From Africa to Cuba to Europe, award-winning Theatre Asylum premieres thought-provoking contemporary theatre by and about women and humanist issues from the inter/national repertoire, and is an outstanding company in the translation and production of Canadian plays abroad.

The name was chosen for its dual meaning; an asylum as a place of madness, danger, and the unexpected, and also one of refuge, trust and process. Our approach emphasizes research and dramaturgy and an image-driven and physical staging style. Equal representation for women is practiced. The company has developed new Canadian plays from first draft to touring productions, and publishes a program booklet to accompany each production to raise awareness about the writer and the play. For five years our sister company was ISÔKO RWANDA.

BOARD MEMBERS
Karen Bell, Cheryl Landy, Dominique Russell

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Jennifer Herszman Capraru

OUR SUPPORTERS
Canada Council for the Arts
Ontario Arts Council
Toronto Arts Council
Emerald Foundation
Nancy’s Very Own Foundation
Laidlaw Foundation
George Lunan Foundation
Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation
Green Foundations
Corporate Sponsors:
Four Seasons Hotels
Guild Electric
Goethe Institute
Various Embassies & NGOs such as UniFem

We are grateful to work on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and Wendat peoples, now home to diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

MEMBERS OF
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

FEDERALLY REGISTERED CHARITY BN13990 6275 RR000.
All donations will be issued a registered charitable tax receipt, to donate please email us.