Your support gives artists the opportunity to embrace risk. We provide artists with the time, resources, and mentorship they need to push the boundaries of art itself. Your support also allows a community hub to flourish. Open to the public 7 days a week we offer a place to gather; a place where you can imagine, debate, celebrate, protest, unite and invent the future.
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"The Theatre Centre is uniquely a hub for artists to create and explore without the pressure of production. There is no other venue so purely suited to the creative process. Most are risk averse and oriented towards the end presentation so heavily, the artist doesn't feel liberated in creation, so the end product is compromised. It's like picking fruit too early. The Theatre Centre is a fantastic organic orchard, and our theatre ecology is greatly bettered by their artist-first mission and mandate."
Anand Rajaram
Exploration Artist
Thank you to all our volunteers, donors, and community partners for supporting the work we do and helping us invent the future. Your time, energy, and resources are invaluable to the artists and communities we serve. Thank you for being part of The Theatre Centre family!
Taylor Balint • Rebecca Bauer • Sarah Brawn • Brigid Callaghan • Andrew Cameron • Lori Campbell • Alex Clay • Christopher Douglas • Alexandra Emery • Jennifer Ferris • Jerry Finelli • Barbara Fingerote • Anne Gallagher • Randy Goldman • Mary and Armin Jowett • Don Kendal • Leena Khawaja • Dimitrii Khilchenko • Rebecca Lewis • Hailey Masterson • Cora Matheson • Jessika McQueen • Rhonda Morrissette • Neha Poduval • Himanshu Sitlani • Patrick Slaney • Nancy Stewart • Catherine Ukas • Sarah Vkaufmann • Myriam Zitouni
Operating Campaign Supporters
$100,000+
Estate of Kenneth Charles Dawe • George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation • Canada Council for the Arts • Ontario Arts Council • Ontario Trillium Foundation • Toronto Arts Council
$50,000-$99,999
Bank of Montreal
$25,000-$49,999
Department of Canadian Heritage
$10,000-$24,999
Charmaine & David Lindsay
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous (1) • Lindy Cowan & Chris Hatley • Jenny Ginder & John Todd • Robert Sirman
$2,500-$4,999
Business For The Arts • Richard Mortimer • Ann Marie Stasiuk & Rick Matthews
$1,000-$2,499
Anonymous (1) • Jocelyne Achat • Linda Barnett & Ian Hawkins • Kate Bishop & Doug Gerhart • Charlotte Davis • In Memory of Sallie Lyons • Lwam Ghebrehariat • Andrew Gillespie • Neeraj Jain • Brad & Jana Lepp • Eleanor McCain • Margaret McCain • Alon Nashman • Christopher Scammell • Shemeena Shraya • Maxine Thomas
$500-$999
Anonymous (1) • Brett Christen Robert Davies • Johannes Debus • Randy Goldman • Oldfield Management Inc. • Alanna Mitchell & James Patterson • Sheilah Reid • Martha Spears • Mavis Staines • Michael Trent • Robin Vaile • Robert Wallace • Greg Wilkie & Anna Pal
$250-$499
Anonymous (2) • Jannette & Sohrab Amini• Maziar Balazadehjavidiani • Marisa Blankier • Graeme Clark • Jamie Coatsworth & Christine Gillespie • D.W. Communications • Alex Fallis • Anne V. Fleming • Cathryn Gregor • Simone Harris-Lowe • Nigel & Ruth Howard • Robert Lamb • Sallie Lyons • Janice Oliver • Julia & Gilles Ouellette • Jini Stolk • Joyce & Fred Zemans
$100-$249
