marcia Kash
• BOOM, written, Directed and Performed by Rick Miller
• Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon, directed by Lisa Rubin
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro, directed by Wade Lynch
• The Producers by Mel Brooks, directed by Anisa Cameron

2014-15 season

• The Graduate A play adapted by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the motion picture screenplay by Calder Willingham & Buck Henry, Directed by Andrew Shaver
• Les Belles Soeurs: The Musical Based on the play Les Belles Soeurs by Michel Tremblay, book and lyrics by René Richard Cyr, music by Daniel Bélanger, English adaptation of book and lyrics by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, Directed by René Richard Cyr, a Co-Production with Copa de Oro
• Travesties By Tom Stoppard, directed by Jacob Tierney
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz By David Spencer, based on the novel by Mordecai Richler, directed by Austin Pendleton
• We Are Not Alone By Damien Atkins, directed by Chris Abraham & Christian Barry, a Co-Production with Crow's Theatre
• Forever Plaid By Stuart Ross, directed by Roger Peace, a Co-Production with Copa de Oro
• The Dybbuk By S. Ansky, directed by Bryna Wasserman & Rachelle Glait, a Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2013-14 season

• Ain't Misbehavin' conceived by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr., music by Fats Waller, directed by Roger Peace
• Othello by William Shakespeare directed by Alison Darcy
• The Seagull a new version adapted and directed by Peter Hinton, based on the play by Anton Chekhov
• Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet, directed by Paul Flicker
• Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Micheline Chevrier
• Soul Doctor: Journey of a Rock Star Rabbi music and additional lyrics by Shlomo Carlebach, book by Daniel Wise, lyrics by David Schechter, directed by Bryna Wasserman & Rachelle Glait. A Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Production

2012-13 season

• Guys and Dolls with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, directed by Diana Leblanc
• Red by John Logan, directed by Martha Henry
• Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee, directed by Alexandre Marine
• The Mahalia Jackson Musical written and directed by Roger Peace, starring Ranee Lee
• Sherlock Holmes by Greg Kramer, starring Jay Baruchel, directed by Andrew Shaver
• Tales from Odessa, book by Derek Goldman, music and lyrics by Socalled, directed by Audrey Finkelstein. A Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Production

2011–12 season

• Equus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Domy Reiter-Soffer
• The Play's the Thing by Ferenc Molnár and P. G. Wodehouse, directed by Blair Williams
• Scientific Americans by John Mighton, directed by Andrew Shaver, in association with SideMart Theatrical Grocery (Montreal)
• Vigil by Morris Panych, directed by Martin Faucher, co-production with Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Montreal)
• Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade, directed by Diana Leblanc
• On Second Avenue, created by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld, directed by Bryna Wasserman and Audrey Finkelstein, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2010–11 season

• A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller, directed by Diana Leblanc
• Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward, directed by Marti Maraden
• Billy Bishop Goes to War by John Gray with Eric Peterson, directed by Ted Dykstra, Soulpepper Theatre Company production (Toronto)
• La Sagouine by Antonine Maillet, directed by John Van Burek, Pleiades Theatre production (Toronto)
• Lies My Father Told Me, book by Ted Allan, music and lyrics by Elan Kunin, directed by Bryna Wasserman, World Premiere production
• The Megillah of Itzik Manger, Music by Dov Seltzer, Book and Lyrics by Shmuel Bunim, Haim Hefer, Itzik Manger & Dov Seltzer, directed by Shmuel Atzmon, presented by the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, a YiddiShpiel production (Israel)

2009–10 season

• Inherit the Wind, by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, directed by Greg Kramer
• Educating Rita, by Willy Russell, directed by Marcia Kash
• Geometry In Venice, by Michael Mackenzie, directed by Chris Abraham, in association with Crow’s Theatre (Toronto)
• Old Wicked Songs, by Jon Marans, directed by Martin Faucher, co-production with Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Montreal)
• Harvey, by Mary Chase, directed by Diana Leblanc
• The Jazz Singer, by Elan Kunin, based on the story by Samson Raphaelson, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2008–09 season

