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I miss being asleep.  I miss going about my daily life, blind to the weight of the current moment.  The Black Lives Matter protests have awakened me.  I am awake…

SHARED EXPERIENCE Theatre is a shared experience. Every individual at a live performance somehow affects and changes the temperature of the room. If a play ‘works’, as we sometimes say, then…

Back in early June, I was asked to write a blog entry. At the time, I submitted the photo on the left, and some writing about how COVID-19 had been…

Reflection from our Artistic Director Weyni Mengesha on June 5, 2020 While sitting down for dinner with my husband and two little boys this past February, my five-year-old said “Mom,…

Well. I’m writing this at the beginning of week 11 of self isolation. I’m isolating with my wife, Deb Drakeford, and our 2 grown children in our little house in…

Hello to all of you Soulpepper patrons, and colleagues. Hope you are well, and not suffering with symptoms of the virus, or from the loneliness of self isolation and social…

Strange, beautiful, challenging times. I have had some of the highest and lowest moments of my life through the last 6 weeks. Watching opportunities for artists to share their talents,…

I moved to Canada almost 18 months ago now, and besides the company of my two much adored cats, came here alone. At the time, my family and friends often asked…

I love the plays of Chekhov.  I love Chekhov for his recognition that we live our lives enslaved in our selves. No one in Chekhov’s plays is free of the…