May 1st - 4th, 2024

Stuff — 100 Watt Productions

STUFF is about…our stuff. It’s about our attachment to material possessions, consumption, and confusing need with greed. Meanwhile, this living thing called planet Earth pays the price: landfills burst, a climate crisis rages everywhere, and yet the checkouts still have line-ups? But you know all this. So. Imagine a time in the future (a future that could be now) in which teens all over the world (TTF’s, Teenage Task Forces) unite with one goal: to eliminate stuff. And maybe that’s all we’ll say for now. Wait. One more thing: STUFF is about being human: the “I am because I have”, power imbalances, and the challenge of letting go.

May 1st - 4th, 2024

Rose in the Machine — NAC English Theatre Presentation

Inspired by the writer’s own life experience, Rose in the Machine is the heartfelt and intimate journey of a mother seeking to understand her daughter’s autism, offering a compassionate window into the polychromatic shades of experience for families with neurodiverse children in Quebec. In navigating the many obstacles thrown in her path by our healthcare and education systems, Rose's mother breaks through pervasive barriers to arrive at an enlightened epiphany, and ultimately, hope for the future. At once intimate and epic, introspective and outward-looking, this award-winning play critiques the opacity of our social systems while rendering transparent the multi-hued world of the neurodiverse.

May 8th - 25th, 2024

Stag and Doe — Ottawa Little Theatre

As one couple’s Stag and Doe is about to begin in their rural community hall, another couple swoops in to commandeer the party space after their wedding tent blows away. And to boot, the entire catering staff is in jail! An affectionate look at love, weddings, and the Stag and Doe, a distinctly Canadian pre-marital fundraiser.

May 15th - 25th, 2024

Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery — Kanata Theatre

Get your deerstalker cap on – the play’s afoot! Comedic genius Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. Sherlock Holmes is on the case. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters. Does a wild hellhound prowl the moors of Devonshire? Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun and see how far from elementary the truth can be.

May 16th - 18th, 2024

Hamlet — The Company of Adventures

The Company of Adventurers presents an all-girls production of Shakespeare’s unforgettable tragedy, Hamlet! Upon learning from his dead father’s ghost that his uncle has murdered his father, Hamlet is set on a tortuous path of moral self-questioning, paranoia, and madness. But is he truly mad or merely acting mad? “The play’s the thing, wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king,” Hamlet tells us. And so he sets a trap, a “mouse trap,” in the form of a play put on by a group of travelling actors which will reveal the guilt of his uncle. But Hamlet is not the only one who is acting. And there are so many traps!

May 1st - 5th, 2024

The Last Five Years — Elevator Theatre Company

An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties, who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy telling her story backwards while Jamie tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

May 9th - 11th, 2024

Super MedBros — uOttawa MedShow

MedShow is an annual musical production by first- and second-year medical students from which all proceeds go to charity. This year, we are dedicating our time and effort to Campfire Circle, an organization that provides overnight, community, and in-hospital camp programs for children and families affected by childhood cancer. Through these programs, Campfire Circle fosters resilience, wellbeing and lifelong connections for kids and families affected by childhood cancer or serious illness. The title this year is Super Med Bros, a tale featuring four medical students’ journey in a video game universe. They discover themselves through various rites of passages, such as their first OSCE, rural week, and clerkship, with four bosses (preceptors) throwing wrenches and windfalls along the way. Super Med Bros portrays the realities and struggles shared by many medical students, while sharing hope and rekindling what inspires us to pursue this career. With a live band and a two-hour show, we invite you to experience the joys and realities of what Super Med Bros Med Students entail and come together as a uOttawa community!

May 21st - 26th, 2024

SIX The Musical — Broadway Across Canada

From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the six wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over! SIX won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.The New York Times says SIX “TOTALLY RULES!” (Critic’s Pick) and The Washington Post hails SIX as “Exactly the kind of energizing, inspirational illumination this town aches for!” The SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT Broadway album debuted at Number 1 on the Billboard cast album charts and surpassed 6 Million streams in its first month.

May 22nd - 26th, 2024

The Lightning Thief — Suzart Productions

As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus's master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief…! Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed mythical adventure “worthy of the gods” (Time Out New York).

May 31st - June 9th, 2024

The Wizard of Oz — Orpheus Musical Theatre

L. Frank Baum’s classic novel comes to life in The Wizard of Oz. Young Dorothy Gale is swept away by a tornado from her Kansas farm to the magical land of Oz. There, she encounters a host of whimsical characters: good witches, bad witches, animals that talk, scarecrows that walk, and things magical to behold. To find her way home, she must journey along the Yellow Brick Road to see the mysterious and all-powerful Wizard in Emerald City. Along the way, she makes new friends, but must also brave many dangers, including the Wicked Witch of the West, who will stop at nothing to get her hands on Dorothy’s magical ruby slippers. To make it home safely, Dorothy must learn an important lesson: there’s no place like home.

May 6th, 2024

Duets & Groups — Broadway Nights Ottawa

We're back with one of our most popular themes: DUETS & GROUPS! 🎙️🎶

Join us for your favourite musical theatre open mic and sing-along featuring Emma Chin as your host, Wendy Berkelaar on the keys, and Scott Latham on the drums! 🎹🥁 ✍️ Sign-Up to sing onstage with our live band, or just come to enjoy the show! Enthusiastic cheerers and I'll-sing-the-background-vocals-from-my-chair-ers are all welcome! 🎼 Choose a song from our list of over 200 beloved Broadway tunes, or bring any song you like by bringing your own sheet music! Song lists can be found in our Facebook Event pages for each event, and posted on our Instagram @broadwaynightsottawa (Song list coming soon!)

May 8th, 2024

Disco Ball Paint Nite — Lost Baggage Musical Theatre

Join us for a vibrant and unique Paint Nite experience as we paint a stunning disco ball on a round canvas! This isn’t your typical Paint Nite – it’s fun, fresh, and a great way to unleash your creativity. This Paint Nite is not only a fun night out, but it’s also a fundraiser for LBMT’s equitable performance development program: Take Off, as well as our latest new show concept, Putting On the Rizz! – a dance-focused cabaret.

May 31st & June 1st, 2024

Puttin' On the Rizz! Dance Cabaret — Lost Baggage Musical Theatre

Past LBMT cabarets have generally had more of a vocal and acting focus, but this cabaret turns the tables and puts the spotlight all on dance! Puttin’ On the Rizz! aims to be an inclusive showcase featuring some of Ottawa’s best professional choreographers and dancers while also bringing different dance styles to the local musical theatre community. The show will feature ensemble numbers with contemporary, ballroom, tap, jazz and musical theatre styles of dance with solos and small group numbers mixed in. The cast is comprised of trained and amateur dancers from all levels and styles of dance.