Three Sisters Theatre Company

Three Sisters Theatre Company Making sure Ottawa theatre can pass the Bechdel test. We are now planning regular productions, starting in February 2015 with Marion Bridge.

Three Sisters Theatre Company sprang from the observation that few productions in the Ottawa theatre community pass the Bechdel test. Our first production was Birth: A Play by Karen Brody, which ran in August 2009 with a cast of 8 local female actors. Three Sisters’ mandate is to increase performance opportunities for Ottawa’s considerable female talent pool, and especially to increase opportuniti

es for women to work together. Three Sisters seeks to bring more theatrical stories featuring complex female characters to the Ottawa professional theatre scene. What is the Bechdel test? What is now known as the Bechdel test was introduced in a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. To pass the test, the story must meet three requirements:
1. It has to have at least two women in it,
2. who talk to each other,
3. about something besides a man.

04/10/2026

The Great Canadian Theatre Company is holding its annual general auditions in May 2026!

Auditions will be held at GCTC in the Studio Theatre in Ottawa by appointment on May 11th and 12th, with an Open Call day on the 13th.

As we wish to see artists once every two years, artists who were seen in the 2025 General Auditions are asked not to reapply, unless they were seen by video.

Deadline for audition submissions: Thursday April 16th @ 1:00pm, Eastern Time.

For more information and how to submit, head over to gctc.ca/for-artists

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We are doing two plays next season, opening in February and in June - and both have ties to Nova Scotia
03/26/2026

We are doing two plays next season, opening in February and in June - and both have ties to Nova Scotia

We have chosen our shows for next season! But... we're not telling just yet (insert suspenseful music here). To quote Mi...
03/22/2026

We have chosen our shows for next season! But... we're not telling just yet (insert suspenseful music here). To quote Miss Lizzie: Perhaps... a game. Yes, a game... stay tuned to our pages and participate to enter to win a pair of tickets to both mystery shows featuring fabulous women past and present! All will be revealed at The Gladstone Theatre Season Launch on April 27!

Cool show at GCTC check it out!
03/20/2026

Cool show at GCTC check it out!

Teri Loretto is our “BL_NK” performer on March 25th, 2026 at 7:30 PM!

Teri holds a BA and an MA from the University of Ottawa and was the Coordinator for Scriptwriting and Performing Arts at Algonquin College until those programs were recently canceled. She is often onstage (Shirley Valentine, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike), on the big screen (Summer’s Blood, Metal Tornado, The Buckley Brothers), and spent two decades at CBC Radio and TV as host, weather person, writer and producer. She has also produced and directed dozens of live radio and theatre shows. Teri lives in southern Ottawa with her son, Uly, and a bossy feline, St. Thomas Accattus.

Get your tickets to the show at gctc.ca/bl_nk

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Check out this amazing show featuring Silent Sky alums Shauna Akkermans & Mel Christine !
03/20/2026

Check out this amazing show featuring Silent Sky alums Shauna Akkermans & Mel Christine !

Our friend The Honest Botanist will be joining us in the Gladstone Lobby during the run of our show for their feature "Bloom Bar"- Individual flowers will be for sale, there is a wedding at the end of the show after all!

She's designing our lobby decorations, organizing our opening night reception and is an important rock to the support of our production and we are thrilled to host her!
Please show The Honest Botanist some love The Honest Botanist

03/15/2026
Good night theatre.
03/15/2026

Good night theatre.

After the Great Speedbump Disaster of March 9, I have had to top up our plate count to make it to closing. So fun to mak...
03/12/2026

After the Great Speedbump Disaster of March 9, I have had to top up our plate count to make it to closing. So fun to make these. So fun to smash them.

Such amazing work by - three guesses which character doesn't actually live in this house, based only on palette...
03/12/2026

Such amazing work by - three guesses which character doesn't actually live in this house, based only on palette...

Yes we are on tonight! show photos by Adrian Buss
03/11/2026

Yes we are on tonight!
show photos by Adrian Buss

LAST CHANCE! Blood Relations closes Saturday March 14. You have just 5 more chances to catch this award winning play, f...
03/10/2026

LAST CHANCE! Blood Relations closes Saturday March 14. You have just 5 more chances to catch this award winning play, featuring some of the best of your local indie theatre artists. On stage at The Gladstone Theatre until March 14!

This is not your typical murder mystery. Going far beyond a simple "whodunnit", Blood Relations takes you on a captivating, creepy, and often hilarious ride through what might or might not have happened to Lizzie Borden and her family on that notorious day. DID YOU LIZZIE? LIZZIE DID YOU? You'll have to see the show to find out !

Show photos by Adrian Buss

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Ottawa, ON

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