• Dangerous Liaisons, by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, directed by Alexandre Marine
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Greg Kramer
• Buried Child, by Sam Shepard, directed by Peter Hinton, co-production with National Arts Centre’s English Theatre
• Tryst, by Karoline Leach, directed by Diana Leblanc
• Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DiPietro, directed by Steven Schipper
• The Pirates of Penzance, by Gilbert and Sullivan, adapted and translated by Al Grand, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2007–08 season

• The Diary of Anne Frank, by Francis Goodrich and Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Marcia Kash
• An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Arthur Miller, directed by Miles Potter
• Houdini, book by Ben Gonshor, music and lyrics by Elan Kunin, directed by Bryna Wasserman, World Premiere
• I, Claudia, by Kristen Thomson, directed by Leah Cherniak, joint production with Theatre & Co., co-production with Eddy Polak
• The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon, directed by Diana Leblanc
• The Wise Men of Chelm, book by Abraham Schulman, music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2006–07 season

• Fallen Angels, by Noël Coward, directed by Diana Leblanc
• Satchmo’ Suite, by Hans Boggild and Doug Innis, directed by Hans Boggild, in collaboration with Eastern Front Theatre
• Shakespeare for My Father, by Lynn Redgrave, directed by William Carden
• I Am My Own Wife, by Doug Wright, directed by Chris Abraham
• Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer, directed by Alexandre Marine
• Those Were the Days, created by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2005–06 season

• Cabaret, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood, directed by Steven Schipper
• The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, directed by Ben Barnes, co-production with Soulpepper Theatre Company (Toronto)
• A Doll House, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Peter Hinton, directed by Peter Hinton
• Everybody's Welles, by Patrice Dubois and Martin Labrecque, translated by Mareen Labonté, directed by Patrice Dubois, in collaboration with Théâtre PÀP (Montréal)
• My Old Lady, by Israel Horovitz, directed by Daniel Roussel, collaboration with Compagnie Jean-Duceppe (Montreal)
• God of Vengeance, by Sholem Asch, directed by Bryna Wasserman, original music composed by Robert Denton, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2004–05 season

• Man of La Mancha, book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, directed by Bryna Wasserman
• The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, directed by Madd Harold
• Rose, by Martin Sherman, directed by Diana Leblanc
• Death and Taxes, by Guy Sprung, directed by Guy Sprung, World Premiere, in association with Infinitheatre
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, directed by Marcia Kash
• Lies My Father Told Me, book by Ted Allan, music and lyrics by Elan Kunin, directed by Bryna Wasserman, World Premiere, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2003–04 season

• Major Barbara, by George Bernard Shaw, adapted by Guy Sprung, directed by Guy Sprung, in association with Infinitheatre
• Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Chris Abraham
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, directed by Michael Shamata, joint production with the Manitoba Theatre Centre
• A Night in November, by Marie Jones, directed by Peter Hinton, co-production with Flicker Productions
• Sunday Father, by Adam Pettle, directed by Sean Sandler
• Fiddler on the Roof, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, based on the tales of Sholem Aleichem, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2002–03 season

• The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Chris Abraham, remounted by Canadian Stage Company
• The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie, directed by Steven Schipper
• Shylock, by Gareth Armstrong, original music by Simon Slater, directed by Frank Barrie
• Visiting Mr. Green, by Jeff Baron, directed by Bill Glassco and Michael Shamata

2001–02 season

• Chekhov's Shorts, adapted from Anton Chekhov by Dean Gilmour, Michelle Smith and Company, directed by Dean Gilmour and Michelle Smith
• Salt-Water Moon, by David French, directed by Chris Abraham, toured to Newfoundland
• Blood on the Moon, by Pierre Brault, directed by John Koensgen, presentation of Sleeping Dog Theatre (Ottawa)
• A View from the Bridge, by Arthur Miller, directed by Albert Schultz, co-production with Soulpepper Theatre Company - cancelled
• Damn those Wedding Bells, by Tony Calabretta, directed by Sean Sandler
• Double Identity, by Sholem Aleichem, adaptation and lyrics by Miriam Hoffman, music by Benyumen Schaechter, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2000–01 season