Anonymous (1) • In Honour of Bob Sirman • Sherri Appell • Upkar Arora • Peggy Baker • William Baker • Liza Balkan • In Honour of Donna Balkan • Phyllis Berck • Paul Bernards • Beverly Biderman • In Honour of Aislinn Rose & the TC Staff • David F. Blandford • Joan Bosworth • Andrew Burashko • Naomi Campbell • Sheona Campbell • Alfred Caron • Charles Cutts • Rita Davies • Stan Denniston • Colin A. Doyle • Paula & Michael Elliott • Barbara • Fingerote • Gordon Floyd • John Goodwin • Cathy Gordon • Jim & Diane Graham • Lesley Grant • Richard Haigh • Kaaren Heasman • Sherri Helwig • Brian Hemming • Jonathan Heppner • Mary Hofstetter • Claire Hopkinson • Deanna Horton • Nigel A. Howard • Valerie Hussey • Julian Jacobs • Zdenka Jasura • Greg Johns • Garth & Elizabeth Jopling • Eleanor Kane • Don Kendal • Shawn Kerwin • Peter Kinch • Fides Krucker • Andre Kuzmicki • Melanie Laflamme • Frances Lamb • Mary Susanne Lamont • Gilles Latour • Denis Lefebvre • Rebecca Lewis • Owais Lightwala • Judith MacDonnell • Michael MacKenzie • Lyn Madaule • Janice Kathleen Martin • Marcia Matsui • Jane Matthews • Rick Matthews & Ann Marie Stasiuk • Elaine McCrea • Wendy & Chris McDowall • Ross McGregor • Micheline McKay • Jean Anne McLeod • Jeff McRae • Seanna Jennifer Millar • Trevor Morey • Sofia Mostaghimi • Tenny Nigoghossian • Kong Kie Njo • Gail Packwood • In Honour of Johanna Metcalf • Helen Paul • Helen & Everton Paul • Susan Peacock • In Honour of Rick Matthews • Louis Peltz • Katryn Pereira • Shelley Peterson • Paul Pinkus • In Honour of Paul Pinkus • Francisca Quinn • Kelly Read • David Reale • Alex & Mary Rose • Marie Rounding • Kathleen Sharpe • Joanne Shenfeld • Vivek Shraya • Godyne Sibay • Paul Smith • Sarah G. Stanley • Alida Stevenson • Nalini Stewart • Lisa Strucken • Marilyn Tate • Guillermo Verdecchia • Martin Wasserman • Mary Ann Elizabeth West • Scott & Brenda White • Anthony Wilson • Elaine Wong • David R. Wood • In Honour of Lindy Cowan • Toyoshi Yoshihara • Graeme & Diane Young • Hersh Zeifman
Up to $99
Anonymous (4) • Andrew Akman • Rebecca Amzallag • Marissa Andrade • In Honour of Anna MacKay-Smith • Stewart Arnott • Bruce W. Barton • Jim Betts • Jay Dodge • Elizabeth Bohnen • Amy Bugg • Julie Burris • Steven M. Bush • Elizabeth Butterworth • Anne Clarke • David Craig
Theresa Cutknife • In Honour of Lwam Ghebrehariat • Kelly D • Christopher J. Douglas • Karen Franklin • In Honour of Brent Carver • Jonathan Goldsbie • Laura Heidenheim • Richard Hood • In Honour of Jennifer Hood • Avrum Jacobson • In Honour of Nicolas Billon • Matthew Jocelyn • Kendra Michelle Jones • Jawad Kassab • Heesoo Kim • Debra Sue Lary • Jennifer Liao • Amber MacKey • Janet P. Mairs • Amy • Catherine McNally • Sarah J. Mcvie • Yago Mesquita • Virginia Mills • Sam Mooney • Stephanie G. Morgenstern • In Memory of Patrick Conner • Stacey Norton • Laura O’Brien • Doug O’Neill • In Honour of Andrew Heule • In Honour of Victoria Mata • Teresa Pavlinek • Elaine Penalagan • Jennifer Phang • Gary Robinson • Tiffany Schofield • Sheilla Shojaie • Pierre Simpson • In Honour of Charlotte Davis • Alexandra Sutherland • Jessica Tester • Ugur Uyguner • Richard Wilson • Billy Wolf • Chelsea Kaitlyn Woolley • Dawn Xavier-Franklin
Major Programming Supporters
Capital Campaign Supporters
$1,000,000+
$350,000–$999,999
Hon. Margaret N. McCain
$100,000–$349,999
Jenny Ginder & John Todd • Rick Matthews & Anne Marie Stasiuk
$25,000–$99,999
Lindy Cowan & Chris Hatley • The Delaney Family Foundation • Rose DeMasi Mantella & Daniel Mantella • In Memory of Harry Helfand • Interior Systems Contractors Association • Denis Lefebvre • Pemberton Group & Marel Contractors • Frances & Timothy Price • Streetcar • In Memory of Tracy Wright
$10,000–$24,999
CGC Inc. • cultureONE Inc. • Eastern Construction Ltd. • David & Audrey Mirvish • OZZ Electric Inc. • In Honour of Gail Packwood • Safeline Management Systems Inc.
