Who we are

Founding Director: Jacob Zimmer

“The ideal might be a standing community of collaborators who work on projects together for months or years and also, if needed, create a play in twenty minutes to be performed that night. The rigour of the long projects would inform the knee jerks, and the energy of knee jerks would inform the deep questions.”
– Jacob Zimmer, All Statements are Incomplete Statements, Canadian Theatre Review 2004.

People and Shows, Alphabetically:

Aimée Dawn Robinson, Dedicated to the Revolutions.

Alison Wong, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2014–16), Are We Not Horses, Producer.

Ame Henderson, Dedicated to the Revolutions, Perhaps in a Hundred Years.

Amy C. Lam, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015)

Antigone Dead People

Written by Evan Webber
In Tokyo 2014: Directed by Jacob Zimmer with Frank Cox-O'Connell | Co-director: Jun Tsutsui | Performers: Banri Kitano , Hiroki Yuki Murayama, Frank Cox-O’Connell, Yo Yoshida, Natsumi Kamada, Hiroyuki Kosaka, Evan Webber, Keiko Yamaguchi | Sound: Christopher Willes | Design: Trevor Schwellnus | Management: Ame Henderson, Sachiko Uchiyama | Stage manager: So Ozaki | Translation: Manami Hara, Tomoyuki Arai | Surtitles: Tomoyuki Arai

Voices / Toronto 2012: Directed by Jacob Zimmer with Leora Morris Performed by Maev Beaty, Philip Shepherd, Sean Dixon, Frank Cox-O’Connell, Liz Peterson, Antonio Cayonne, Sky Gilbert, Lindsey Clark Design by Christopher Willis, Trevor Schwellnus and Vanessa Fischer. Music direction by Scott Maynard.

Antonio Cayonne, Antigone Dead People.

Becky Johnson, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–15)

Brendan Gall, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–15) , I Keep Dropping Sht, Dedicated to the Revolutions* (workshop), Life of Galileo, OAC Playwright in Residence 2013.

Brendan Healy …Any Idea…, Connect the Dots, I Keep Dropping Sh-t, Life of Galileo.

Camila Diaz-Varela, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015–16)

Chad Dembski, Dedicated to the Revolutions, Perhaps in a Hundred Years.

Chris Earle, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–15).

Christopher Stanton, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–16) , The Summer Spectacular.

Christopher Willes, Antigone Dead People, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013)

Dedicated to Revolutions

Created by Frank Cox-Connell, Chad Dembski, Ame Henderson, Erika Hennebury, Erin Shields, Trevor Schwellnus, Aimée Dawn Robinson, Evan Webber, Jacob Zimmer. Developed 2006-2009 with the additional collaboration of: Daniel Arcé, Brendan Gall, Gillian Lewis, Misha Glouberman, Harbourfront Centre, Dustin Harvey, Brendan Healy, Sasha Kovacs, Gillian Lewis, Tim Maly, Laura Nanni, Kilby Smith-McGregor, Evalyn Parry, Theatre Passe Muraille and Jacob Wren.

Difficult Plays and Simple Songs

Curated by Leora Morris

READERS: Largo Desolato by Vaclav Havel: Bruce Beaton, David Christo, Eric Goulem, Christine Brubacker, Hannah Cheesman, Eleanor Hewlings, James Cade , Rylan Wilkie, Marc Tellez, Evan Webber Prince of Homburg by Kleist: Stewart Arnott, Christine Brubaker , Frank Cox-O'Connell, Miranda Caldero, Sean Dixon, John Gilbert, Erin Brubacher, Erin Shields, Amiel Gladstone, Mike MacFadzean; A Dream Play by August Strindberg, translated by Caryl Churchill Ginette Mohr, Nicola Correia-Damude, Bea Pizano, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Alex Fallis, Michael McManus, Alexandra Napier, Andrea Davis, Sebastian Marziali, Martin Julien; Divine Words by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, translated by Maria Delgado: Gideon Arthurs, Sochi Fried, Cara Gee, Kaleb Alexander, Marcia Johnson, Brendan Gall, Christine Brubaker, Leora Morris, Hume Baugh, Susanna Fournier , Adrian Proszowksi; Caucasian Chalk Circle: Rick Campbell, Evan Webber, Christopher Stanton, Laura Barrett, Emma Hillier Mackenzie, Julia Tepperman, Kelli Fox

Dustin Harvey, Reasonable People, Reasonably Disagreeing.