• Collected Stories, by Donald Margulies, directed by William Carden, in association with the Stratford Festival of Canada
• Betrayal, by Harold Pinter, directed by Daniel Brooks, Soulpepper Theatre Company – National Arts Centre English Theatre co-production
• The Undiscovered Country, by Arthur Schnitzler, English version by Tom Stoppard, directed by Bill Glassco, Montreal Young Company
• After the Dance, by Terence Rattigan, directed by Chris Abraham, Montreal Young Company
• Having Our Say, by Emily Mann, music by Quammie Williams, directed by Alison Sealy-Smith
• The Threepenny Opera, music by Kurt Weill, book by Bertolt Brecht, based on Elisabeth Hauptman's translation of John Gay's Beggar's Opera, Yiddish translation by Michael Wex, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1999–2000 season

• A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Diana Leblanc / Albert Schultz, Soulpepper Theatre Company production
• The Last Night of Ballyhoo, by Alfred Uhry, directed by Steven Schipper, co-production with the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
• Grace & Glorie, by Tom Ziegler, co-production with Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Montreal)
• Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bill Glassco, Montreal Young Company
• The Possibilities, by Howard Barker, directed by Chris Abraham, Montreal Young Company
• The Great Houdini, book by Melville Shavelson, music by Elan Kunin, lyrics by Alexander Ari, translated by Sara Rosenfeld, directed by Bryna Wasserman, World Premiere, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1998–99 season

• Sleuth, by Anthony Shaffer, directed by Denis Garnhum, Mendexpansion Entertainment
• The Price, by Arthur Miller, directed by Marti Maraden
• They're Playing Our Song, by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, directed by Bryna Wasserman

1997–98 season

• Family Secrets, by Sherry Glaser and Greg Howells, directed by Greg Howells, Festival Craven A, Just for Laughs & Labatt Bleue
• God, by Woody Allen, directed by Evan Mark Rimer
• Old Wicked Songs, by Jon Marans, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Jerusalem: the Musical, book and lyrics by Aaron Bihari, music by Cluny Edwards, directed by Olivier Reichenbach, production JMF
• My Mother's Courage, by George Tabori, directed by Jennifer H. Capraru
• On Second Avenue, created by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld, directed by Bryna Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1996–97 season

• Play it Again Sam, by Woody Allen, directed Dean Patrick Fleming
• Lips Together, Teeth Apart, by Terrence McNally, directed by Oliver Reichenbach
• The Food Chain, by Nicky Silver and Raimond Mirza, directed by Jack Langedijk

1995–96 season

• Jest a Second!, by James Sherman, directed by Dennis Zacek
• Crazy for You
• The Faraway Nearby, by John Murrell, directed by Lily Parker

1994–95 season

• The Sisters Rosensweig, by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Roger Peace, Snapshot Productions
• The Passion Play, by Peter Nichols, directed by Alexander Hausvater
• Jeanne, by Vincent de Tourdonnet, composed by Vincent de Tourdonnet & Peter Sipos, directed by Roger Peace, Snapshot Productions

1993–94 season

• Beau Jest, by James Sherman, directed by Roger Peace, Snapshot Productions
• Brilliant Traces / Traces D’étoiles, by Cindy Lou Johnson, translated by Maryse Warda, directed by Pierre Bernard
• The Mandrake, by Jean-Pierre Ronfard - Cancelled

1992–93 season

• Death and the Maiden, by Ariel Dorfman, directed by Andrès Hausmann, Unique Entertainment
• M. Butterfly, by Henry Hwang, directed by Alexander Hausvater

1991–92 season

• Driving Miss Daisy, by Alfred Uhry, directed by Dan Bonnell
• The Heidi Chronicles, by Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Dorothy Livesay, Snapshot Productions
• My Boyfriend’s Back and There’s Gonna Be Laundry, by Sandra Shamas, directed by Sandra Shamas

1990–91 season

• Blithe Spirit, by Noël Coward, directed by Lily Parker
• I'm Not Rappaport, by Herb Gardner, directed by Lily Parker
• The Divine Sarah, directed by Monique Levrac