$5,000–$9,999
In Honour of Pierre Billon & Johanne Archambault • Creative Planning Financial Group • David Duclos & Dali Mann • In Memory of Jean & Bill Dugale • Jim & Diane Graham • Horner Developments Ltd. • Monnet Design • Richard Mortimer • Gail Packwood • PMX Inc. • Primacare Living Solutions • State Window • Upper Crust • Watson Building Supplies • In memory of Harold Weinrib, whose long-time local library this building once was • Margie Zeidler
Franco Boni Legacy Campaign Supporters
Major Donors ($5000+)
Hon. Margaret N. McCain • Bank of Montreal
Lead Donors ($1,000-$4,999)
Anonymous (1) • Lindy Cowan & Chris Hatley • Susan Coyne • Rose Demasi-Mantella & Daniel Mantella • The Drake Hotel • Atom Egoyan & Arsinée Khanjian • Jenny Ginder & John Todd • Vanessa Grant • Kevin Helfand • Sandy Houston • Ravi Jain & Sarena Parmar • Rick • Matthews & Ann Marie Stasiuk • Janice Oliver • Christopher Scammell • Robert Sirman • Robert Wallace
Supporters (up to $999)
Peggy Baker • Liza Balkan • Janis Barlow • Maev Beaty & Alan Dilworth • Nova Bhattacharya & Mark Hammond • Nicolas Billon • Erin Brandenburg • Morwyn Brebner & Michael Healey • Alex Bulmer • Peter Caldwell • Naomi Campbell • Debra Chandler • Leah Cherniak • Derrick Chua • Robert Crew • Jess Dobkin • Andrea Donaldson • Colin Doyle • Menon Dwarka • Dani Fecko • Denise Fujiwara • Jenn Goodwin • Jim & Diane Graham • Dina Graser • Sally Han • Judy Harquail • Ame Henderson • Claire Hopkinson • Camilla Holland • Tanja Jacobs • Allen & Karen Kaeja • Ann-Marie Kerr • Shawn Kerwin • Deborah Lambie • Jani Lauzon • Adam Lazarus • Richard Lee • Stewart Legere • Cathy Levy • Owais Lightwala • Philip McKee • Don McKellar • Catherine McNally • Sarah Miller • Jeremy Mimnagh • Alanna Mitchell & Jim Patterson • Richard Mortimer • Olivia Muzzo • Yvette Nolan • Yvonne Ng • Samara Nicholds • Tenny Nigoghossian • Yvette Nolan • Gail Packwood • Lata Pada • Evalyn Parry • Soheil Parsa • Meredith Potter • Brian Quirt • Kelly Read • Josephine Ridge • Aislinn Rose • Richard Rose • Lucy Rupert • Dominique Russell • John Ryerson • Anthony Sargent • Kathleen Sharpe • Philip Shepherd • Pierre Simpson • Shemeena Shraya • Sarah Stanley • Jini Stolk • Heidi Strauss • Maxine Thomas • Michael Trent • Domenic Valela • Hersh Zeifman
*Should there be any error or omission in this listing, please contact Audrey at audrey@theatrecentre.org or 416-534-9261.
Header: Njo Kong Kie lending at hand at the Community Meal. Photo by Dahlia Katz