Productions


New musicals

The Segal Centre is one of the country’s leading development centres for new Canadian musicals. Building on decades of putting on new and traditional Yiddish musicals in collaboration with the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre, the Segal Centre has been commissioning, developing and premiering big, bold musical productions, steadily since 2014. Nearly all of these works have all since toured, been licensed, or gone on to further development.

Seasons and theirs awards

2023-2024 SEASON

  • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
    Book by Douglas McGrath
    Words and Music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King | Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
    Music by Arrangement with Sony/ ATV Music Publishing
    Orchestrations, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements by Steve Sidwell
    Directed by Kelly Thornton | Musical Direction by Floydd Ricketts | Choreography by Jaz Sealey
    With Tess Benger as Carole King
    A co-production with the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Written by and starring Jake Epstein
Developed with and directed by Robert McQueen
A Talk Is Free Theatre production

Adapted and directed for the stage by Marie Farsi

Based on the novel by André Alexis

Commissioned and originally produced by Crow’s Theatre, Toronto

Artistic Director, Chris Abraham, Executive Director, Sherrie Johnson

By Selina Fillinger
Directed by Lisa Rubin
A Segal Centre production

2022-2023 SEASON

  • Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors
    By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
    Directed by Gordon Greenberg

  • Frankenstein
    By Craig Francis, Rick Miller, Paul Van Dyck
    Adapted from the novel by Mary Shelley
    Directed by Craig Francis and Rick Miller
    Produced by Kidoons, WYRD Productions and Geordie Theatre
    In association with the 20K Collective

  • English
    By Sanaz Toossi
    Co-Directed by Anahita Dehbonehie & Guillermo Verdecchia
    A Co-Production with Soulpepper Theatre Company

META award
Outstanding Lighting Design, Tim Rodrigues

  • Prayer for the French Republic
    By Joshua Harmon
    Directed by Lisa Rubin

  • Josephine: A Musical Cabaret
    Created by Tymisha Harris, Michael Marinaccio, and Tod Kimbro
    Starring Tymisha Harris
    Directed and Choreographed by Sean Cheesman

  • I Kid You Nosh!
    Written and Directed by Adina Katz
    Musical Direction by Nick Burgess
    Inspired by stories and songs from the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Community


2021-2022 SEASON

  • Every Brilliant Thing
    By Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
    Directed by Dean Patrick Fleming
    Starring Daniel Brochu
    A Segal Centre production in association with Hudson Village Theatre

META awards
Outstanding Lead Performance – PACT Production, Daniel Brochu
Outstanding Pact Production, Hudson Village Theatre & Segal Centre for Performing Arts

  • A Segal Centre Production of Spot On Entertainment™’s SuperDogs: The Musical
    Featuring the President's Choice® SuperDogs™
    By Leonard Chase & John Halpin
    Directed by Sara Rodriguez

  • YidLife Crisis: Pandemish
    Created and performed by Jamie Elman & Eli Batalion

  • Black and Blue Matters (Cancelled)
    By Omari Newton
    Directed by Diane Roberts
    A Black Theatre Workshop Production

  • April Fools
    Created by Keren Peles
    Adapted by Akiva Romer-Segal
    From a translation by Shelly Ben Shachar
    Directed by Moshe Kepten

  • The Sages of Chelm

    A Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre Production
    By Abraham Shulman
    Music by Eli Rubinstein
    Directed and Choreographed by Trevor Barrette
    Musical Direction by Nick Burgess

2020-2021 SEASON

  • Underneath the Lintel
    By Glen Berger
    Directed by François Girard
    Starring Emmanuel Schwartz
    A co-production with Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

  • Every Brilliant Thing

    By Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
    Directed by Dean Patrick Fleming
    Starring Daniel Brochu
    A Segal Centre production in association with Hudson Village Theatre

2019-2020 SEASON

  • Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane

    Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
    The Segal Centre presents A Hershey Felder Presents production
    Adapted and Directed by Hershey Felder

  • Mythic
    Book and Lyrics by Marcus Stevens
    Music and Orchestrations by Oran Eldor
    Directed by Brian Hill
    Musical Direction by Nick Burgess
    Choreographed by Avihai Haham

META award
Outstanding Sound Design and/or Composition, Oran Eldor, Nick Burgess, Lucie Cauchon