1988–89 season

• Cantata, by Anne Cameron, directed by Svetlana Zylin
• Shades, by Eugene Poku & Jessie Goldberg, directed by Glen Robinson
• Echo, by Ann Diamond, adapted by Robert Lepage, directed by Rober Lepeljo
• The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux, by Gratien Gélinas, translated by Linda Gaboriau, directed by Peter Moss
• Sarah Bernard & the Beast, by Michael Bawtree, directed by Michael Bawtree
• The Mystery of the Oak Island Treasure, by Jim Betts, directed by Elsa Bolam

1986–87 season

• Up Your Alley, by Seymour Blicker, directed by Alexander Hausvater
• Lily of the Mohawks, by Patricia Rodriguez, directed by Jack Langedijk
• Einstein, by Gabriel Emanuel, directed by Gordon Wiseman
• The Agunah, by Chaim Grade, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1983–84 season

• The Club, by Eve Merriam
• Single, by Louis Saia, directed by Michael Sinelnikoff
• La Ronde, by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Jean Gascon
• Relative Strangers, by James W. Nichol, directed by Jack Roberts
• Cloud 9, by Caryl Churchill, directed by Jack Roberts

1981–82 season

• Spinoza, by Dimitri Frenkel Frank, directed by Per Brask
• Betrayal, by Harold Pinter, directed by Elsa Bolam
• The Collected Works of Billy the Kid, by Michael Ondaatje, directed by Brian Richmond
• Rexy!, by Allan Stratton, directed by Joel Miller
• Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Per Brask

1980–81 season

• Table Settings, by James Lapine, directed by Perry Schneiderman
• L'Impromtu d'Outremont, by Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek, directed by André Brassard
• Mixed Marriage, by George Szanto, music by Philip Schreibman, directed by Per Brask
• Bosoms & Neglect, by John Guare, directed by Brian Richmond
• A Concert-Cabaret, medley of Kurt Weill, Sondheim and Yiddish music
• The Emigrants, by Slavomir Mrozek, translation by Henry Beissel, directed by Per Brask
• Hotsmach, by Itzik Manger, music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Green Fields, by Peretz Hirschbien, music Eli Rubinstein, lyrics M. Husid, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Songs & Stories of A. A. Milne, adapted by Judith Lebane

1979–80 season

• Biography: A Game, by Max Frisch, directed by Alexander Hausvater
• Peter and the Wolf, production of EntreSix Dance Theatre
• La petite injustice, by Raphael Lévy, translated by Aviva Ravel, directed by Daniel Simard
• Blue Champagne, by Ken John Grant, music by Don Horsburg, directed by Ken John Grant
• Family Business, by Dick Goldberg, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• The Vaudevillians, by Peter Colley & Heinar Piller

1978–79 season

• Gemini, by Albert Innaurato, directed by Richard Ouzounian
• Pinocchio, by Brian Way, directed by Perry Schneiderman
• En pièces détachées, by Michel Tremblay, translated Allan Van Meer, directed by André Brassard
• La Sagouine, by Antonine Maillet, translated by Louis de Cespedes, directed by Ronald Irving
• Same Time, Next Year, by Bernard Slade, directed by Robert Robinson
• Cold Storage, by Ronald Ribman, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• Simha Plachte, by Yacov Praeger, music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Golda, based on biography of Golda Meir My Life, adapted by William Gibson
• Past Tense, by Jack Zeman
• The Miami Dig, by Susan Dworkin
• John Gabriel Borkman, by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Dr. Leonard Mendelsohn
• The Bed before Yesterday, by Ben Traverse

1977–78 season

• Bonjour, là, bonjour, by Michel Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek & Bill Glassco, directed by André Brassard
• A Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill Musical
• Lady of the Castle, by Lea Goldberg
• In Celebration, by David Storey
• Story Theatre, by Paul Sills, directed by Perry Schneiderman
• Liam Liar, adapted by Hugh Leonard from Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• The Trial of the Rosenbergs, by Peter Madden and Brian Rintoul, directed by Brian Rintoul
• Side by Side by Stephen Sondheim, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers and Jule Styne, book by Ned Sherrin, directed by Robert Robinson
• Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, by Pam Gems, directed by Bertram A. Henry
• Papineau, by Abraham Schulman (based on journal by Yechiel Herman), music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Sages of Chelm, by Abraham Schulman, music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Reflections of Life, by I. Serlin, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1976–77 season

