07/15/2026
Sadly, the end of July also will see the end of Bloomsbury House's residency at the Masonic Temple Ballroom.
New expectations make it impossible for us to continue the model which makes us unique: Artists receiving a minimum 50% of all sales while we also provide a cost-accessible plug & play rehearsal, meeting, and performance space to community organisations. "Sunk cost" is a fallacy for a reason so we made the difficult decision to halt investment and begin another search for an adaptable long-term property.
We'd like first to thank the amazing artists who made our resident company's two years in this venue such a success. I'm going to make my best attempt to list you all below, show-by-show.
The silent partners in this endeavour have always been Janet & Ken Ouellette who continue to invest in our artistic pursuit like it's a barely-break-even family restaurant... which is actually what it is; serving artisanal brain candy.
We'd especially like to thank WECAP and the Windsor Health Unit for being long-time rental clients. Your reliability gave us a fiscal cushion to take chances on new artists, safe-community-building events, taboo-breaking genres, and unproven independent productions.
SPECIAL THANKS to June Giroux, who was an incredible help as we got this project off the ground, and Josie Murphy, who designed and provided our social media presence.
We also received much generous help in the form of props, furniture, and costumes from WECAP, Kordazone Theatre, Migration Hall, the University of Windsor, and Habitat for Humanity, among others. If any items have not yet been returned, expect a message in the next two weeks as we sort ourselves out :E
We have some good small-venue sound and lighting equipment moving into storage as well as 4'x8' 8" staging platforms, several units of 20'x10' pipe & drape, custom-built acoustic panels, classic furniture, etc. - so if anyone has needs in that regard please reach out :D
Thanks to Queens of the Billboard, Jaz Morneau, Alysia Therrien, Windsor Magic Circle, Vinyl to Viral, Epoxy Drag Queen, House of Venus, Ivy League, and WECAP for choosing Bloomsbury House as a production partner!
Our most special thanks go to the artists who took part in our resident productions:
TEMPLE OF BLOOMS - Opening night fundraiser
Starring Bitters, Crissi Cochrane, The Fontaines, Andrew MacLeod, Amelia Daigle, Tim Swaddling, Sam Bourque, Clinton Anderson, Alysia Therrien, Ben Doncom, Martin Deck, Liam Lux, and Teajai Travis
ROPE
Directed by June Giroux
Starring Tim Maitland, Ian MacDonald, Maggie Marchenkowsky, Mary Grace Weir, Allison Still, Barry T. Brodie, Brandon Chappus, Martin Ouellette
43 STAGES OF GRIEVING: A COMEDY
Directed by Carly Morrison-Hart, assisted by Ruby Phu
Starring Allison Still and Justine Thompson-Fisher
AN EVENING WITH MICHARNE CLOUGHLEY (Staged readings from HE'S ACTALLY A NICE GUY)
Featuring playwright Micharne Cloughley, moderated by Carly Morrison-Hart
Starring Laura K. Bird, Jenn Budinsky, Shana Fathers-Thibert, Shayla Hudson, Leslie McCurdy, Kianna Porter, Charlotte Salisbury, Alysia Therrien, and Karen Nagy-Tompkins *****
A FEW GOOD MEN
Directed by Ian MacDonald, assisted by Jaden Willcock
Starring Eric Droski, Grant Jonsson, Artemis Alvi, Joey Ouellette, Brandon Chappus, Deves Matwawana, Daniel McNeilly, Tim Maitland, Jim Reid, Kyle Cloutier, Mann Maniquis, Graham Reid, Scott Despins
WAITING FOR THE PARADE
Directed by Alex Hagen, assisted by Tim Maitland
Starring Keats Conlon, Jenna Fisch, Roula Khayat, Avery MacMillan Thomas, and Mary Grace Weir
MISERY
Directed by Martin Ouellette, assisted by Carly Morrison-Hart with additional special effects by Mitch Branget
Starring Mary Grace Weir, Brandon Chappus, and Boris Gatakcic
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
Directed by Martin Ouellette, assisted by Carly Morrison-HArt
Starring Shayla Hudson, Jamie Taylor, Daniela Piccinin, David Sivak, Allison Still, Allyson Johnston, Marcela Garzaro, Alex Urbano, Bill Dileva, Howl the Beatnik, Craig Gloster, Roula Khayat, Jaz Morneau, and Mary Grace Weir
MAN FROM EARTH
Directed by Deves Matwawana, assisted by Keats Conlon and Jaden Willcock
Starring Grant Jonsson, Noah Ball, Artemis Alvi, Cristina Orlando, Ren Brownlie, Georgie Savoie, Scarlet Colmanares, and Roula Khayat
My apologies if I've missed anyone, please PM me and I will rectify!
M***e,
Carly & Martin
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