META awards
Outstanding Direction, Caitlin Murphy
Outstanding Lead Performance-Actress, Warona Setshwaelo
Outstanding Set Design, Pierre-Bruno Houle

  • The Times They Are A Changin'
    Starring Louise Pitre and W. Joseph Matheson
    Written by W. Joseph Matheson
    Directed by Avery Saltzman
    Originally conceived and produced by Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company

2018-2019 SEASON

  • Once
    Book by Enda Walsh
    Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová
    Based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney
    Directed by Andrew Shaver

META awards
Outstanding emerging Artist(s) – Performance, Eva Foote
Outstanding Lead Performance-Actress, Eva Foote

META award
Outstanding Set Design, Pierre-Étienne Locas

  • Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
    Written by Hannah Moscovitch
    Directed by Christian Barry
    Songs by Ben Caplan & Christian Barry
    Starring Ben Caplan with Dani Oore, Mary Fay Coady, Graham Scott and Jamie Kronick
    The Segal Centre presents a 2b theatre company and National Arts Centre co-production
    Presented in association with the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival

  • Children of God
    Book, Music, Lyrics and Directed by Corey Payette
    Production Designer Marshall McMahen
    Original Musical Director Allen Cole
    Production Musical Director David Terriault
    A Segal Centre co-production with Urban Ink

35th GRAND PRIX DU CONSEIL DES ARTS DE MONTRÉAL JURY PRIZE (2020)

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  • Boom X
    Written, directed and performed by Rick Miller

    Produced by Kidoons and WYRD Productions, in association with Theatre Calgary and The 20K Collective

  • Indecent
    Written by Paula Vogel
    Directed by Lisa Rubin

META awards
Outstanding Lead Performance- Actor, Ryan Bommarito
Outstanding Choreography and / or Movement Direction, Ray Hogg

  • A Century Songbook
    Written by Edit Kuper
    Directed by Audrey Finkelstein
    Musical Director Nick Burgess
    A Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre production in English, French, Yiddish, Hebrew & Russian

2017-2018 SEASON

  • The Hockey Sweater A Musical
    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
    By Joshua Harmon
    Directed by Lisa Rubin

  • "Master Harold" ... and the Boys
    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.

META awards
Outstanding Sound Design / Composition, Christian Thomas
Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actor, Tyrone Benskin

  • The Angel & the Sparrow
    By Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry
    Adapted by Erin Shields from an English translation by Sam Madwar
    Based on a concept by David Winterberg
    Directed by Gordon Greenberg

META award
Outstanding Lighting Design, Claude Accolas

2016-2017 SEASON

META award
Unsung Hero of the Theatre (UHOT) Award, Paul Brian Imperial, Associate Producer, Segal Centre for Performing Arts

  • 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

META awards
Outstanding Set Design, Martin Ferland
Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actor, Alex Poch-Goldin
Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actress, Ellen David

  • 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

  • Kim's Convenience
    A Soulpepper Production presented by the Segal Centre
    By Ins Choi
    Directed by Weyni Mengesha

  • 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

    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
    Translation of Yiddish Book & Lyrics by Edit Kuper & Aron Gonshor

  • What's in a Name?
    By Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière
    Adapted from the French by Michael Mackenzie
    Directed by Jennifer Tarver
    A Segal Centre Production in collaboration with Just For Laughs
    What’s in a Name is presented in collaboration with the Society of the celebrations of the 375th anniversary of Montreal and benefits from the financial contribution of Ville de Montréal, Gouvernement du Québec and Great Montrealers

2015-2016 SEASON

  • Funny Girl
    Music by Jule Styne
    Lyrics by Bob Merrill
    Book by Isobel Lennart
    Original story by Miss Lennart
    Directed by Peter Hinton

META awards
Outstanding Costume Design, Michael Gianfrancesco
Outstanding Set Design, Michael Gianfrancesco

  • 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
    Originally Commissioned by the Stratford Festival

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
    Translation of Yiddish Book by Miriam Hoffman
    Translation of Yiddish Lyrics by Raizel Candib & Aron Gonshor

META award
Outstanding Community Production

2014-2015 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

META award
Outstanding Original Composition, Matthew Barber and Justin Rutledge

  • 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 Copa de Oro Production

Capital Critics Circle Award (Ottawa)
Best Professional Play

  • Travesties
    By Tom Stoppard
    Directed by Jacob Tierney

META awards
Outstanding Costume Design, Louise Bourret
Outstanding Set Design, Pierre-Étienne Locas
Outstanding PACT Production

