June 5th – 8th, 2025
Deadline: Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
The South Simcoe Theatre is proud to announce the line-up for the 2025 edition of Four Play. The reading committee received seventy submissions from Canada alone, making the selection process full of conversation and debate, in addition to making the final selections difficult.
Four Play presents lightly rehearsed readings of a variety of works. Whether you are an experienced director or someone looking to try your hand at directing for the first time in a low-risk format, this could be for you!
Auditions will be held mid-April, with rehearsals in May. Rehearsal time in the SST space will be limited, so directors must be able to utilize their time in the rehearsal space effectively and organize rehearsals outside of the space with their casts if necessary. Potential candidates are reminded that this is a reading and are encouraged to use narrators to read stage direction in place of blocking and additionally, only basic technical elements will be available.
The South Simcoe Theatre encourages inclusion, representation, and accessibility in all its endeavors both on stage and off. In that spirit, we encourage diversity in our casting and director selection process.
Please send expressions of interest and any questions to the Four Play Committee at fourplay@thesouthsimcoetheatre.com. Plays will be available for perusal upon request. Be sure to include your top three choices of the shows in your expression of interest.
Thursday, June 5th at 7:30 PM
The Fourth Wife by Virginia O’Dine
In 1961 Cuba, Mary, Ernest’s widow contends with grief, marital secrets, Fidel Castro, and living in the shadow of the Hemingway legacy.
Friday, June 6th at 7:30 PM
Road Trip by Renee Baillargeon
In this black comedy, four excited seniors head out with their driver for a day at “The Spectacular Spa”. When they arrive at the Spa, it turns out not to be at all what they were expecting.
Monthly Meeting of the Dullard Society by Laurie May
A new member of the Dullard Society threatens to "shake things up"!
Saturday, June 7th at 7:30 PM
Street Theatre by Morley Shulman
A lighthearted one-act comedy, Street Theatre follows a couple whose improvised public outbursts—part of an experimental acting exercise—escalate into hilariously awkward situations, blurring the lines between performance and reality.
A Night At The Starlight Lounge by Brian Lockhart
One night, nine strangers, a lot of laughs.
Sunday, June 8th at 2 PM
ShockNAwe by Sandra Dempsey
Big Jan is a top-seller and knows her product as well as her clientèle, but she's not prepared for the consequence of her sales.
Killing Time by Len Cuthbert
Upon his daily routine visit for lunch at a favourite restaurant, a patron is thrust into an unpleasant experience where he realizes he's just been killing time.