Versus
By Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Ann-Marie Kerr
A World Premiere | Co-Produced by Quiptake Theatre, The Theatre Centre, and the National Arts Centre’s Creation Fund
It’s Gerald Bloom’s birthday and he doesn’t want to go to his party — Everything feels like a fight. Join Gerald on a wild ride through the horror, comedy, delusion, grief, and joy of being human. Feel Alive Again.
Created by award-winning Canadian collaborators Adam Lazarus, Guillermo Verdecchia, and Ann-Marie Kerr comes a laugh-out-loud experience that can only happen in the theatre. Cake included.
Adam Lazarus is an award-winning theatre creator, actor, director, and acting instructor whose work has been showcased nationally, in the United States, Australia and in Europe. Adam brings a dark and comic sensibility to all of his work and is known for dynamic and implicating solo performances, including the international thought disrupter Daughter; the radical race oration The Art of Building a Bunker (co-written with Guillermo Verdecchia), the vicious bouffon love play Wonderland, and his latest anxiety odyssey Versus. Currently: Adam is developing a reverse home invasion horror called At the Speed of Business, and his first novel of bouffon musings, titled I’m Shit.
Adam Lazarus: Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Performer
Guillermo Verdecchia: Co-Creator, Co-Writer, Co-Director
Ann-Marie Kerr: Co-Creator, Co-Director
Alexis Eastman: Co-Creator, Creative Producer
Gillian Gallow: Co-Creator, Set, Prop & Costume Design
Electra Pappa: Asst. Set & Prop Design
Hannah Dulong: Head of Wardrobe
David Mesiha: Co-Creator, Sound & Projection Design
Michelle Ramsay: Co-creator, Lighting Co-Designer
Za Hughes: Lighting Co-Designer
Michael Kras: Illusion Design & Direction
Gibum Dante Lim, Carson Kroeker, & HannaH Sunley-Paisley: Ensemble
Fiona Jones: Stage Manager
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For Media Inquiries Related to VERSUS:
Katie Saunoris, Publicist: Katiesaunoris [@] gmail.com.
Brand and Poster Design by Lola Landekic
Promo Photo and Video by Andrew Parry
Versus is being developed in Residency at The Theatre Centre. Residency is generously supported by:
Photo by Lucas Moon
November 11 – 28, 2026
Tickets on sale August 6!
USE CODE: EARLYBIRD
for $20 tickets (limited availability – limit 2 tickets per order)
Franco Boni Theatre
Wednesday, Nov 11 – 8pm (Preview)
Thursday, Nov 12 – 8pm (Preview)
Friday, Nov 13 – 8pm (Opening)
Saturday, Nov 14 – 8pm
Sunday, Nov 15 – 2pm
Tuesday, Nov 17 – 8pm
Wednesday, Nov 18 – 8pm
Thursday, Nov 19 – 8pm
Friday, Nov 20 – 8pm
Saturday, Nov 21 – 2pm
Saturday, Nov 21 – 8pm
Sunday, Nov 22 – 2pm
Tuesday, Nov 24 – 8pm
Wednesday, Nov 25 – 8pm
Thursday, Nov 26 – 8pm
Friday, Nov 27 – 8pm
Saturday, Nov 28 – 2pm
Saturday, Nov 28 – 8pm
Advisories/Age Restrictions: 12+
This performance is 90 minutes
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