  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
    Music by Alan Menken / Book and Lyrics 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

META award
Outstanding Lighting Design, Kimberly Purtell

Sterling Awards

Best Production

  • 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

2013-2014 SEASON

META award
Outstanding Emerging Artist, Aiza Ntibarikure

  • Othello
    By William Shakespeare
    Directed by Alison Darcy
    In association with Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre

META awards
Outstanding Supporting Performance, Daniel Brochu
Outstanding Supporting Performance, Julie Tamiko Manning

META awards
Outstanding Lighting Design, Martin Sirois
Outstanding Costume Design, Mylène Chabrol
Outstanding Set Design, Max-Otto Fauteux
Outstanding Lead Performance, Leni Parker
Outstanding Direction, Micheline Chevrier

2012-2013 SEASON

  • Guys And Dolls
    By Frank Loesser
    Directed by Diana Leblanc

  • Red
    By John Logan
    Directed by Martha Henry

META award
Outstanding Set Design, Eo Sharp

META awards
Outstanding Sound Design, Jesse Ash
Outstanding Lighting Design, Luc Prairie
Outstanding Costume Design, James Lavoie
Outstanding Direction, Andrew Shaver
Outstanding Production

  • Tales from Odessa
    Book by Derek Goldman
    Music & Lyrics by Josh Dolgin AKA Socalled
    Directed by Audrey Finkelstein
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2011-2012 SEASON

  • Equus
    By Peter Shaffer
    Directed by Domy Reiter-Soffer

  • The Play’s the Thing
    By Molnar and PG Wodehouse
    Directed by Blair Williams

  • Scientific Americans
    By John Mighton
    Directed by Andrew Shaver
    In association with SideMart Theatrical Grocery (Montreal)

  • Vigil
    By Maurice Panych
    Directed by Martin Faucher
    A Co-Production with Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Montréal)

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2010-2011 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
    A Soulpepper Theatre Company Production (Toronto)

  • La Sagouine
    By Antonine Maillet
    Directed by John Van Burek
    A 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 by Shmuel Bunim, Haim Hefer, Itzik Manger & Dov Seltzer
    Directed by Shmuel Atzmon
    Presented by the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre
    A YiddiShpiel Production (Israel)

2009-2010 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
    A Co-Production with Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Montréal)

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2008-2009 SEASON

  • Dangerous Liaisons
    By Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Choderos de Laclos
    Directed by Alexandre Marine

  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
    By Tennessee Williams
    Directed by Greg Kramer

MECCA award
Outstanding Direction - Greg Kramer

  • Buried Child
    By Sam Shepard
    Directed by Peter Hinton
    A Co-Production with Canada’s 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2007-2008 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
    A Joint Production with Theatre & Co.
    A 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2006-2007 SEASON

  • Fallen Angels
    By Noel Coward
    Directed by Diana Leblanc

  • Satchmo’ Suite
    By Hans Boggild and Doug Innis
    Directed by Hans Boggild
    In collaboration with Eastern Front Theatre

MECCA award
Best Sound Design, Rob Denton

  • Shakespeare for My Father
    By Lynn Redgrave
    Directed by William Carden

  • I Am My Own Wife
    By Doug Wright
    Directed by Chris Abraham

MECCA awards
Best Set Design, Yannik Larivée
Best Actor, Brett Christopher

Masques award
Best English Language Production

  • Amadeus
    By Peter Shaffer
    Directed by Alexandre Marine

MECCA awards
Best Director, Alexandre Marine

AQCT French Critics
Best English Language Production

  • Those Were the Days
    Created by Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2005-2006 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
    A Co-Production with Soulpepper Theatre Company

MECCA award
Best Professional Production
Best Set Design, Peter Hartwell

  • A Doll House
    By Henrik Ibsen
    Adapted by Peter Hinton
    Directed by Peter Hinton

MECCA award
Best Director, Peter Hinton

  • Everybody's Welles
    By Patrice Dubois and Martin Labrecque
    Translated by Maureen Labonté
    Directed by Patrice Dubois
    In Collaboration with Théâtre PàP (Montréal)

  • My Old Lady
    By Israel Horowitz
    Directed by Daniel Roussel
    A Collaboration with la compagnie Jean Duceppe (Montréal)