Erika Hennebury, Dedicated to the Revolutions

Erin Shields, Dedicated to the Revolutions.

Evan Webber, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show, Antigone Dead People, Dedicated to the Revolutions, OAC Playwright in Residence 2012.

Frank Cox-O’Connell, Antigone Dead People, Dedicated to the Revolutions.

Fun Palace 3penny
Holiday Variety Show

Fun Palace Players: Melissa D'Agostino, Sedina Fiati, Chris Stanton, Matthew Reid, Camila Diaz-Varela and Richard Feren. Produced with Alison Wong.

The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show

Fun Palace Players: Melissa D'Agostino, Sedina Fiati, Chris Stanton, Liz Peterson, Norah Sadava, Matthew Reid, Philip Nozuka, Tess Degenstein, Kayla Lorette, Rick Campbell, Brendan Gall, Camila Diaz-Varela, Susanna Fournier, Becky Johnson, Chris Earle, Jacob Zimmer,Wesley J. Colford, Nicola Correia-Damude, Hannah Cheesman, Scott Maynard, Jonathan Adjemian and Richard Feren. Produced with Alison Wong, Tijana Spasich, Rashida Shaw, Amy C. Lam.

GUESTS INCLUDE: Evan Webber, Alex St Kitts, Maija Martin, Anand Rajaram, Adam Paolozza, Laura Hanson, Ryan Kamstra, Derrick Chua, Jeremy Bailey, Molly Sautor, Paul Banwatt, Stephen Jackman Torkoff, Laura Barrett, Lara Tessaro, Syrus Marcus Ware, Olivia Fetherstonhaugh, Daniela Gesundheit, Paul Banwatt, Alex Leitch, Ryan Kamstra, Dan Goldman, Fiver, Marty Topps, Sasha Chapin, Sufferettes, Isla Craig, Dr. David Hulchanski, Michael Louis Johnson, ANAMAI, Susanna Fournier, Thom Gill, Andrew Penner, Jessica Moss, Felicity Williams & Justin Haynes, Brendan Gall, Tasseomancy, Henry Adam Svec, Stewart Legere, Colin Fisher, Emily Keeler, Malcom Sutten, Vivek Shreya, Katie Ewald, Chad Dembski, Stewart Legere, Rob Baker, Maggie MacDonald, Alistair Forbes, Mel Hague, Pete O'Neill.

Georgina Beaty, Summer Spectacular.

Jacob Wren, …Any idea…, Dedicated to the Revolutions (workshop)

Jonathan Adjemian, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–15)

Kayla Lorette, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015).

Kilby Smith-McGregor, ...Any Idea..., Perhaps in a Hundred Years.

Hannah Cheesman, Antigone Dead People (workshop), The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–14)

Leora Morris, Antigone Dead People, Difficult Plays and Simple Songs, Life of Galileo.

Lindsey Clark, Antigone Dead People.

Liz Peterson, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015), Antigone Dead People.

Maev Beaty, Antigone Dead People.

Matthew Reid in rehearsal. Photo: Jacob Zimmer

Matthew Reid, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015–16)

Melissa D’Agostino, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015–16)

Misha Glouberman, Reasonable People, Reasonably Disagreeing, Unconference.

Nicola Correia-Damude, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2014–15)

Norah Sadava, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show.

Perhaps in a Hundred Years

Conceived by Jacob Zimmer and created and performed by Chad Dembski, Ame Henderson and Jacob Zimmer in collaboration with Kilby Smith-McGregor.

Philip Nozuka, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show.

Philip Shepherd, Antigone Dead People.

Rashida Shaw, The Summer Spectacular, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2015–16.)

Richard Alan Campbell, Life of Galileo, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show.

Richard Feren, Life of Galileo, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013–16)

Scott Maynard, Are We Not Horses, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2013), 3penny Christmas Concert, Antigone Dead People.

Sean Dixon, Antigone Dead People.

Sedina Fiati, The Fun Palace Radio Variety Show (2016.)

Sky Gilbert, Antigone Dead People.

Sochi Fried, Summer Spectacular.

The Summer Spectacular 2014

Created and performed by Jacob Zimmer, Christopher Stanton, Sochi Fried and Georgina Beaty and Rashida Shaw. Puppets were designed and built by Michaud Garneau.