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Chronology of Performances

1990 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1991 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; As You Like It
1992 Twelfth Night; The Tempest
1993 The Taming of the Shrew; Romeo and Juliet
1994 The Merry Wives of Windsor; King Lear
1995 The Comedy of Errors; Hamlet
1996 Much Ado About Nothing; The Merchant of Venice
1997 Love’s Labour’s Lost; The Winter’s Tale
1998 As You Like It; Richard III
1999 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Macbeth; Measure for Measure
2000 The Tempest; Henry IV, Part I; All’s Well That Ends Well
2001 The Taming of the Shrew; Antony and Cleopatra; The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2002 Twelfth Night; Henry V; Cymbeline
2003 The Comedy of Errors; The Merchant of Venice; Pericles, Prince of Tyre;
Shylock by Mark Leiren‐Young; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Okanagan)
2004 Much Ado About Nothing; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Macbeth
2005 As You Like It; Love’s Labour’s Lost; HamletRosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
2006 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Measure for Measure; The Winter’s Tale;
Troilus and Cressida
2007 The Taming of the Shrew; Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar;
Timon of Athens
2008 Twelfth Night; King Lear; The Tempest; Titus Andronicus
2009 The Comedy of Errors; Othello; All’s Well That Ends Well; Richard II
2010 Much Ado About Nothing; Antony and Cleopatra; Falstaff (Henry IV: Parts
I & II); Henry V
2011 As You Like It; The Merchant of Venice; Henry VI: The Wars of the Roses;
Richard III
2012 The Taming of the Shrew; Macbeth; The Merry Wives of Windsor; King John
2013 Twelfth Night; Hamlet; Measure For Measure; Elizabeth Rex by Timothy Findley
2014 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Tempest; Equivocation by Bill Cain; Cymbeline
2015 The Comedy of Errors; King Lear; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Shakespeare’s Rebel by C.C. Humphreys
2016 The Merry Wives of Windsor; Romeo and Juliet; Othello; Pericles
2017 Much Ado About Nothing; The Winter’s Tale; The Merchant of Venice; The Two Gentlemen of VeronaShylock by Mark Leiren‐Young
2018 As You Like ItMacbethTimon of AthensLysistrata (adapted by Jennifer Wise & Lois Anderson)
2019 The Taming of the Shrew; Shakespeare in Love; All’s Well That Ends Well; Coriolanus
2020 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry V; Love’s Labour’s Lost; Paradise Lost by Erin Shields (Season cancelled due to COVID-19)
2021 Done/Undone by Kate Besworth (Digital Season due to COVID-19)
2022 A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Harlem Duet by Djanet Sears; Romeo and Juliet
2023 As You Like It; Julius Caesar; Henry V; Goblin:Macbeth
2024 Twelfth Night; Hamlet; The Comedy of Errors; Measure for Measure
2025 Much Ado About Nothing; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]; The Dark Lady by Jessica B. Hill (June to September 2025)