MECCA award
Best Lighting, Spike Lyne

  • God of Vengeance
    Sholem Asch
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman
    Original music composed by Robert Denton
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2004-2005 SEASON

MECCA awards

Best Actor, Don Anderson, De Profundis (Gravy Bath) (2004-2005)

Best Semi Pro/Amateur, Kali Yuga (Gravy Bath) (2004-2005)

  • 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

MECCA award
Best Actor, Martha Henry

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

MECCA award
Outstanding Costume Design - James Lavoie

2003-2004 SEASON

Best Director, Madd Harold, Shakespeare's Coriolanus (Gravy Bath) (2003-2004)

Best Semi Pro/Amateur, Shakespeare's Coriolanus (Gravy Bath) (2003-2004)

  • 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
    A Joint Production with the Manitoba Theatre Centre

  • A Night in November
    By Marie Jones
    Directed by Peter Hinton
    A 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2002-2003 SEASON

  • The Glass Menagerie
    By Tennessee Williams
    Directed by Chris Abraham
    Remounted by CanStage

Masques award
Best English Production

MECCA award
Best Actress, Michelle Monteith

  • The Mousetrap
    By Agatha Christie
    Directed by Steven Schipper

  • Shylock
    By Gareth Armstrong
    Original music by Simon Slater
    Directed by Frank Barrie

MECCA award
Best Actor, Gareth Armstrong

  • Visiting Mr Green
    By Jeff Baron
    Directed by Bill Glassco and Michael Shamata

  • Golden Land
    By Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman

2001-2002 SEASON

  • Chekhov’s Shorts
    Adapted from Anton Chekhov by Dean Gilmour, Michelle Smith and Company
    Directed by Dean Gilmour and Michelle Smith

MECCA award
Best Ensemble, Theatre Smith-Gilmour

  • Salt-Water Moon
    By David French
    Directed by Chris Abraham
    Toured to Newfoundland

Masques award
Best English Production

MECCA award
Best Professional Production

  • Blood on the Moon
    By Pierre Brault
    Directed by John Koensgen
    A Presentation of Sleeping Dog Theatre (Ottawa)

MECCA award
Best Actor, Pierre Brault

  • A View from the Bridge
    By Arthur Miller
    Directed by Albert Schultz
    A Co-Production with Soulpepper Theatre Company
    Cancelled

  • Damn those Wedding Bells
    By Tony Calabretta
    Directed by Sean Sandler

  • Double Identity
    By Sholom Aleichem
    Adaptation and Lyrics by Miriam Hoffman
    Music by Benyumen Schaechter
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

2000-2001 SEASON

Award of Distinction to Bryna Wasserman (2000-2001)

  • Collected Stories
    By Donald Margulies
    Directed by William Carden
    In association with the Stratford Festival of Canada

MECCA award
Best Actress, Uta Hagen

  • Betrayal
    By Harold Pinter
    Directed by Daniel Brooks
    Soulpepper Theatre Company – Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre Co-Production

Masques award
Best English Production

MECCA award
Best English Production

  • The Undiscovered Country
    By Arthur Schnitzler
    English version by Tom Stoppard
    Directed by Bill Glassco
    Montreal Young Company

  • After the Dance
    By Terrence Rattigan
    Directed by Chris Abraham
    Montreal Young Company

MECCA award
Best Production

  • Having Our Say
    By Emily Mann
    Music by Quammie Williams
    Directed by Alison Sealy-Smith

  • The Threepenny Opera
    Music by Kurt Weil
    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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

MECCA award
Best Semi-Professional Production

1999-2000 SEASON

  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    By Tennessee Williams
    Directed by Diana Leblanc / Albert Schultz
    A Soulpepper Theatre Company Production

  • The Last Night of Ballyhoo
    By Alfred Uhry
    Directed by Steven Schipper
    A Co-Production with the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre

  • Grace & Glorie
    By Tom Ziegler
    A Co-Production with the Théâtre du Rideau Vert

Masques award
Best Actress(es), Viola Léger and Linda Sorgini

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

MECCA award
Best Semi-Professional Production

1998-1999 SEASON

Masques award

Lifetime Achievement Award to Dora Wasserman (1998-1999)

  • 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: Marvin Hamlisch
    Lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman

