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Our Season 2026-2027

Nanaimo Foundation

This season proudly presented by: 
Nanaimo Foundation:

The Stanley De Vos Fund

Our Platinum Sponsor this season is Imagine Cruise and Travel.

The Birds and the Bees

Written By:
Mark Crawford
Permission of:
The Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca
Directed by:
Laura Buechler
Produced by:
Sheila Coultish and Tatjana Hayes
Opens:
September 20, 2026
Closes:
October 10, 2026

Tonight may be the last-ever Turkey Dance, but for these four characters, that is just the beginning...

This comedic romp through a local bee farm has a big heart to match the big laughs. Watch as mothers and daughters, farmers, and scientists come together in Mark Crawford’s funny and flirty play about life and love.

The action centers around Gail's farm, her failing beehives, and her longtime neighbour, Earl, who's looking for some simple companionship. Complications arise when Gail’s daughter Sarah, a turkey farmer recently separated from her husband, moves back home. Meanwhile Ben, a young, handsome researcher, has been given the run of the place to prepare his thesis on Gail’s bees. As the weeks go by, endless comic misadventures lead them all to learn one of life’s biggest lessons: It’s always important to take good care of your honey!

By one of Canada’s funniest and hottest young playwrights, The Birds and The Bees is guaranteed to make you laugh out loud at its hilarious observations on family, being an adult, and finding true love at any age.

Humpty Dumpty

Written By:
Ann Gogo
Permission of:
Ann Gogo
Directed by:
Ann Gogo with Music Director Liam Pister
Produced by:
Wanda Badduke and Margot Dahling
Opens:
December 18, 2026
Closes:
December 31, 2026

The CEO of Humpty Dumpty. com wants to increase his wealth and power. Dame Candy Kain and her son Justin will rally the good people of Lower Danceville in song and dance in hopes of winning over corporate greed.

In consideration of the actors and other patrons children must be a minimum of 3 years old to attend.

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Written By:
Rebecca Feldman, Rachel Sheinkin, William Finn
Permission of:
Musical Theater International
Directed by:
Mary Littlejohn
Produced by:
Cristina Stasia and Joan Roszmann
Opens:
February 21, 2027
Closes:
March 13, 2027

An eclectic group of mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of increasingly discommodious words, hoping to never hear the soul-crushing, life un-affirming "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling error. Only one can leave a champion — at least the losers get a juice box.

A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a delightful den of comedic genius that perfectly encapsulates the rigors of growing up.

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

As Above

Written By:
Christine Quintana
Permission of:
The Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca
Directed by:
Amanda Wagner
Produced by:
Sandee Phillips
Opens:
April 25, 2027
Closes:
May 15, 2027

Jo, a sixtysomething recovering alcoholic, struggles to piece together a life shattered by addiction. Once a prominent botanical researcher, she now lectures at the local horticultural centre and begins to open her guarded heart to Rick, a fellow sober soul with his own complicated past. But Jo’s fragile progress is disrupted when a mysterious phone call from her estranged daughter forces the past to resurface. As Jo embarks on a desperate journey to connect, the intricate, unseen communication between trees mirrors her own quest for healing and reconciliation.

Address

The Bailey Studio
2373 Rosstown Road

PO Box 796,

Nanaimo, BC

V9R 5M2

Contact

Email: nanaimotheatregroup@gmail.com
Tickets: 250-758-7224

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