• Dreyfus in Rehearsal by Jean-Claude Grumberg, adapted by Garson Kanin, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• The Red Shoes, by Hans Christian Andersen, directed by Perry Schneiderman
• The School for Wives, by Molière, adapted by Miles Malleson, directed by Andréi Zaharia
• Zone, by Marcel Dubé, adapted by Aviva Ravel, directed by Daniel Simard
• Dispossessed, by Aviva Ravel, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• Vanities, by Jack Heifner, directed by Bertram Henry

1975–76 season

• Quatre à Quatre, by Michel Garneau, translated by Christian Bedard & Keith Turnbull, composed by André Angelini, directed by Daniele J. Suissa
• The Wizard of Oz, from the novel of L. Frank Baum, directed by George Popovich
• Zalmen, or the Madness of God, by Elie Wiesel, adapted by Marion Wiesel, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• Flytrap, by David Freeman, composed by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Robert Robinson
• La Locandiera, by Carlo Goldoni, translated by Clifford Bax, directed by George Popovich
• The Collection & The Lover, by Harold Pinter, directed by Robert Robinson

1974–75 season

• A Moon for the Misbegotten, by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• The Dybbuk, by S. Ansky, adapted by John Hirsch, composed by Alan Laing, directed by John Hirsch, Manitoba Theatre Centre in collaboration with Canada Council Touring Office
• Androcles and the Lion, by Aurand Harris (adaptor), composed by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Grigore Pogonat
• My Fat Friend, by Charles Laurence, directed by Robert Robinson
• Charbonneau et le chef, by John T. McDonough, directed by Daniele J. Suissa
• DA, by Hugh Leonard, directed by Alan Richardson or Sean Mulcahy
• In My Father's Court, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• Bar Kochba, by S. Halkin, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1973–74 season

• The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Sean Mulcahy
• Princess Rosinose, by John Peters, directed by John Peters
• The Gingerbread Lady, by Neil Simon, directed by Daniele J. Suissa
• The Head, Guts and Sound Bone Dance, by Michael Cook, directed by Roy Higgins
• Fallen Angels, by Noël Coward, composed by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Robert Robinson
• A Shtetl Wedding, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
• The Lottery, by Sholem Aleichem, music by Eli Rubinstein, lyrics by Moishe Shaffer, directed by Dora Wasserman, production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1972–73 season

• Sleeping Beauty, by Chris Wiggings, directed by Suzanne McFarlane
• Captives of the Faceless Drummer, by George Ryga, directed by Henry Tarvainen
• Kaddish, by Allen Ginsberg, directed by Daniele J. Suissa
• The Patrick Pearse Motel, by Hugh Leonard, directed by Sean Mulcahy

1971–72 season

• The House of Blue Leaves, by John Guare, directed by Marion André
• Boesman and Lena, by Athol Fugard, directed by Marion André
• The Man in the Glass Booth, by Robert Shaw, directed by Marion André - closed by the Board of Trustees after First Preview
• The Snob, by Carl Sternheim
• Play Strindberg, by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Joseph Shaw
• Loot, by Joe Orton, directed by Donald Ewer

1970–71 season

• A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, composed by Richard Gresko
• What the Butler Saw, by Joe Orton, directed by Marion André
• Awake and Sing!, by Clifford Odets, directed by Michael Sinelnikoff
• A Man's a Man, by Bertolt Brecht, composed by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Marion André

1969–70 season

• Little Malcolm and His Struggles against the Eunuchs, by David Halliwell, directed by Marion André
• The Dutchman, by LeRoi Jones, directed by Marion André
• The Indian Wants the Bronx, by Israel Horovitz, directed by Marion André
• The Tenth Man, by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Amnon Kabatchnik
• Entertaining Mr Sloane, by Joe Orton, directed by Roland LaRoche

1968–69 season

• Gideon, by Paddy Chayefsky, composed by Elli Rubinstein, directed by Marion André
• The Clam Made a Face, by Eric Nicol, directed by Robert Ozores
• The Killing of Sister George, by Frank Marcus, directed by Marion André
• Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, by William Hanley, directed by Marion André