1997-1998 SEASON

  • Family Secrets
    By Sherry Glaser and Greg Howells
    Directed by Greg Howells
    Festival Craven A, Just for Laughs & Labatt Bleue

  • God
    Woody Allen
    Evan Mark Rimer

  • Old Wicked Songs
    By Jon Marans
    Directed by Bryna Wasserman
    A 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1996-1997 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

1995-1996 SEASON

  • Jest a Second!
    By James Sherman
    Directed by Dennis Zacek

  • Crazy for You

  • The Faraway Nearby
    By John Murrell
    Directed by Lily Parker

1994-1995 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

1993-1994 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

1992-1993 SEASON

  • Death and the Maiden
    By Ariel Dorfman
    Directed by Andrès Hausmann
    Unique Entertainment

  • M. Butterfly
    By Henry Hwang
    Directed by Alexander Hausvater

1991-1992 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 & There’s Gonna Be Laundry
    By Sandra Shamas
    Directed by Sandra Shamas

1990-1991 SEASON

  • Blithe Spirit
    By Noel Coward
    Directed by Lily Parker

  • I’m Not Rappaport
    By Herb Gardner
    Directed by Lily Parker

  • The Divine Sarah
    Directed by Monique Levrac

1988-1989 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

1986-1987 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1983-1984 SEASON

  • The Club
    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

1981-1982 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
    Henrik Ibsen
    Directed by Per Brask

MECCA award
Best Professional Production

1980-1981 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • Green Fields
    Peretz Hirschbien; music Eli Rubinstein; lyrics M. Husid
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • Songs & Stories of A.A. Milne
    Adapted by Judith Lebane

1979-1980 SEASON

  • Biography: A Game
    By Max Frisch
    Directed by Alexander Hausvater

  • Peter and the Wolf
    EntreSix Dance Theatre

  • La petite injustice
    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

1978-1979 SEASON

  • Gemini
    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
    A 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

1977-1978 SEASON

  • Bonjour, là, bonjour
    By Michel Tremblay; trans. John Van Burek & Bill Glassgo
    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 Sondheim
    Lyrics by Steven Sondheim
    Music by Sondheim, L. 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
    Abraham Schulman (Based on journal by Yechiel Herman)
    Music by Eli Rubinstein
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • Sages of Chelm
    Abraham Schulman; music by Eli Rubinstein
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • Reflections of Life
    By I. Serlin
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1976-1977 SEASON

  • Dreyfus in Rehearsal
    By J.C. Grumberg; adapted by Garson Kanin
    Directed by Sean Mulcahy

  • The Red Shoes
    Hans Christian Anderson
    Directed by Perry Schneiderman

  • School for Wives
    By Molière; adapt by Miles Malleson
    Directed by André 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

1975-1976 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

  • Mine Hostess (La Locandiera)
    By Carlo Goldoni; translated by Clifford Bax
    Directed by George Popovich

  • “The Collection” & “The Lover”
    By Harold Pinter
    Directed by Robert Robinson

1974-1975 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 Pegonat

  • 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
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • Bar Kochba
    By S. Halkin
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1973-1974 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 Noel Coward; composed by Eli Rubinstein
    Directed by Robert Robinson

  • A Shtetl Wedding
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

  • The Lottery
    By Sholom Aleichem; music by Eli Rubinstein; lyrics by Moishe Shaffer
    Directed by Dora Wasserman
    A Production of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre

1972-1973 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

1971-1972 SEASON

  • The House of Blue Leaves
    By John Guare
    Directed by Marion André

  • Boesman and Lena
    By Athol Fugard
    Directed by Alan Scarfe

  • The Man in the Glass Booth
    By Robert Shaw
    Directed by Marion André
    Closed by 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

1970-1971 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
    Bertolt Brech; composed by Eli Rubinstein
    Directed by Marion André

1969-1970 SEASON

  • Little Malcolm & 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 Horowitz
    Directed by Marion André

  • The Tenth Man
    By Paddy Chayefsky
    Directed by Amnon Kabatchnik

  • Entertaining Mr Sloane
    By Joe Orton
    Directed by Roland LaRoche

1968-1969 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

1967-1968 SEASON

  • The Red Shoes
    By Hans Christian Anderson, 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

MECCA award
Best New Ensemble to Montreal Young Company

The Masques are awarded by the Académie québécoise du Théâtre

The MECCAs are awarded by the Montreal English Critics Circle