It is with great sadness that the TheatreOne Performance Society announces that its membership has voted to dissolve the Society.
For more than four decades, the TheatreOne Performance Society (formerly The Vancouver Island Shakespeare Festival Society, Shakespeare Plus, and The Nanaimo Festival Heritage/Theatre Society) has brought hundreds of professional theatre productions to audiences in Nanaimo.
The Society is most proud of the plays that were created here in Nanaimo and that celebrated the history of the city and the mid-Island region. These include three works about the Dunsmuir family (Alone at the Edge of the Earth, A Promise Kept, and Black Apples), as well as Brother XII, Best Left Buried, Tamarack, The Concubine’s Children, Spit Delaney’s Island, Alma Victoria, and Being Frank.Unfortunately, COVID-19 placed TheatreOne’s already precarious financial position into survival mode. We worked tirelessly to rebuild audiences and increase revenue through grants, donations, fundraising, and sponsorships—with great success—but in the end, it was too little, too late.
We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the countless board members, staff, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and audience members who have supported TheatreOne over the past 42 years.
We hope we leave you with fond memories, and with the knowledge that we did our part to “move hearts and minds” within a community we deeply cherish.
On behalf of the TheatreOne Board of Directors,
The curtain closes for the final time.
Michael Cade
Artistic and Managing Director
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