1967–68 season

• The Red Shoes, by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Robin Short, directed by Marion André or Victor Knight
• Andorra, by Max Frisch, music by Eli Rubinstein, directed by Marion André
• The Emperor’s New Clothes, by Charlotte Chorpenning, directed by Marion André

Awards

META Awards

Outstanding Set Design - Eo Sharp, RED

Outstanding Production - Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Direction - Andrew Shaver, Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Costume Design - James Lavoie, Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Lighting Design - Luc Prairie, Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Sound Design - Jesse Ash, Sherlock Holmes

Outstanding Supporting Performance - Julie Tamiko Manning, Othello

Outstanding Supporting Performance - Daniel Brochu, Othello

Outstanding Direction - Micheline Chevrier, Top Girls

Outstanding Lead Performance - Leni Parker, Top Girls

Outstanding Set Design - Max-Otto Fauteux, Top Girls

Outstanding Costume Design - Mylène Chabrol, Top Girls

Outstanding Lighting Design - Martin Sirois, Top Girls

Outstanding Emerging Artist - Aiza Ntibarikure, Ain’t Misbehavin’

Outstanding Set Design - Michael Gianfrancesco, Funny Girl

Outstanding Costume Design - Michael Gianfrancesco, Funny Girl

Outstanding PACT Production, Travesties

Outstanding Set Design - Pierre-Étienne Locas, Travesties

Outstanding Costume Design - Louise Bourret, Travesties

Outstanding Lighting Design - Kimberly Purtell, We Are Not Alone (Crow’s Theatre)

Outstanding Original Composition - Matthew Barber and Justin Rutledge, The Graduate

Outstanding Community Production, The Producers

Capital Critics Circle Award (Ottawa)

Best Professional Play (2016), Belles Soeurs: The Musical

Masques Awards

Best English Language Production - I Am My Own Wife

Best English Production - The Glass Menagerie

Best English Production - Salt Water Moon

Best English Production - Betrayal

Best Actress(es) - Viola Léger and Linda Sorgini in Grace and Glorie

Lifetime Achievement Award to Dora Wasserman

AQCT French Critics

Best English Language Production - Amadeus

MECCA Awards

Outstanding Costume Design - James Lavoie, Lies My Father Told Me

Outstanding Direction - Greg Kramer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Best Sound Design, Rob Denton, The Satchmo’ Suite

Set Design, Yannik Larivée, I Am My Own Wife/Amadeus

Best Actor, Brett Christopher, I Am My Own Wife

Best Director, Alexandre Marine, Amadeus

Best Professional Production, The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Director, Perter Hinton, A Doll House

Best Lighting, Spike Lyne, My Old Lady

Best Set Design, Peter Hartwell, The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Actor - Martha Henry in Rose

Best Professional Production - Hedda Gabler

Best Actor - Don Anderson in De Profundis (Gravy Bath)

Best Semi Pro\Amateur - Kali Yuga (Gravy Bath)

Best Actor - Gareth Armstrong in Shylock

Best Actress - Michelle Monteith in The Glass Menagerie

Best Director - Madd Harold for Shakespeare's Coriolanus (Gravy Bath)

Best Semi Pro\Amateur - Shakespeare's Coriolanus (Gravy Bath)

Best Ensemble - Theatre Smith-Gilmour for Chekhov's Shorts

Best Actor - Pierre Brault in Blood on the Moon

Best Professional Production - Salt Water Moon

Best Actress - Uta Hagen in Collected Stories

Best Semi-professional Production - The Threepenny Opera (Yiddish Theatre)

Best Production - After the Dance

Award of Distinction to Bryna Wasserman

Best New Ensemble to Montreal Young Company

Best Semi-Professional Production - The Great Houdini (Yiddish Theatre)

Best English Production - Betrayal

The MECCAs are awarded by the Montreal English Critics Circle

The Masques are awarded by l’Académie Québecoise du Théâtre

See also

• Jews in Montreal

References

External links

• Segal Centre for Performing Arts | web site